1. Poets are born not made
... to a printer. Two years later he went to New York City to work in printing shops, but returned to Long Island in 1835 and taught in country schools. Between 1838-39 he edited a newspaper, the Long-Islander, at Huntington; becoming bored, he went back to New York City to work as a printer and journalist {Doren, 45}. There he enjoyed ... , Glittering dimly, toiling under the sun "the dust-cover'd men, In columns rise and fall to the undulations of the ground, With artillery interspers'd "the wheels rumble, the horses sweat, As the army corps advances.{Whitman, 189} Robert Frost also portra...
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- Grade Level: High School