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FOR EXPLORATION from Travels . . . 1. What is Bartram's purpose in relating the anecdote of the trader and the ... explorations was an exten- sion of the efforts of his father , John Bartram , the pioneer American botanist . William had ...
FOR EXPLORATION from Travels . . . 1. What is Bartram's purpose in relating the anecdote of the trader and the ... explorations was an exten- sion of the efforts of his father , John Bartram , the pioneer American botanist . William had ...
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... EXPLORATION The Chambered Nautilus 1. Reread the first three stanzas . What is the poet describ- ing ? What has happened to this object ? 2. In stanza 4 , to what does the author address his thanks ? Why does he feel the need to give ...
... EXPLORATION The Chambered Nautilus 1. Reread the first three stanzas . What is the poet describ- ing ? What has happened to this object ? 2. In stanza 4 , to what does the author address his thanks ? Why does he feel the need to give ...
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... EXPLORATION 1. In general , most poetry written prior to Whitman's day dealt with idealized characters or extraordinary heroes . What class of people did Whitman choose to portray ? 2. Why is " each [ person ] singing what belongs to ...
... EXPLORATION 1. In general , most poetry written prior to Whitman's day dealt with idealized characters or extraordinary heroes . What class of people did Whitman choose to portray ? 2. Why is " each [ person ] singing what belongs to ...
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THE NOBEL PRIZE 27 | 64 |
RALPH ELLISON | 75 |
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Agapito AMANDA American asked Aylmer Batman Bernice boat called captain Copyright CREATIVE RESPONSE dance dark day-bed dead death Deerslayer door DOUGLASS Dreiser E. B. White E. E. Cummings EXPLORATION eyes face father feel girl Glass Menagerie hair hand Harpers Ferry HARRY head heard horse JOHN BROWN Kiowas knew laughed LAURA light literary lived looked Marjorie Mary MARY WARREN mean mind MISS MCCUTCHEON mother Negro ness never night Pepé play poem poet poetry Prudencio de Pereda Pulitzer Prize Reprinted by permission Robert Hayden seemed sitting slave sound stand stood story T. S. Eliot talk tell things thou thought tion took trees turned voice W. H. Auden walked words WOZZECK writing young