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Research on the life and work of this fascinating poet.
Be forewarned: it is long! - During this War of Nations, women left their homes to go to work in factories or actually became part of the war effort -- flying planes, making weapons, nursing the wounded, actually active in the trenches.
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In Praise of the Vernacular Poet by Jim Saville, from I-Like-RhymesWe should not decry the work of vernacular poets solely on the grounds of the language they use.
- The 11th, 12th and 13th centuries form a great period of fermentation, during which the elements of European civilization were separating and fashioning themselves for the reception of new forms. Principles were yet crude and indigested, but feeling was every where strong. The fervour of religious zeal often misled the mind and inflamed the passions; yet we should not forget that this religion was the medium of civilization, the guardian angel that watched over the walls of the sanctuaries of learning, shielding them from the devastations of ignorant and lawless power.
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