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The king asleep in mountain (D 1960.2 in Stith Thompson's motif index system) [1] is a prominent folklore trope found in many folktales and legends. Thompson termed it as the Kyffhäuser type. [ 2 ] Some other designations are king in the mountain , king under the mountain , sleeping hero , or Bergentrückung ("mountain rapture").
The following is a verse from LaVerna Johnson's poem "Homestead", which exhibits traditional cowboy poetry features: We hear calls of cattle lowing, voices carry on the breeze As it wanders down the canyon, then meanders through the trees.
Cover of Mountain Interval, copyright page, and page containing the poem "The Road Not Taken", by Robert Frost. The following is a List of poems by Robert Frost. Robert Frost was an American poet, and the recipient of four Pulitzer Prizes for poetry.
The biracial Corporal Lestrade appears, dragging Makak, an older black man, whom he throws into the empty cell. Lestrade argues with the other prisoners, whom he views as animals, and then hosts an improvised trial. Makak, tired and confused, just wants to return to his home on Monkey Mountain. He claims an apparition of a white woman inspired him.
"The Road Not Taken" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost, first published in the August 1915 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, [1] and later published as the first poem in the 1916 poetry collection, Mountain Interval. Its central theme is the divergence of paths, both literally and figuratively, although its interpretation is noted for being ...
The poem describes a young man passing through a mountain village at dusk. He bears the banner "Excelsior" (translated from Latin as "higher", also loosely but more widely as "onward and upward"). The traveller disregards warnings from villagers of fearful dangers above, and an offer of rest from a local maiden.
The landscape paired with a small visual of one human symbolizes man's insignificance in comparison to the powerful force of nature. Examining the words in the poem, it is clear that Shen Zhou is purposely shining a light on the magnificent views around the man in the painting. The poem translates to: White clouds sash-like wrap mountain waists,
James William Whilt in 1917. James William Whilt (January 8, 1878 - March 10, 1967) was a cowboy poet known as "The Poet of the Rockies". [1]James William Whilt, often referred to as "The Poet of the Rockies," was an American poet renowned for his vivid depictions of the natural beauty and rugged life of the Rocky Mountains.