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Nov 10, 2023 · Most Canadians know of Lieut.-Col. John McCrae and his iconic poem, “In Flanders Fields.”. Every year at this time, the poem is part of Remembrance Day ceremonies. People familiar with the story of the poem’s origin know McCrae was moved to write it after his close friend Lieut. Alexis Helmer was killed in action in 1915 during the First ...
Mar 22, 2017 · If you enjoy these poems, you might also like our selection of some of the best and most beautiful mother-daughter poems. Ann Taylor, ‘ My Mother ’. Ann’s sister Jane Taylor (1783-1824) is best-remembered for having written the words to the children’s rhyme ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’, but this poem, written by Ann, is also well ...
Dec 15, 2022 · Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk best known as the hero of The Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2150-1400 BCE) the great Babylonian poem that predates Homer 's Iliad and Odyssey by 1500 years and, therefore, stands as the oldest piece of epic world literature. Gilgamesh features in several Sumerian poems but is world-famous from the Mesopotamian ...
Sep 6, 2023 · QUICK FACTS. Name: Homer. Birth Year: 800. Birth Country: Greece. Gender: Male. Best Known For: The Greek poet Homer is credited with being the first to write down the epic stories of 'The Iliad ...
John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. [1]
Publication date. 1786, 1808. " Ode to Joy " ( German: "An die Freude" [an diː ˈfʁɔʏdə]) is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller. It was published the following year in the German magazine Thalia. In 1808, a slightly revised version changed two lines of the first stanza and ...
Introduction – Who wrote the Iliad. “The Iliad“ (Gr: “Iliás“) is an epic poem by the ancient Greek poet Homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy (which was also known as Ilion, Ilios or Ilium in ancient times). Written in the mid-8th Century BCE ...
