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on Paradise Lost : Book I. by John Milton, on August 27, 2004This is only the first book of Paradise Lost. There are 11 more. Nevertheless, it's quite short as far as epics go...
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on Thicker than rain-drops on November thorn (fragment) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, on August 26, 2004Thicker than rain-drops on November thorn-
Colder than lamplight on a sunless morn,
When e'en the sharpest eye begins to flood-
Slower than standing water flows my blood.
Hey, I tried...though obviously I cannot write nearly as well as Coleridge. -
on I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Dr. Maya Angelou, on August 3, 2004This is probably her best poem. It succeeds in getting the message across poetically--wheras many of her other works are simply prose divided into very short lines. I love the imagery here ("...dips his wings/ in the orange sun rays", "...trade winds soft through the sighing trees")--there's an interesting contrast between the delicacy of the author's language and the blunt harshness of the poem's theme, which is, of course, opression. The poem as a whole can be interpreted on many levels. It may describe the plight of millions of weary African-Americans, it may shed light upon the unfavorable position of women ino our country, or it may simply reflect the author's view of herself. This poem may not be great; nevertheless, it comes closer to perfection than anything I've read by Angelou.
