PPT-8 English Poets

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English PoetsActivity


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ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was baptized onApril 26, 16!, in Strat"ord#$pon#Avon,England% &rom ro$ghly 1'! onward hewas an important member o" the (ord

)hamberlain*s +en company o"theatrical players% Written records givelittle indication o" the way in whichShakespeare*s pro"essional li"e moldedhis artistry% All that can be ded$ced is

that over the co$rse o" 2 years,Shakespeare wrote plays that capt$rethe complete range o" h$man emotionand con-ict%

.aken "rom http/00www%biography%com


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)hristopher +arlowe

orn in )anterb$ry, England,in 16!% While )hristopher+arlowes literary career

lasted less than si3 years, andhis li"e only 2' years, hisachievements, most notablythe play The Tragicall Historyof Doctor Faustus, ensured his

lasting legacy.



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Silvia PlathSylvia Plath was born inoston, +assach$setts, on4ctober 25, 1'2% Plath metand married ritish poet .ed7$ghes, altho$gh the two

later split% .he depressivePlath committed s$icide in1'6, garnering accoladesa"ter her death "or the novelThe Bell Jar, and the poetry

collections The Colossus andAriel. In 19!, "lath #eca$ethe %rst person to &in a

posthu$ous "ulit'er "ri'e.



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Emily 8ickinsonorn on 8ecember 1, 19, inAmherst, +assach$setts, Emily8ickinson le"t school as ateenager to live a recl$sive li"eon the "amily homestead%.here, she :lled notebooks withpoetry and wrote h$ndreds o"letters% 8ickinsons remarkablework was p$blished a"ter her

death;on +ay 1, 1996, inAmherst;and she is nowconsidered one o" the towering:g$res o" American literat$re%



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Edgar Allan Poeorn


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>obert &rostorn on +arch 26, 195!, >obert&rost spent his :rst ! years as an$nknown% 7e e3ploded on thescene a"ter ret$rning "rom

England at the beginning o" WW?%Winner o" "o$r P$litzer Prizes anda special g$est at President


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eaderscontin$e to :nd stim$l$s in his"$sion o" witty arg$ment withpassion, his dramatic renderingo" comple3 states o" mind, and

his ability to make commonwords yield $p rich poeticmeaning% 8onne also wrotesongs, sonnets and prose%



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Walt WitmanPoet and Co$rnalist Walt Whitmanwas born +ay 1, 191' in West7ills, Dew ork% )onsidered oneo" Americas most in-$ential

poets, Whitman aimed totranscend traditional epics,eschew normal aesthetic "orm,and re-ect the nat$re o" theAmerican e3perience and its

democracy% ?n 19 he sel"#p$blished the collection 0ea)esof rass, no& a land$ar/ in

A$erican literature.



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Activity

o$ C$st read a s$per:cial s$mmary on thelives o" 9 o" the most "amo$s poets inEnglish (iterat$re%

o$r taks will be to choose 4DE o" thepoets and create a small presentation onthe li"e o" that poet%

o$ will also choose one poem that wehave not st$died in class and do ananalysis%

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