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William Blake (1757-1827)
William Blake was a 19th century english writer and artist who is regarded as a seminal figure of the Romantic Age. His writings have influenced many writers and artists through the ages, he is one of the major poet and an original thinker.
He was born in 1757 in London in England, William Blake began writing at an early age of 10 and had his first vision, of a tree full of angels. He was educated at home by his mother and the Bible had a very deep influence on Blake's writng and it would remain a lifetime source of inspiration.
A Poison tree William Blake

I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I waterd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night.
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.

And into my garden stole,
When the night had veild the pole;
In the morning glad I see;
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

Symbols
Apple - Adam and Eve
Tree
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William Blake (1757-1827)William Blake was a 19th century english writer and artist who is regarded as a seminal figure of the Romantic Age. His writings have influenced many writers and artists through the ages, he is one of the major poet and an original thinker.He was born in 1757 in London in England, William Blake began writing at an early age of 10 and had his first vision, of a tree full of angels.

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Fire and Ice Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in f ire , Some say in ice . From what I've tasted of des ire I hold with those who favor f ire .

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"Alone"

By Edgar Allan Poe
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were-I have not seen
As others saw-I could not bring
My passions from a common spring-
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow-I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone-
And all I lov'd-I lov'd alone-
Then-in my childhood-in the dawn
Of a most stormy life-was drawn
From ev'ry depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still-
From the torrent, or the fountain-
From the red cliff of the mountain-
From the sun that 'round me roll'd
In its autumn tint of gold-
From the lightning in the sky
As it pass'd me flying by-
From the thunder, and the storm-
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view-

The poem "Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe was not published during his lifetime. It was not until 1875 that the poem was verified as being an authentic Poe poem written in 1830 when Poe was only twenty-one.

The poem is basically a flashback of an adult narrator looking back at his childhood. The tone of the poem is gloomy and dark, reinforced by such words as
sorrow, alone, stormy, thunder, and demon.
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were-I have not seen
As others saw-I could not bring
My passions from a common spring-
Poe speaks about his uniqueness. Unfortunately, he was never able to fit in and found himself melancholy throughout his childhood. In his relationships, he was often left out. The purpose of the poem is psychologically sound if it is true that it helps to write out what the person feels is wrong in his life. Whether it helped Poe or not, the reader is better able to understand the mystery of why Poe was miserable in his life and he wrote about the subject of loss and unhappiness.
Poe writes explains that he was not like the other children in his outlook, his play, his enjoyment; he knew that he was not normal or happy as the others were. His joys were not the same and did not come from the same place.

He was always alone with his pleasure and loves. The mystery that holds him together came from every experience that he has had. This formed his temperament and personality. During his childhood and in the beginning of his stormy life, he is a part of both the good and bad experiences.

In some ways, he was protected from the storms, the thunder and lightning, the precipice of danger, by the sun that encompassed him. Poe may be referring to a higher power although later in life it is said that he was an atheist. As he looks back at his life, he sees the blue sky and heavens above; yet, one of the clouds appears like a demon.
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view
Poe in his life had many demons that he suppressed.

There are those people who because of a lack of security and love as a child never find happiness in their adulthood. They may be supremely talented, have millions of dollars, but are unable to face each day and the future without a struggle. Poe was one of those strange people. Despite his magnificent talent and even his attraction to women, he always looked for something that he did not have in his life.

This poem is especially interesting because it was written at such a young age. Obviously, Poe was already unhappy, unable to understand why he was so miserable, and longing to find a place or person who could help him find why he was the way he was.
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"Alone" By Edgar Allan PoeFrom childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were-I have not seenAs others saw-I could not bringMy passions from a common spring-From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow-I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone-And all I lov'd-I lov'd alone-Then-in my

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Patterson wrote the poem plainly and simply with a cadence that made it easy to set to music and sing.
The first five words of the poem (Oh! there once was a) resemble the opening words of stories: once upon a time...
Patterson ignored the fuss and bother of allusions and hidden messages.
Style
Alliteration helps to accent the rhythm of the ballad.

