... for his four-volume sequel, Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. He won another Pulitzer Prize in 1950 in poetry for his collection of poems called Complete Poems. Along with his burning desire to write poetry, he also loved to sing old folk songs. He was not taught to play the ... enjoyed writing about his "love of nature" and his "love of working-class America (http://www.gfps.k12.my.us/gfhs/english/amy%20krattiger/poems.htm 1)." These things were some of the largest contributions to Sandburg's career. In Sandburg's lifetime, he had written over 700 different works. Most ... The People, ...

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... the end of the Civil War. In 1846 he published Voices of Freedom, his last collection of antislavery poems. Whittier continued to write up until his death in 1892. Though Whittier's poems are well-known and respected, his writing style is very simple. His use of words is often ... style is influenced by three factors. The first is his religious training. His parents were devout Quakers, and their teaching shone through in his poems. The next is his rural background. Whittier was raised on a farm that was far away from other people. The last is the romantic ... for education. Later, Whi...

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Sandra Cisneros A famous Latino Writer that overcame many obstacles throughout her whole life, In one of the roughest time periods was Sandra Cisneros. Sandra is an author that ... woman always does in her household. That is by feeding them a cleaning after them, they wanted a servant not a sister. At an early age Sandra wrote a few stories and poems when she had the chance. Some books she read at an early age were Virginia Lee Burton's "The Little House" and Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland". The family ... female's life is tougher than a male. The genre of "The House on M...

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... injured in Virginia. He saw a lot of cruel unkind things. He then went on to Washington to work in the government. Lincoln's death also helped him write some of his poems like "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom"d" and "O"Captain My Captain". Though his father died, he was too heart broken to write about this due to him and his ... father's bond. This made Walt the provider for his family and he then had to borrow $200 from a friend. James Parton, he was a husband of a famous poetess Fanny Fern. Walt's writing style was very unique and different. Some people thought it was so odd th...

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... Spenser reached out to audiences through his poetry. His works, which reflected the idea of individualism, incorporated his own personal emotions, values, and experiences. Amoretti, whose title means little love poems, is composed of eighty-eight sonnets. The Amoretti focuses on the charms and virtues of a lover and a man's frustrated feelings to display the courtship of him and his second wife ... show the power of love is Sonnet 75 from Amoretti. Spenser shows his love for a woman by telling her that she should want him because he will make her famous through his poems. Spenser writes...

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... injured in Virginia. He saw a lot of cruel unkind things. He then went on to Washington to work in the government. Lincoln's death also helped him write some of his poems like "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom"d" and "O"Captain My Captain". Though his father died, he was too heart broken to write about this due to him and his ... father's bond. This made Walt the provider for his family and he then had to borrow $200 from a friend. James Parton, he was a husband of a famous poetess Fanny Fern. Walt's writing style was very unique and different. Some people thought it was so odd th...

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• Grade Level: High School