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William Shakespeare: Background Information: William Shakespeare is regarded as the single greatest English writer and poet of all time. One author remarks, “While Shakespeare was regarded as the foremost dramatist of his time, evidence indicates that both he and his contemporaries looked to poetry, not playwriting, for enduring fame” (Academy of American Poets). Truly, Shakespeare revolutionized the world of literature through his style and his literary finesse. Little is known about Shakespeare’s early life, and his date of birth has forever been a mystery. Not only did he create several prodigious poems and plays throughout his time on this planet, but he also invested his days into acting and being a part owner of The Globe Theatre. The Globe was illuminated by his group, Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which was one of the most influential company of actors during this time. Some of Shakespeare’s most tremendous works in poetry include Venus and Adonis, The Sonnets of Shakespeare and The Rape of Lucrece. Indeed, he used poetry to express his dark desires in regards to his sexuality and his personal being. William Shakespeare dedicated his life to being a dramatist, but he also revolutionized the world of poetry and of literature in general.

Works Cited: "William Shakespeare." Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.

"William Shakespeare." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 05 Jan. 2014. Web. 01 May 2014.

Three famous poems: Shakespeare Sonnet #118 (1609): Like as, to make our appetites more keen, With eager compounds we our palate urge, As, to prevent our maladies unseen, We sicken to shun sickness, when we purge, Even so, being tuff of your ne'er-cloying sweetness, To bitter sauces did I frame my feeding, And, sick of welfare, found a kind of meetness <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">To be diseas'd, ere that there was true needing. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Thus policy in love, to anticipate <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The ills that were not, grew to faults assured, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And brought to medicine a healthful state, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Which, rank of goodness, would by ill be cured: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> But thence I learn, and find the lesson true, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Drugs poison him that so fell sick of you.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Sonnets of Shakespeare #18 (1609): <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Thou art more lovely and more temperate: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And summer's lease hath all too short a date: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And every fair from fair sometime declines, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">But thy eternal summer shall not fade <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Shakespeare Sonnet #130 (1609): <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Coral is far more red than her lips' red; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">But no such roses see I in her cheeks; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And in some perfumes is there more delight <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I love to hear her speak, yet well I know <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">That music hath a far more pleasing sound; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I grant I never saw a goddess go; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> As any she belied with false compare.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Three major literary techniques used within each: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Imagery- A common term of variable meaning, includes "mental pictures" that readers experience with a passage of literature. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Simile- An analogy or comparison implied by using an adverb such as like or as. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Metaphor- A comparison or analogy stated in such a way as to imply that one object is another one, figuratively speaking.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Paul Zimmer: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Background Information: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Paul Zimmer was born in 1934, in the town of Canton, Ohio. His work within poetry earned him several prestigious awards, including a staggering six Pushcart Prizes, a Helen Bullis Memorial Award, and an Open Book Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. One critic exclaims, “Zimmer’s poetry engages everyday life, using free-verse lines and unadorned diction to highlight the drama and wit of ordinary situations” (Poetry Foundation). Zimmer was able to create poems that were not only humorous, but poems that were simply alive with a sense of adventure. He showcased himself through every single piece that was published, along with a passionate sense of humor that captured the pure essence of his literary genius. At the bright age of just eleven years old, Zimmer found a love for jazz music and carried this passion on throughout his career. Jazz was a writing inspiration for Zimmer, and was the key that ignited his mind to create several masterpieces, such as The Great Bird of Love and Family Reunion. Paul Zimmer has simply not been given enough credit for the countless hours of work that he has put in, and his masterful creations have not been seen by most of the general public.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Works Cited: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"Paul Zimmer." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 05 May 2014.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Three famous poems:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Great Bird of Love (1999): <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I want to become a great night bird <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Called the Zimmer, grow intricate gears <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And tendons, brace my wings on updrafts, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Roll them down with a motion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">That lifts me slowly into the stars <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">To fly above the troubles of the land. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">When I soar the moon will shine past <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">My shoulder and slide through <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Streams like a luminous fish. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I want my cry to be huge and melancholy, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The undefiled movement of my wings <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">To fold and unfold on rising gloom. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">People will see my silhouette from <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Their windows and be comforted, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Knowing that, though oppressed, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">They are cherished and watched over, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Can turn to kiss their children, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Tuck them into their beds and say: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sleep tight. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">No harm tonight, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In starry skies <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Zimmer flies.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Love Poem (1983): <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In southern France live two old horses, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">High in the foothills, not even French, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">But English, retired steeplechasers <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brought across to accept an old age <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Of ambling together in the Pyrenees. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">At times they whinny and kick <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">At one another with impatience, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">But they have grown to love each other. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In time the gelding grows ill <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And is taken away for treatment. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The mare pines, pokes at her food, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dallies on her rides until the other <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Comes home. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> She is in her stall <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">When the trailer rumbles <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Through the gate into the field, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And she sings with impatience <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Until her door is opened. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Then full <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Of sound and speed, in need of <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Each other, they entwine their necks, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Rub muzzles, bumping flanks <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">To embrace in their own way. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Together they prance to <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The choicest pasture, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Standing together and apart, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">To be glad until <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">They can no longer be glad.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Old Woodpecker (2001): <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In the end, his tiny eyes won't focus. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Punchy, his snap gone, he spends his <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Time banging on gutters and drain pipes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He begins to slurr and churrrr, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">His breath descending in a rattle, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He tells endless stories of old trees <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Taken, but he has absorbed one too many <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Hardwoods to his noggin, his brain <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Is pudding. For the rest of his time <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He will undulate around, patronized, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Spunky but sweet, remembering only <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Nests of teeming carpenter ants, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Consenting grubs under flaps of bark, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The days when he was a contender <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Amongst the great woods of his life.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Three major literary techniques used within each: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Personification- <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><range type="comment" id="505884374_1">Animals, ideas, and inanimate objects are given human character, traits, abilities, or reactions.</range id="505884374_1"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Imagery- A common term of variable meaning, includes "mental pictures" that readers experience with a passage of literature. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Simile- An analogy or comparison implied by using an adverb such as like or as.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lord Byron: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Background Information: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lord (George Gordon) Byron was born on January 22, 1788 in Scotland. Byron's first works included erotic verses pointed toward his teachers, and he was quite irresponsible in regards to his money. The author exclaims, "An outspoken politician in the House of Lords, Byron used his popularity for public good, speaking in favor of workers’ rights and social reform. He also continued to publish romantic tales in verse. His personal life, however, remained rocky" (Poets Associated). Some of Byron's most remarkable works include Manfred and Don Juan. Before Byron was able to complete Don Juan, he passed away, thus leaving a large empty spot regarding the end of the masterpiece. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Works Cited: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"George Gordon Byron." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 05 May 2014.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Three famous poems: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Manfred (First Stanza):