W
altzing Matilda and leading a
w
ater bag (line 7)
Up jumped the swagman and
g
rabbed him in
g
lee (line 10)
And
h
e sang as
h
e put
h
im away in
h
is tucker bag (line 11)
And
h
is ghost may be heard as it sings in the
B
illa
b
ong (line 19)
Alliteration
Introduction
Waltzing Matilda

Andrew Barton Patterson wrote "Waltzing Matilda" in 1895 at Dagworth Homestead, Australia.
It is a Poem often set to music
It became an unofficial Australian anthem.
"Waltzing Matilda" is a ballad about an itinerant laborer who walked from one place to another looking for temporary employment. He carried a swag (rolled-up blanket or pack) containing his belongings.
A ballad is a poem, often set to music, that tells a story centering on a theme popular with the common people of a particular culture or place.
A ballad
Title meaning
Waltzing refers to the swagman's travels. In other words, he waltzes about seeking work. The second word, Matilda, is another name for a swag or pack that he carries around. It contains a blanket and other belongings.

Poem
Oh! there once was a swagman camped in the
Billabong
,
Under the shade of a Coolabah tree;
And he sang as he looked at his old
billy
boiling,
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."

Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Waltzing Matilda and
leading a water bag
--
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Down came a
jumbuck
to drink at the water-hole,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee;
And he sang as he put him away in his
tucker

bag
,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!"

Down came the
Squatter
a-riding his thorough-bred;
Down came Policemen--one, two, and three.
"Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."

But the swagman, he up and he jumped in the water-hole,
Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree;
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong,
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"
1...billabong: Dead end of a river branch; river branch formed when the water is high; stagnant pool; lagoon; water hole.
2...billy: It is used for boiling water.
3...leading . . . bag: Holding the bag as if it is a woman whom the swagman is leading in a dance (waltz).
4...jumbuck: Sheep.
5...tucker bag: Bag for food; container for game.
6...Squatter: Landowner.

Rhymes: Every even line (2, 4, 6, etc.) rhymes with the sound of a long e.

Themes:
Free-Spiritedness:

The swagman is a free spirit. His independence represents the autarky on which Australians pride themselves.

Defiance of Authority:

The swagman answers only to himself, not to government authority.
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Patterson wrote the poem plainly and simply with a cadence that made it easy to set to music and sing.The first five words of the poem (Oh! there once was a) resemble the opening words of stories: once upon a time...Patterson ignored the fuss and bother of allusions and hidden messages.StyleAlliteration helps to accent the rhythm of the ballad.

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William Ernest Henley
Victorian poetry
Meaning
Invictus means invicible, unconquerable in Latin. The main theme of the poem is surviving and fighting one's emotions. Henley's literary reputation is based almost only on this poem. When he was 25 Henley got tuberculosis and it led to the amputation of one of his legs. Immediately after the amputation he was told that his other leg would need the same operation. Instead he asked surgeon Joseph Lister to help him. He was able to save Henley's remaining leg after multiple surgical interventions on his foot. While recovering, Henley was moved to write the verses that became "Invictus". This period of his life, coupled with recollections of an impoverished childhood, were primary inspirations for the poem, and played a major role in its meaning.
Invictus
Short biography
Born in Gloucester, England on the 23rd August 1849
Went to the Crypt Grammar School, met poet T.E. Brown
Had his leg cut off, while healing he wrote "Invictus"
Married Hannah Boyle in 1878
Became an editor of the Scots Observer, a magazine for the arts
Friends with the famous Robert Louis Stevenson, and Rudyard Kipling
Died of tuberculosis in 1903
1849-1903
The Importance of being earnest
Victorian era 1837-1901
Literature:
Analysis
In this poem, the author uses a lot of metaphors. In the second stanza, there is a metaphor with "fell clutch" and "circumstance". In the third stanza, another metaphor is used with "menaces of the years" which is referring to the passing of time.
stylistic devices
Invictus
Nelson Mandela was really helped by this poem during his time in jail. A movie about the South African rugby team after Mandela got out, was made in 2009.
Influences
This poem played an important role in the life of Nelson Mandela during his incarceration on Robben Island. As such, it gave its name to the 2009 film.

It is also quoted by the psychiatrist Parris Mitchell (played by Robert Cummings) in the Crimes movie without punishment to his friend Drake McHugh (played by Ronald Reagan) before revealing that his amputation was not necessary.

Several references in this poem are found in the first season and during the episode 6 of the third season of the series One Tree Hill.

It is also included in the book Heart Broken By Desease.

