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What is the context of Wilfred Owen's poem 'Dulce est Decorum est'?
Wilfred Owen was an officer in the Manchester Regiment in WW1. The poem describes a gas attack on his men, and the subsequent...
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What was Princess Diana's brother's poem to her on her burial in 1997?
= Time is too slow for those who wait. by Henry Van Dyke = Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear,...
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How do you find poems about World War 2?
As the official archivist/historian for the veterans of the Royal Navy's LST and Landing Craf Association I have written numerous...
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What does this poem mean 'May the road rise to meet you May the wind be always at your back...In the palm of his hand May God hold you'?
poem is a metaphor on life as a journey, wishing someone a safe journey/ a happy life etc. Answer This is a very elegant...
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What is the name of the Maya Angelou poem in 'Madea's Family Reunion'?
In and Out of Time
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What is a good poetry website?
www.4to40.com is a very good poetry website if you want to share your own poetry, enter your poetry or haiku into competitions,...
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From whom or from where did Anapest come?
An Anapest is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. (Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anapaest")
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Can you find a copy of a poem entitled Any Human to Another?
Any Human to Another Any Human to Another by Countee Cullen The ills I sorrow at Not me alone Like an arrow, Pierce...
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Who has all of this in common. Hurricane on the bayou poetry and the creative mind yale monet's palate and death becomes her?
Meryl Streep
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What is the meaning of the poem moonlight on manila bay by fernando maramag?
The Bold Olympia Fernando Maramag's Moonlight on Manila Bay describes the Philippines ('the scene so fair') as a picturesque...
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What are the best-known poems in English by the Indian poet Kamala Das?
"An Introduction"
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Why should we care about the poem Gilgamesh 3000 years later?
Gilgamesh, 5000 years later I am not claiming to know the answer. However I will just record why reading Gilgamesh was...
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Where to find an English translation of Su Dong-po's poem Chibi Fu?
Lin Yutang had the answer You may look for it in Lin Yutang's The Gay Genius - The Life and Times of Su Tungpo. Good Luck.
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Who or where did iambic pentameter come from?
Iambic pentameter is a meter in poetry, consisting of lines with five feet (hence "pentameter") in which the iamb (or "iambus")...
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What type of poem ends with a heroic couplet Petrarchan or Shakespearean?
Any kind of rhyming couplet ends Shakespearean, doesn't have to be heroic The Shakespearean (or "English" or "Elizabethan")...
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How does the poem If by Rudyard Kipling go?
Rudyard Kipling If If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust...
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Does the 'The Little Black Boy' in William Blake's 'Songs of Innocence' have a companion poem in 'Songs of Experience'?
Yes, in fact they do. They relate in many ways, such as their favorite food, colors, and hats. They also were both born on...
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Where is this Sylvia Plath quote from I talk to God but the sky is empty?
It's from... Thisis a quote from Sylvia Plath's 1977 book 'Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams' It is a book of short poems...
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Who wrote the poem 'Twas The Night Before Christmas'?
Clemens Moore did! He did, he did, he did!
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Who is Russell Thornton?
Russell Thornton is a UCLA professor of Anthropology. There is also a Russell Thornton who is a well known Canadian poet based...
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What are the critical remarks of the poem King Canute written by William Makepeace Thackeray?
real glory belongs to god and not to humans
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Is Syed Ali Jawad Zaidi an eminent urdu poet?
Yes he is an eminent Urdu poet. He was awarded the Padmashri by the Government of India for his contribution to Urdu...
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What is the difference between a poem and poetry?
A poem is a single piece of poetry, complete in itself. Poetry is the collective term used to describe many pieces of poems,...
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How many times is the name Santa Claus used in The Night before Christmas?
Santa Claus Reference I think that the term Santa Claus is never mentioned, instead the term "Saint Nick" is used. So to answer...
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What is the name of the dog poem by Billy Rose used on 'Prairie Home Companion' on March 24 2007?
Irrevenance
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What is an acrostic poem?
An acrostic poem is one that uses a word or phrase (usually the theme or the underlying subject matter of the poem) written...
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Kinds of quatrain poems?
Lyric poetry began in ancient Greece. Stage performances included songs by a chorus, or large group of people, and individual...
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What is the meaning of the poem street cries by sarojini naidu?
Quick & Easy there are no meanings to any writen creations there are very well transpired events or well transformed feelings,...
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What is the meaning of the poem the return by edith tiempo?
that poem is very challenging. it is the story of a proud warrior imprisoned by time and aged to be miserable, pardon the wrong...
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Who has got a copy of the poem The Not Dead by Simon Armitage?
I have copies of the three poems i was involved in.
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A poem by Susan Alton Schmeltz?
Paper Dragons Susan Alton Schmeltz In March, kites bite the wind and shake their paper scales. They strain against their...
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Who wrote then I saw the congo creeping through the black creeping thru the jungle with its track?
Vachel Lindsay. Here is a link to the poem: http://www.bartleby.com/104/81.html
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How does the poem limbo by edward kamau brathwaite relate to slavery?
hi my names kamal and im new to wikianswrs. im still in school n im only 15 in year 11. ok i am a A grader in english n will...