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The lamp must be replenish'd, but even then It will not burn so long as I must watch. My slumbers-- if I slumber-- are not sleep, But a continuance of enduring thought, Which then I can resist not: in my heart There is a vigil, and these eyes but close To look within; and yet I live, and bear The aspect and the form of breathing men. But grief should be the instructor of the wise; Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth, The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life. Philosophy and science, and the springs Of wonder, and the wisdom of the world, I have essay'd, and in my mind there is A power to make these subject to itself-- But they avail not: I have done men good, And I have met with good even among men-- But this avail'd not: I have had my foes, And none have baffled, many fallen before me-- But this avail'd not: Good, or evil, life, Powers, passions, all I see in other beings, Have been to me as rain unto the sands, Since that all-nameless hour. I have no dread, And feel the curse to have no natural fear Nor fluttering throb, that beats with hopes or wishes Or lurking love of something on the earth. =====

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Don Juan (First Canto, First Stanza): ====<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one; Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I 'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan— We all have seen him, in the pantomime, Sent to the devil somewhat ere his time. ====

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">She Walks in Beauty: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">She walks in beauty, like the night <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Of cloudless climes and starry skies; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And all that’s best of dark and bright <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Meet in her aspect and her eyes; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Thus mellowed to that tender light <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">One shade the more, one ray the less, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Had half impaired the nameless grace <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Which waves in every raven tress, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Or softly lightens o’er her face; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Where thoughts serenely sweet express, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The smiles that win, the tints that glow, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> But tell of days in goodness spent, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A mind at peace with all below, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> A heart whose love is innocent!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Three major literary techniques used within each: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Simile- An analogy or comparison implied by using an adverb such as like or as. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Imagery- A common term of variable meaning, includes "mental pictures" that readers experience with a passage of literature. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Metaphor- A co <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">mparison or analogy stated in such a way as to imply that one object is another one, figuratively speaking.

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