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I am a reference librarian and a former advanced placement English teacher. I can help identify poems, and I can define literary terms. In the area of literary criticism or analyses of specific poems, my experience and interests are these: Shakespeare, 18th- and 19th-century English literature, and American literature. I prefer short, specific questions on particular authors, poems, terms, or literary movements. I will not edit lengthy submissions or write students` assignments.
Masters degree in English.
Highly rated volunteer at the grammar and writing section of Allexperts.com for more than two years.
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| sharon coston | 10/28/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | thanks ted it was a delite |
| Sheryl | 10/20/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you for your prompt response. I ..... |
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Teresa: The poet is George Cooper and the poem appears in many anthologies. I started to type the verses of "Come Little Leaves" for you, but I discovered that another Allexpert [in poetry] answered
Dear Sharon: You haven't given me much to go on, but you are most likely thinking of this poem: The poet is James Whitcomb Riley, a writer of verse from Indiana. He spelled "orphan" as "orphant"
Dear Sheryl: It's not really an epitaph, although some people MAY have used it as such. There has been an ongoing dispute about who actually wrote it. Some people argue that it is an Indian [as
Dear Amanda: The poem is "The Story of the Holly Sprig," written by Arthur Upson. It was published about the year 1907 in "St. Nicholas Magazine." I am pasted in below the complete text of the poem
Dear Lesley: The author is the poetess, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, renown for her short poems of "morality." This poem's title is "Preaching Vs Practice." I am typing the complete text below. It is one
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