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Little Boy Crying poem?
http://geoffreyphilp.blogspot.com/2007/04/little-boy-crying-by-mervyn-morris.html
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What is the theme of the poem No Mark?
This poem is in remembrance of the fallen airmen of World War II. Every other place of death has a mark, be it "scrub oak" or...
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Who is the Greek god of poetry mime prophecy?
Calliope, Erato and the Muses were the god and goddesses of poetry, Apollo was the god of prophecy.
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Is there a Summary of the poem Casey at the Bat?
i hate that poem and i think i know what your talking about. here.. team is down. 9th inning. bases loaded team is almost to...
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What are unseen poems?
Some things aren't so complicated. It's merely a poem that is unfamiliar or that you've never studied before. This term is used...
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Where can you find poems with more than one meaning?
Poems with Multiple Meanings Few, if any pieces of poetry have one, singular, 'correct' interpretation. In fact, it would be...
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What are the similarities between poetry and fiction?
You're comparing apples and oranges, I'm afraid. Poetry is a STYLE of writing - fiction or non-fiction doesn't enter into it. ...
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In the Elizabethan sonnet do you know if there is a metre in the poem?
The Elizabethan sonnet is written in Iambic Pentameter, that is 5 feet per line. Iambic means that each line begins with an...
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What is example of a meter in poetry?
Meter in poetry is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. stressed syllables are signified by / unstressed by...
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Where can you find the poem 'Love after love' by Derek Alton Walcott?
poemhunter.com
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What is the explanation and paraphrase of keats' poem endymion book 1 stanza 1?
In this part of the poem, the poet John Keats says that a thing of beauty continues to inspires us throught our life, it never...
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What is the Irish poem about blessing a new home?
Three Traditional Irish blessings/toasts for a new home: May your home be bright with cheer, May your cares all...
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How do you paraphrase the poem Sa Aking mga Kabata by Jose Rizal?
The poem "Sa Aking Mga Kabata" (To My Fellow Youth) was the very first poem written by Jose Rizal. It was written in his native...
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What kind of poem is A Vision?
Answer All poems are visions by the writer. I am a published Poet, but before I write a poem I have to have a vision on what...
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What poems and readings are good for a wedding?
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Who was Yeats writing about in Her Praise?
Maud Gonne He was obsessed with her.
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Who is mrs sisyphus?
Mrs sisyphus, is the wife of Mr sisyphus who was punished by the Greek Gods for taking over Zeus' throne and told all his secrets...
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Who wrote the short poem a few years ago along the lines of My God's a good God My god is good My god's a good god his name is Ron Wood?
of course who would write a poem if it had a name in it but it wasnt the person who wrote it. Ron Wood wrote it
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What does Khalil Gibran poem love mean?
I understand the poem by the great Khalil Gibran but have difficulty articulating it. If you want to articulate this subject to...
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What annual gala organized by The Academy of American Poets raises funds by inviting American's leading artists scholars and public figures to read their favorite poems?
Poetry & The Creative Mind
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Who wrote a poem about a linden tree?
Probably the best known poem about a linden tree is that by the German Romantic author Wilhelm Mueller (1794-1827) entitled 'Der...
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What is lyric poetry?
"What is lyric poetry?" A lyric poem(this is defined by my textbook) is a highly musical verse that expresses the observations...
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You should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas Placing it in the context of the entire poem explain the complexity of the symbols used in these lines?
Sorry, I'm not going to do your homework. Also, next time, please state the name of the poem. ANSWER Your search for the...
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Give an argumentative analysis essay of Robert Frost's Mending Wall?
Well, here's something, but its far from an argumentative analysis essay: Mending Wall is one of the poems that I'm studying in...
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What does 'tis mean?
TI's real name is clifferd harris wrong his name is theodore harris no both u guys are wrong his real name is clifford joseph...
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Where can you find the poetry book The Real Reason the Queen Hated Snow?
IF YOU CHECK THE SEARCH SITE, IAM SURE YOU WILL FIND THE BOOK, I ONLY MENTION THAT, FOR THE FACT THAT THEIR WAS OVER 99,995...
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What was the eulogy poem about an eagle flying over a mountain top on either West Wing Crossing Jordan or Without a Trace?
As I stand on the mountaintop, as the great bird approaches. She is small in my sight, but grows larger on approach until I am...
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In 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wifred Owen what does the poem title have to do with the poem message?
The title is ironic, since the poem mocks the idea that dying for one's country is sweet and noble (or however you want to...
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Do you have an example of tagalog poem?
Ang Kaibigang Tunay Kaibigang tunay ay laging matapat, ang tulong ay laan sa lahat ng oras. Siya ay mabait at saka marangal sa...
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Who wrote the text of Hans Werner Henze's vocal composition 'Von Krebs zu Krebs'?
it was bob!
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What is the title of the poem read by Laurence Fishbourne in Akelah and the Bee?
i dont know
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How many lines is a sonnet?
14 lines
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How do you decide if a piece of writing truly is a poem?