Excerpts from the poem are quoted in the novel The Fourth Light by Marie-Sabine Roger.
By Amy, Aymie and Eléa -- June 2015

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William Ernest HenleyVictorian poetryMeaningInvictus means invicible, unconquerable in Latin. The main theme of the poem is surviving and fighting one's emotions. Henley's literary reputation is based almost only on this poem. When he was 25 Henley got tuberculosis and it led to the amputation of one of his legs.

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Christel -- Violets from PLug Street Wood

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Violets from Plug Street Wood
Roland Leighton
Roland was born in 1895, the son of Robert Leighton, a writer of boys' adventure stories, and Marie Connor Leighton, a prolific romance novelist.
Instead of proceeding with his studies at Oxford when the war broke out, Roland immediately volunteered for service and soon found himself in France.
During this time, Roland wrote Vera (his lover) numerous letters discussing British society, the war, the purpose of scholarship and aesthetics, as well as their relationship, which she preserved in her diaries and later writings. Within his correspondence he also sent a limited
number of poems.
A short note
The book Testament of Youth is an autobiography written by Vera Brittain recounting the first world war and how it affected her generation (that then became the Lost Generation.) The book shows us how she became a major pacifist of her generation even though the war stole her many of her loved ones. Roland Leighton was one of them, her fiance, killed only a little time before his leave to marry her.
'I used to talk of the Beauty of War; but it is only War in the abstract that is beautiful. Modern warfare is merely a trade...'

Letter to Vera Brittain, 2nd August 1915
The Worcester's held a part of the front line in Ploegsteert Wood (Plugstreet to the soldiers) for most of April.
Roland's letters are also
full of the incongruities of war; in one letter he is amazed at some primroses growing near his dugout
. In the same letter, he reports that
the Worcesters had had their first man killed
.
He also told Vera about finding the body of a British Soldier who must have lain where he was for some time. It was to form the basis for another of his poems.
Violets from Plug Street Wood,
Sweet, I send you oversea.
(It is strange they should be blue,
Blue, when his soaked blood was red,
For they grew around his head:
It is strange they should be blue.)

Think what they have meant to me -
Life and hope and Love and You
(and you did not see them grow
Where his mangled body lay
Hiding horrors from the day;
Sweetest, it was better so.)

Violets from oversea,
To your dear, far, forgetting land
These I send in memory
Knowing you will understand

R.A.L.
Quote
Poem written to his lover, Vera
He was at war in the trenches (F.W.W)
He was in France and her in Great Brittain.

Villanelle
Importance of the color Blue
alternating rhyme
envelope rhyme
C
C
A
A
B
B
D
D
The poem follows the flow of his mind. There is no precise structure or constant rhyme. Stream of consciousness.
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Democracy
Langston Hughes
- 1902-1967
- American playwright, novelist and poet during the Harlem Renaissance
- First poem in 1921
- First novel in 1926
Langston Hughes
Written in 1949
Great Migration

Historical Context
- Freedom

- Equality

- Racism

-- World wide issues
Themes and Tone
"Tomorrow's bread"

Symbolism
Cross rhymes -- important words

Eye rhymes

Free verse and rhymes

Structure corresponds to
main topic.
Structure
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Review
This represents the freedom coming out of the racial conflicts
From 1910 to 1970 African Americans (about 6 million of them) migrated from the South to the North of thr USA. They were trying to escape racism and the Jim Crow Laws.
The 1940s was the decade when most African Americans were attempting to be equal to the whites.
-- Black Civil Rights Movement
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in major league baseball.
June Wesley Brown becomes the first African American to graduate from the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
William A. Hinton becomes the first African American professor at Harvard University Medical School.
"I have as much right
As the other fellow has"

"I do not need my freedom when I'm dead."

