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  2. Marigolds (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The story draws from Collier's early life in rural Maryland during the Great Depression. Its themes include poverty, maturity and the relationship between innocence and compassion. [ 1 ] While teaching literature at the Community College of Baltimore County , she published "Marigolds" in Negro Digest , and it won the inaugural Gwendolyn Brooks ...

  3. God helps those who help themselves - Wikipedia

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    A little earlier, George Herbert had included "Help thyself, and God will help thee" in his proverb collection, Jacula Prudentum (1651). [12] But it was the English political theorist Algernon Sidney who originated the now familiar wording, "God helps those who help themselves", [13] apparently the first exact rendering of the phrase.

  4. True Stories (poetry collection) - Wikipedia

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    First edition (publ. OUP) True Stories is a collection of poetry by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1981.The collection is dedicated to poet Carolyn Forché with whom Atwood had discussed her trip to El Salvador as a member of Amnesty International, and the poems both directly and indirectly discuss her views regarding human rights in third-world nations.

  5. English Reader or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from ...

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    : With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading. by Lindley Murray is an eighteenth century textbook written in 1799 and published in the United States. The volume is one of the most widely held in American libraries. [1] The book is available in the public domain.

  6. Understanding Poetry - Wikipedia

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    According to Warren's obituary in The New York Times: "Understanding Poetry and Understanding Fiction, which he wrote with Mr. Brooks, taught an entire generation how to read a work of literature and helped make the New Criticism dominant in the decade surrounding World War II. It was an approach to criticism that regarded the work at hand as ...

  7. Junius manuscript - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of a ship from the Cædmon manuscript. The codex now referred to as the "Junius manuscript" was formerly called the "Cædmon manuscript" after an early theory that the poems it contains were the work of Cædmon; the theory is no longer considered credible, therefore the manuscript it is commonly referred to either by its Bodleian Library shelf mark "MS Junius 11", or more ...

  8. One Word is Too Often Profaned - Wikipedia

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    Shelley developed a very strong affection towards Jane Williams and addressed a number of poems to her. In most of these poems, Shelley projects his love for Jane in a spiritual and devotional manner. This poem is an example of that. Shelley's affection towards Jane was known to Edward Williams and also to Mary Shelley.

  9. There Is a Garden in Her Face - Wikipedia

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    The refrain "till cherry ripe! themselves do cry" [6] (London street seller cry), implies a sense of urgency in the speaker's observation and possible attempt to gain the woman over, for himself. While the speaker does not clearly express an intention to court the woman, there are hints of hostility in response to her "hard to get" attitude.