When one reads the nonfiction work of Robert Louis Stevenson along with the novels and short stories‚ a more complete portrait emerges of the author than that of the romantic vagabond one usually associates with his best-known fiction. The Stevenson of the nonfiction prose is a writer involved in the issues of his craft‚ his milieu‚ and his soul. Moreover‚ one can see the record of his maturation in critical essays‚ political tracts‚ biographies‚ and letters to family and friends. What Stevenson
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Robert Frost is extremely important to Modern American literature. Frost evoked a lot of deep discussions in classrooms‚ friend groups‚ teachers and kids alike. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life. He frequently used settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century. He used them to examine social and philosophical themes. He is credited as a major influence upon the development
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"The past is redeemable through memory‚ imagination and retrospection‚ and through these powers of mind‚ an order and continuity are given to one ’s life". Such is the belief that Robert Frost adopted from Wordsworth and can be said to be the theme of Frost ’s poem "Directive ’. The poem begins in the voice of a guide‚ directing us out of the present‚ the "now" that is "too much for us" and leading us to‚ or rather leading us to retreat to "a time made simple by the loss/ of detail‚ burned‚ dissolved
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and back Again: Transmittance of Interpretation and Intention in Translation Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone‚ although written long ago in a linguistic form foreign to the modern English speaker‚ finds new and relatable life by the whims and wits of Robert Fagles and Anne Carson’s translations‚ Antigone and Antigo nick respectively. After reading either translation and recognizing the great variation between them‚ the expedient question to ask encroaches as “Which is the more accurate version of the
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Misgiving By Robert Frost All crying‚ ’We will go with you‚ O Wind!’ The foliage follow him‚ leaf and stem; But a sleep oppresses them as they go‚ And they end by bidding them as they go‚ And they end by bidding him stay with them. Since ever they flung abroad in spring The leaves had promised themselves this flight‚ Who now would fain seek sheltering wall‚ Or thicket‚ or hollow place for the night. And now they answer his summoning blast With an ever vaguer and vaguer stir‚ Or
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there are many immigrants from United States. Historical events such as World War 2‚ and nuclear testing on the islands has a huge effect on the Marshall Islands‚ but the islands are still beautiful‚ and people keep their traditional life style. Robert Barclay‚ an author of the novel “Melal”‚ usually deals with U.S military occupation to the Marshall Islands. The author describes colonization‚ westernization and environmental damage to the islands by nuclear testing. When he was young‚ he used to
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I really enjoyed the film that we watched class. Robert Reich wasn’t someone that I had heard of before the film and I grew to really like and respect him. After the documentary I did some reading up on him and I liked what I found. While I had a very positive reaction to the film‚ I went home and talked to my parents about it and I was shocked about their reaction. I agreed with everything that he said‚ and while Reich was reluctant to label himself as a socialist‚ I believe that I am and I am
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The poem that really stood out to me was "The Whipping" by Robert Hayden I chose this poem because I can relate to the vision the author is trying to make us see. He’s trying to tell us the feeling the mom had. She might have had a lot of grudges against her own son because in the last stanza it states "And the woman leans muttering against a tree‚ exhausted‚ purged- avenged‚ in part for lifelong hidings she has had to bear" she has been mad at him and has been holding back on unleashing all her
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Robert Herrick is generally considered the greatest of the Cavalier poets‚ and like most of this group of poets his works show a large amount of wit and dryness. One such poem "To Daffodils" which was in a collection of poems entitled "Hesperides‚" (tad bit presumptuous on his part) is a perfect example of Herrick’s sophisticated and direct nature. The poem is broken into two stanzas‚ the first addressing the daffodils and the second moving on to people and life in general. The poem moves along in
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Robert Frost wrote an interesting poem entitled‚ "After Apple-Picking." This poem has several fascinating images that cause the reader to wonder what he is really trying to convey. Through this poem‚ Frost could possibly be trying to suggest death. This death might either be of life itself‚ or of writing poetry. There are several times in the poem that he refers to winter‚ and just as spring is a symbol for life‚ winter is the image of death. First‚ he states that the‚ "essence of winter sleep
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