According to the "Dictionary of Literary Terms- poetry is: - metrical writing; - writing, that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through its meanings, sound and rhythm. ... The substance of poetic art is a language. ... Originally it was nothing more than a set of song's lyrics and it played a large role in a religious, family or national ceremonies. In Romantic times, for example, lyric poetry differed from epic and drama, for it was supposed to be a langua...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

According to the "Dictionary of Literary Terms- poetry is: - metrical writing; - writing, that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through its meanings, sound and rhythm. ... The substance of poetic art is a language. ... Originally it was nothing more than a set of song's lyrics and it played a large role in a religious, family or national ceremonies. In Romantic times, for example, lyric poetry differed from epic and drama, for it was supposed to be a langua...

• Word Count: 752
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"Her compact, forceful language, characteried formally by long disruptive dashes, heavy iambic meters, and angular, imprecise rhymes, is one fo the singular literary achievements of of the nineteenth century. ... Her 1970 novel The Bluest Eye was followed by Sula in 1974, which secured Morrison a nomination for the National Book Award. In 1977, Morrison won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her book Song of Solomon. ... Dickinson uses forceful language, heavy iambic meters, imprecise rhymes, long disruptive dashes. ...

• Word Count: 1665
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• Grade Level: High School

The most influential and oldest national literature in the Western world comes from the Greeks. ... Aeschylus is noted for the seriousness, complexity of thought and majestic language. ... Sophocles is most famous for his characterization, graceful language, and sense of calm and proportion. ...

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It was the publishing of "Lyrics of Lowly Life" that had made Dunbar a national literary figure. ... America and Dunbar gained national praise for his dialect verses in some of his poetry. He was the first black American poet to gain this national praise, although white and black writers before him have used it also (Laryea 108). ... Just as was stated above he tries to recreate the Negro by words and language in his poem "Sympathy" such as the "caged bird". ...

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This man wrote poems and newspaper articles and became nationally recognized for his lyrical prose and poetry style. ... He was a poet who wrote using the dialect of his people, and African American folk language. ...

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Year 12 English Assessment Task. Critical Study of Texts. "A measure of great poetry is its ability to transcend time and place". Donne's poetry has been loved and hated by many people throughout history, but most of all it's been read. He still remains...

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His poetry became known and popular all over the world; his poems were translated into many different languages. ... He was one of the three poets awarded the Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1939. ...

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Soul are in many respects sensitive to ways of speaking and thinking about the soul [psuchê] that are not specifically philosophical or theoretical. We therefore begin with what the word 'soul' meant to speakers of Classical Greek, and what it would have been natural to think about and associate with the soul. Psyche Although willing to provide a common account of the soul in these general terms, Aristotle devotes most of his energy in De Anima to detailed investigations of the soul's individual capacities or faculties, which he first lists as nutrition, perception, and mi...

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• Grade Level: High School