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- 6881: E.E. Cummings
- ... causes the other to seem still (106). The 'd,' at the end of the poem is showing that after the poet has finally named the object he saw, he immediately loses interest and stops, as writing more to further organize his thoughts would be superfluous (106). The contrasting words in this poem are very important. 'against' contrasts with 'across', and signifies a halt. It seems that the poet wants to stop ...
- 6882: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... the originator of the American short story. There had been other short works of fiction, but Poe perfected the short story as an art form. Conan Doyle was influenced by him, particularly in their early writing, before each had found his individual style. Poe led in his methods of analysis in his detective stories. No one has outdone him in creating an atmosphere of morbid horror in such tales as The ...
- 6883: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- ... that year while sailing at Torquay and Elizabeth returned home emotionally broken, becoming a troubled person and a recluse. She spent the next five years in her bedroom at her father's home. She continued writing, however, and in 1844 produced a collection entitled simply Poems. This volume gained the attention of poet Robert Browning, whose work Elizabeth had praised in one of her poems, and he wrote her a letter ...
- 6884: Ellen Foster
- ... actions of Ellen. The simplistic and humble attitude that both Gibbons and Ellen epitomize in the novel is portrayed through diction and dialogue throughout the novel allows the audience to gain a better understanding and personal compassion for both the character and author. The novel is written in a short, choppy sentence structure using simple word choice, or diction, in a stream of consciousness to enable the reader to perceive the ...
- 6885: Ernest Che Guevara
- ... during the National Revolution in which he condemned as an opportunist. From there he went to Guatemala, arriving during the socialist Arbenz presidency. It was in Guatemala that he began to earn his living by writing archaeological articles about the Inca and Maya ruins. By then he was already a Marxist, well read in Lenin, and he refused to join the Communist Party. This meant that he would pass up the ...
- 6886: Ferdinand Graf Von Zeppelin
- ... lent the highest honor by the VDI. The government placed amounts to the building of his next ship at million heights to the order and wanted to purchase the finished airships. Additionally he received a personal remuneration for his past work. With his new ship, the LZ-4 Graf Zeppelin, a 12 hour travel over Switzerland was achieved. With large energy applied it gave 24-hour tours. But this project ended ...
- 6887: Ferdinand Magellan
- ... named Francisco Serrano also twelve years old, came at the same time as Ferdinand did. At court Ferdinand learned music, dance, horsemanship and how to handle weapons, in addition to academic subjects such as reading, writing and religion. Also he learned algebra, geometry, astronomy and navigation. After he had worked at court for a few years, he started checking the supplies for the ships going to India. This was work for ...
- 6888: Ferdinand Magellan
- ... part in an expedition that conquered Malaka. After this victory, a Portuguese fleet sailed farther to the Spice Islands which were called the Molucca Islands. Portugal claimed the islands at this time. Magellans close personal friend Francisco Serraro went along on the voyage to the Spice Islands and wrote to Magellan, describing the route and the island of Ternate. Serraos letters helped establish in Magellans mind the location ...
- 6889: Fidal Castro
- ... opinion of this affair and how it might have been more productively handled. American intervention should have been held to a minimum. In an atmosphere of concentration on purely Cuban issues, opposition to Castro's personal dictatorship could be expected to grow. Admittedly, even justified American retaliation would have led to Cuban counterretaliation and so on with the prospect that step by step the same end result would have been attained ...
- 6890: Francios Rabelias
- ... almanac for the year 1533. Nominated doctor at the hospital of Hotel-Dieu. " "1533 Pantagruel is censured by the Sorbonne on October 23. November 8-- leaves for Italy with Cardinal Jean du Bellay as his personal secretary and doctor. " "1534 February-march----stay in Rome. May--back in Lyons. August-- Publication or Gargantua. " "1535 Second trip to Rome with Jean du Bellay " "1536 July--Returns to Lyons and then departs for ...
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