My writing I would describe as this... This is what I felt, thought, needed to say. It is important to me It describes...
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What does stanza mean?
a group of lines of verse forming one of the divisions of a poem or song: it is usually made up of four or more lines and often...
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What is graveyard poetry Explain Gray's elegy in the light of Graveyard poetry?
Explaining "grave yard" poetry. Many early poems were eulogies meant to honor or recall the deeds and accomplishments of the...
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What are the kinds of poems?
According to Aristotle poetry is of three kinds: heroic, tragic and epic. But in modern day terms one can say that the fwg are...
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Is poetry all in non prose form?
No not at all. Some poems are written in prose paragraphs. They are called prose poems. They are still fully poems because they...
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What is the mystique of the Nibelungenlied?
The Niebelungenlied is a combination of two older epics. The earliest manuscripts of the (combined) epic date from around...
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What does natural piety mean in the poem your Heart Leaps Up by William Wordsworth?
It means the worshipping appreciation of nature.
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What was the poem by Nikki Giovanni that Kim Reese performed on the TV series Different World?
Ego Trippin' (There may be a reason why) I was born in the congo I walked to the fertile crescent and built the sphinx ...
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What or who are The Sailing Seven that William Butler Yeats refers to in the second stanza of his poem A Cradle Song?
In this delightful poem, which expresses the affection of God and the Cosmos for a small infant, Yeats is refering to the...
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Why might one feel persistent apathy?
The best answer that comes to mind is that one no longer loves life. This stage usually follows a traumatic event (loss of a...
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How do you interpret alden nowlan's poem warren pryor?
His parents sacrificed to board him at school in town, and to keep him away from the farm. At his graduation, his parents blushed...
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Name a poem by lawrence alma tadema?
"Playgrounds by Laurence Alma-Tadema In summer I am very glad We children are so small, For we can see a thousand things That...
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What is a 3 letter word for poetic before?
ere
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What are the subgenres of poetry?
the subgenres are : lyrical epic sonnet ballads free verse love magic ... actually, these aren't official subgenres, but...
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Is there a Chinese translation to the poem desiderata?
Desiderata (Chinese Translation) 处世良言 无论现实环境是多么的喧嚣与繁忙，也应平心静气地去渡过， ...
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What is the definition of poetry?
yes there is, there is one that has no specific form and then there is another kind that has a specific form. in definition...
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What is end rhyme scheme for Andrew Marvell's- to his coy mistress?
Marvell uses rhyming couplets: AA,BB,CC,DD,EE,FF... my dad just bought a car. it can go really far.
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What effect does alliteration have on a poem?
Timing and imagery. Answer alliteration helps to convey imagery and can stress timing. Answer It helps make a line more...
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Who is pie corbett?
pie corbett is an author of 2 well know books chatting cheetas and jumping jellyfish for little ones.
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How is the theme of Rime of the Ancient Mariner developed in the poem?
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What is the difference between prose and poetry?
Poetry is a sample of literature written in verse or meter. It may or may not rhyme. It may or may not consist of stanzas. It can...
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Who is AVI?
An author of 525 books who just happened to have dyslexia, which causes people to misspell and reverse words. His real name is...
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How do you write a poem on leslie durrell?
Look in the book My Family and other animals and it tells you about him then you can write a poem on him
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What are the different kinds of poems you can write?
Supervisors: this is a learning hub dealing with how to write different types of poetry. Please do not delete answers or...
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Do you know anything about a poem called ''The Raven''?
It is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems. If you search it online, you will find many sources.
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Do you have enjambment poems and their poets?
ANSWER Enjambment is when the last word of a line carries directly to the first word of the next line without an end stop. It...
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What is the theme for the poem To Hope by John Keats?
Is this a truncated blonde joke?
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Who is the speaker in the poem we wear the mask?
The Black (or Negro) race as a whole. They hide their true feelings from others (the white race as a whole).
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How do you write a vip poem?
how to write a VIP poem line 1 -Name of person line 2-3 adjectives describing character line 3-what you asociate your...
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In the poem Going home to Mayo Winter 1949 by Paul Durcan the father and son go walking in the high grass Why does this image stand out Why is it so important to the poet?
Well, why it means so much to the poet we can't know for sure, because we are not him... but in the poem, it seems that he...
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How can you find poetry around the world from1771-1832?
I don't know about "from around the world" but there is some pretty good stuff going on in England and France (and Goethe of...
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How can you find a poem read by Jimmy Dean at his daughter's wedding?
I have research this for quite sometime and there is nothing about any poem that Jimmy Dean read to his daughter at her wedding. ...
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How do you find Metrical Feet Using the poem The Daffodils by Williams Wordsworth can you show me how it is iambic tetrameter?
An Iambic tetrameter has 8 syllables per line where every other syllable is stressed. For example: I write, I draw, I sing, I...
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What do the words in the poem Jabberwocky mean?
Well, many of them are nonsense words, so strictly speaking, they don't actually mean anything. However, we attach meaning...
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Who is the man on the cover of the mythology book by edith hamilton?
Bellerophon, riding Pegasus. Answer Bellerophon, riding Pegasus.
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