Freedom is essential and it just needs to be implanted to grow with time.
Food is scarce and he cannot do without it anymore
" Year and fear"
("fear", "stand" and "land")
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Rupert Brooke 1887-1915
First Stanza
He glorifies England (nationalism & patriotism)
The poem
Iambic pentameters
(stressed unstressed+divided into five feet)
Very talented English poet

Known for his idealistic war poems
Born in Rugby
Commissioned by the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during WW1
Died in 1915 off Skyros ( Greece) because of a mosquito bite
Clearly a sonnet:
14 lines
Each line contains 10 syllables
Alternate rhyme scheme (ABAB)
What does
the first

stanza really mean?
"That is for ever England"
Which means...
Dying for one's country is noble, honourable
In lines 2 and 3 which refer to the foreign battle fields; he is saying the earth will be purer because a British soldier lies there.
but...
... The first line refers to a possible death
And what do think about the second stanza?
Second Stanza
"And think, this heart, all evil shed away"
Which means...
A transformation from a soldier to a purified soul. With death comes great
honour
Rupert Brooke associates "the soldier" with "England" which makes him not only English but England herself.
To conclude
This is clearly a patriotic poem to help conscript soldiers but it is also meant to remember and honour them. They shall never be forgotten.
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"The Soldier" is a poem written by Rupert Brooke. The poem is the fifth of a series of poems entitled 1914 and Other Poems.

It is often contrasted with Wilfred Owen's 1917 antiwar poem Dulce et Decorum est. The manuscript is located at King's College, Cambridge.

This poem was written at the beginning of the First World War in 1914, as part of a series of sonnets written by Rupert Brooke. Brooke himself, predominantly a prewar poet, died the year before "The Soldier" was published. "The Soldier", being the conclusion and the finale to Brooke's 1914 war sonnet series, deals with the death and accomplishments of a soldier.

Written with fourteen lines in a Petrarchan/Italian sonnet form, the poem is divided into an opening octet, and then followed by a concluding sestet. As far as rhyme scheme, the octet is rhymed after the Shakespearean/Elizabethan (ABAB CDCD) form, while the sestet follows the Petrarchan/Italian (EFG EFG) form. The volta, the shift or point of dramatic change, occurs after the fourth line where Brooke goes from describing the death of the soldier, to his life accomplishments.

This sonnet encompasses the memoirs of a deceased soldier who declares his patriotism to his homeland by declaring that his sacrifice will be the eternal ownership of England of the small portion of land where his body is buried. The poem appears to not follow the normal purpose of a Petrarchan/Italian sonnet either. It does not truly go into detail about a predicament/resolution, as is customary with this form; rather, the atmosphere remains constantly in the blissful state of the English soldier.

Lyrics in Roger Waters' " The Gunner's Dream" (from the Pink Floyd album The Final Cut) make reference to "The Soldier".

Implicit references to this poem (and several others) are made in Muse's song " Soldier's Poem" from their album Black Holes & Revelations.

Prior to the first moon landing in 1969, William Safire prepared a speech for U.S. President Richard Nixon to give in case of disaster. The last line of the prepared address intentionally echoes a similar line from the poem. ("For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.") This line is in reference to the first few lines of the poem.

The Second World War fiction novel Under an English Heaven, by Robert Radcliffe, tells the story of a Flying Fortress bomber crew in the USAAF 520th Bombardment Group, based on a Suffolk airbase. The novel takes its title directly from this piece, and although not mentioning the poem directly, comparisons are drawn between "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and particular bombing missions over occupied Europe which elicited a very high casualty rate, underlining the futility of the survival odds for any given bomber crew.

English singer songwriter Al Stewart makes reference to Brooke in his song "Somewhere in England (1915)" from the album A Beach Full of Shells: "And the maker of rhymes on the deck who is going to die, in the corner of some foreign field that will make him so famous, as the light temporarily shines to illumine his pages."

The poem is used as the theme for The Listener Crossword 4343, "Bear, Bear Bearing". The title hints at "Rupert Brook-e", and features from the poem are hidden in the grid.

In the Blackadder Goes Forth episode " Major Star", Captain Blackadder says "If I should die, think only this of me, I'll be back to get you."

In the film All the King's Men the poem is twice quoted verbatim: once early in the story as the inexperienced soldiers boast of coming glorious death in battle and again near the end at the funeral of a soldier killed in Gallipoli. The contrast in these two recitations (in tone, character, setting, purpose) illustrates the nuance of the poem beyond any patriotism/anti-war dichotomy.[citation needed ]

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"The Soldier" is a poem written by Rupert Brooke. The poem is the fifth of a series of poems entitled 1914 and Other Poems . It is often contrasted with Wilfred Owen's 1917 antiwar poem Dulce et Decorum est . The manuscript is located at King's College, Cambridge.

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Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes

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Let America Be America Again - Let America be America again.

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All summer in a Day (Poem) by Ray Bradbury