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In 1926, while Cuney was still a student at Lincoln University, his poem "No Images" won first prize in a competition sponsored by Opportunity magazine. The poem poignantly portrays a black woman's internalization of European beauty standards. It has been widely anthologized and is considered a minor classic of the New Negro Movement. [3]
The poem was first published in June 1844 in Hood's Magazine and Comic Miscellany, and later Dramatic Romances and Lyrics in 1845. This poem, set in seventeenth-century France, is the monologue of a woman speaking to an apothecary as he prepares a poison, which she intends to use to kill her rivals in love.
Dangerous life. Northeastern University Press. 1989. The Body Mutinies. Purdue University Press. 1996. ISBN 978-1-55753-083-7. The Oldest Map with the Name America: New and Selected Poems. Random House. 1999. ISBN 978-0-375-50160-9. Luck is luck: poems. Random House, Inc. 2005. ISBN 9781400063239. Inseminating the Elephant. Copper Canyon Press ...
Requiem is often said to have no clearly definable plot but has many themes which carry throughout the entire poem. [7] One of the most important themes that also stands as part of the title is the theme of "A poem without a hero". [7] [9] Throughout the entire cycle and the many poems within, there is no hero that comes to the rescue. It is ...
Hazard symbols may vary in color, background, borders, or accompanying text to indicate specific dangers and levels of risk, such as toxicity classes. These symbols provide a quick, universally understandable visual warning that transcends language barriers, making them more effective than text-based warnings in many situations.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Beddoes, Thomas Lovell" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Gosse, Edmund (1885).
A chemigram (from "chemistry" and gramma, Greek for "things written") [1] is an experimental piece of art where an image is made by painting with chemicals on light-sensitive paper (such as photographic paper). The term Chemigram was coined in the 1950s by Belgian artist Pierre Cordier. [2]
Rosemonde Gérard. Louise-Rose-Étiennette Gérard, known as Rosemonde Gérard (April 5, 1866, Paris – July 8, 1953, Paris) was a French poet and playwright. She was the wife of Edmond Rostand (1868–1918, author of Cyrano de Bergerac), and was a granddaughter of Étienne Maurice Gérard, who was a Marshal and a Prime Minister of France.