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 *  William Carlos Williams **




 * William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was born in Rutherford, New Jersey. Williams was known for his modernism and imagism. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He was a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine. His love for writing came from his friendships formed at Penn with Ezra Pound and Hilda Doolittle (H.D.). **

**The Dance** In Brueghel's great picture, The Kermess, the dancers go round, they go round and around, the squeal and the blare and the tweedle of bagpipes, a bugle and fiddles tipping their bellies (round as the thick- sided glasses whose wash they impound) their hips and their bellies off balance to turn them. Kicking and rolling about the Fair Grounds, swinging their butts, those shanks must be sound to bear up under such rollicking measures, prance as they dance in Brueghel's great picture, The Kermess.



__Analysis__


 * The literal meaning of this work by Williams is people enjoying the company of one another. There is some type of festival going on with dancers and music and drinking. Knowing that Williams was a modernist, I don’t believe there is anything abstract to his poem “The Dance.” If you look at the painting by Brueghel that Williams refers to in the first line and last line of the poem, you see every bit that he mentions in the poem. I too see dancers and bagpiper and people drinking and having a good time. **


 * Rudyard Kipling **




 * Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was born in Bombay, in British India. Kipling was both a writer of prose and verse. He is most famous for his works //The Jungle Book// (a collection of short stories including //Rikki-Tikki-Tavi//) and //Kim. //**

 //** His Apologies **//

= Master, this is Thy Servant. He is rising eight weeks old. = **He is mainly Head and Tummy. His legs are uncontrolled. But Thou hast forgiven his ugliness, and settled him on Thy knee... Art Thou content with Thy Servant? He is very comfy with Thee.

Master, behold a Sinner! He hath committed a wrong. He hath defiled Thy Premises through being kept in too long. Wherefore his nose has been rubbed in the dirt and his self- respect has been bruised. Master, pardon Thy Sinner, and see he is properly loosed.

Master, again Thy Sinner! This that was once Thy Shoe, He has found and taken and carried aside, as fitting matter to chew. Now there is neither blacking nor tongue, and the Housemaid has us in tow, Master, remember Thy Servant is young, and tell her to let him go!

Master, extol Thy Servant, he has met a most Worthy Foe! There has been fighting all over the Shop -- and into the Shop also! Till cruel umbrellas parted the strife (or I might have been choking him yet), But Thy Servant has had the Time of his Life -- and now shall we call on the vet?

Master, behold Thy Servant! Strange children came to play, And because they fought to caress him, Thy Servant wentedst away. But now that the Little Beasts have gone, he has returned to see (Brushed -- with his Sunday collar on) what they left over from tea.

Master, pity Thy Servant! He is deaf and three parts blind. He cannot catch Thy Commandments. He cannot read Thy Mind. Oh, leave him not to his loneliness; nor make him that kitten's scorn. He hath had no other God than Thee since the year that he was born.

Lord, look down on Thy Servant! Bad things have come to pass. There is no heat in the midday sun, nor health in the wayside grass. His bones are full of an old disease -- his torments run and increase. Lord, make haste with Thy Lightnings and grant him a quick release!**  __Analysis__ The real meaning of this poem by Kipling is to make an example of how we should be grateful of our pets (dogs in particular) and realize how they mean well. Kipling gives several examples of situations where an owner might get upset and reasons for why they should not be too harsh on the pet in each stanza. The ambiguity in this poem is the use of the words “master” and “servant.” Pets are not truly “servants,” but could be labeled this due to the characteristics that an owner has over his pet. He also uses the word “sinner” in the beginning to show how we over-react more times than not to situations that are beyond the control of a pet. I think Kipling does a fabulous job in showing the typical situations that come about over the course of a dogs’ lifetime. It also makes you realize that you should enjoy their company while they’re around as they don’t live forever. **
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 * E. E. Cummings**




 * Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cummings was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He is most popular for being known as the voice of 20th Century poetry. His work includes 2,900 poems. **

**Buffalo Bill's** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;">Buffalo Bill's defunct who use to ride a watersmooth-silver stallion and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat Jesus he was a handsome man and what i want to know is how do you like your blueeyed boy Mister Death __Analysis__


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">In this poem Cummings is calling attention to how obsolete Buffalo Bill’s is. He states what Bill’s is known for and ends it with asking how “Death” likes this fallen great. The ambiguous part of this poem is how he acknowledges both heaven and hell. He references Jesus, but makes it apparent that Buffalo Bill’s is done and going to hell. I read the poem and saw the opening lines to say Buffalo Bill’s is getting old and done for. I don’t think he is stating the Buffalo Bill from the show is going to hell himself, but that the show is going under and to hell with it. **




 * Alan Cunningham **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Allan Cunningham (December 7, 1784 – October 30, 1842) was born in Keir, Scotland. He was first a stone mason’s apprentice before giving way to his leisure of writing and composing songs. His poem “A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea” would later become one of the most popular British sea-songs even though it was written by a landsman. **


 * A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea **

A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast-- And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee.

"O for a soft and gentle mind!" I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze And white waves heaving high-- And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship tight and free; The world of waters is our home, And merry men are we.

There's tempest in yon hornèd moon, And lightning in yon cloud; And hark the music, mariners! The wind is piping loud-- The wind is piping loud, my boys, The lightning flashing free; While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea.



__Analysis__

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Cunningham’s “A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea” simply describes the journey of sailors on the high seas. He mentions the departure from England and leaves your mind in the ocean aboard the ship. I don’t think there is any ambiguity in the poem and feel that for its time it’s pretty modernistic for not having any iceberg meaning to it. My interpretation of this poem is “it is what it is.” Cunningham describes the thrills of sailing and being out in the open waters. I feel it reminds you of why you love sailing and become a sea-man.

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was born in Joplin, Missouri. Hughes spent most of his childhood being raised by his grandmother in Kansas. His father fled the United States leaving him and his mother behind. His mother traveled around in search of jobs. Hughes is known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance and for being an innovator of jazz poetry. **


 * The Negro Speaks of Rivers **

I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset

I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.




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In “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” Hughes tells how much of an impact rivers have had on the heritage of Africans and African Americans. The only ambiguity I found in this poem was how it goes from talking about rivers used for living freely to rivers that hosted forms of slavery. The speaker in this poem refers to how rivers have affected his heritage. He begins with the dawn upon the Euphrates with the birth of his race per se. He then ends with the muddy bottom (tough times) turning into a golden sunset (hope is in the horizon). The last line “My soul has grown deep like the rivers” shows a sense of wisdom that he has gained over the years. I think this is one of the best examples describing the heritage of African Americans and the historical context that comes with their ancestry. **



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