Works of Andrew Marvell

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Thus, pastoral as a mode occurs in many types of literature poetry, drama, etc. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost , written in blank verse. Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica , written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship, is among history's most influential and impassioned defences of free speech and freedom of the press.

His desire for freedom extended into his style: William Hayley's biography called him the "greatest English author",[1] and he remains generally regarded "as one of the preeminent writers in the Englis The poem is in the genre of carpe diem, Latin for seize the day. It goes as follows: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today To-morrow will be dying.

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The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And, while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry.

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He was also a critic, teacher and academic. He was referred to in an American journal as "the 20th century's greatest 18th-century poet". His father was a Presbyterian minister and his mother a teacher. Three years later they moved to Sydney. Returning to Australia in he then trained as a teacher, and spent some time drifting. He was a lecturer at the University of Melbourne from to , and in became the first professor of English at the newly founded Canberra Uni Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and other writings written in the Latin language.

The beginning of Latin literature dates to BC, when the first stage play was performed in Rome. Latin literature would flourish for the next six centuries. The classical era of Latin literature can be roughly divided into the following periods: Latin was the language of the ancient Romans, but it was also the lingua franca of Western Europe throughout the Middle Ages, so Latin literature includes not only Roman authors like Cicero, Vergil, Ovid and Horace, but also includes European writers after the fall of the Empire, from religious writers like Aquinas — , to secular writers like Francis Bacon — , Baruch Spinoza — , and Isaac Newton — With its headquarters in Cambridgeshire, within the United Kingdom, its primary business is in the design of ARM processors CPUs , although it also designs software development tools under the DS-5, RealView and Keil brands, as well as systems and platforms, system-on-a-chip SoC infrastructure and software.

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He was the eldest of fourteen children born to Erasmus Dryden and wife Mary Pickering, paternal grandson of Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet — , and wife Frances Wilkes, Puritan landowning gentry who supported the Puritan cause and Parliament. He was a second cousin once removed of Jonathan Swift. As a boy Dryden lived in the nearby village of Titchmarsh, where it is likely that he received his first education.

In he was sent to Westminster School as a Many authors will use quotations from literature as the title for their works. This may be done as a conscious allusion to the themes of the older work or simply because the phrase seems memorable. The following is a partial list of book titles taken from literature. It does not include phrases altered for parody. Titles taken from works by William Shakespeare do not appear here: William Faulkner 2 Samuel The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to poetry: Poetry — a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities, in addition to, or instead of, its apparent meaning.

What type of thing is poetry? Poetry can be described as all of the following things: One of the arts — as an art form, poetry is an outlet of human expression, that is usually influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change culture. Poetry is a physical manifestation of the internal human creative impulse. A form of literature — literature is composition, that is, written or oral work such as books, stories, and poems. Fine art — in Western European academic traditions, fine art is art developed primarily for aesthetics, distinguishing it from applied art that also has to serve some practical function.

The word "fine" here does not so much denote the quality of the artwork in question, but the purity of the discipline according to traditional Western European canons. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature for instance, Irish or France.

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The OLPC project has been the subject of extensiv This is a list of poems, individual poems not poetry collections or anthologies , of any length, often published in book form if long enough, or, if a short poem, as a tract or broadside. White Rose, symbol of Yorkshire. The culture of Yorkshire has developed over the county's history, influenced by the cultures of those who came to control the region, including the Celts Brigantes and Parisii , Romans, Angles, Vikings and Normans.

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In , after his first wife died, King married his second cousin, Patricia, a Mormon. He later also converted to the Mormon faith. King had an international reputation as a poet, author and lecturer. He produced works on sixteenth and seventeenth century literature and English as a foreign language. King asserted that poet Andrew Marvell was a principal influence on his work, b His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published in , followed by two novels, Jill and A Girl in Winter , and he came to prominence in with the publication of his second collection of poems, The Less Deceived, followed by The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows After graduating from Oxford in with a first in English language and literature, Larkin became a librarian.

It was during the thirty years he worked with distinction as university librarian at the Brynmor Jone This is a list of notable Chinese Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants who have made exceptional contributions to various facets of American society. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Chinese American or must have references showing they are Chinese American and are notable. Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period.

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The story follows an exploratory ship sent by the League to investigate a newly discovered planet, named World The team includes Osden, an "empath" who is able to feel the emotions of those around him; however, he has an abrasive personality that leads to tensions within the team. The ship finds World to be a world covered in forests, and apparently devoid of animal life. However, the team eventually begins to feel a fear emanating from the planet. The team realizes that the entire vegetation on the planet is part of a singular consciousness, which is reacting in fear at the explorers after spending its whole life in isolation.

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Neilson, a professor of English; Eliot determined the works to be included and Neilson selected the specific editions and wrote introductory notes. This is an alphabetical list of internationally notable poets. This page lists notable alumni and students of the University of California, Berkeley. Alumni who also served as faculty are listed in bold font, with degree and year. Notable faculty members are in the article List of UC Berkeley faculty. British literature This article is focused on English-language literature rather than the literature of England, so that it includes writers from Scotland, Wales, the Crown dependencies, and the whole of Ireland, as well as literature in English from countries of the former British Empire, including the United States.

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It sometimes, but not always, relates to a time in a person's retirement after previous service to the public or private sector, opposing "active public life". Otium can be a temporary time of leisure, that is sporadic. It can have intellectual, virtuous or immoral implications. Andrew Marvell the poet is writing a poem about the act of making a garland, both acts of creativity, both designed to glorify God. Horatian odes are often marked by their emotional restraint.

Young love is fresh and exciting and keenly felt — but will that initial fervour and passion wear off? We strongly recommend The Complete Poems Penguin Classics , which contains all of his poetry along with extensive notes. The greatest Marvell poems Andrew Marvell is widely regarded as one of the greatest English poets of the seventeenth century.

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