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Letter to My Daughter. Letter to My Daughter (2009) is the third book of essays by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. By the time it was published, Angelou had written two other books of essays, several volumes of poetry, and six autobiographies. She was recognized and highly respected as a spokesperson for black people and women ...
Epistolary poems date at least as early as the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC – 17 or 18 AD), who wrote the Heroides ( The Heroines) or Epistulae Heroidum ( Letters of Heroines ), a collection of fifteen epistolary poems presented as though written by a selection of aggrieved heroines of Greek and Roman mythology, addressing their heroic lovers who ...
47215515. Letters from a Father to His Daughter is a collection of letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Indira Nehru, originally published in 1929 by Allahabad Law Journal Press at Nehru's request and consisting of only the 30 letters sent in the summer of 1928 when Indira was 10 years old. He arranged a second edition in 1931 ...
Philippines. Language. Tagalog. Subject (s) Language. " Sa Aking Mga Kabatà " (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal, who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [ 1] There is not enough evidence, however, to ...
50 friendship quotes. "A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside." – Winnie the Pooh. "A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you ...
Dejection: An Ode. "Dejection: An Ode" is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1802 and was published the same year in The Morning Post, a London daily newspaper. The poem in its original form was written to Sara Hutchinson, a woman who was not his wife, and discusses his feelings of love for her.
A-Tisket, A-Tasket. " A-Tisket, A-Tasket " ( Roud Folk Song Index 13188) is a nursery rhyme first recorded in America in the late 19th century. [ 1][ 2] The melody to which the nursery rhyme is sung recurs in other nursery rhymes including "It's Raining, It's Pouring"; "Rain Rain Go Away" and "Ring around the Rosie".
Valediction. A valediction ( derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [ 1] or complimentary close in American English, [ 2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [ 3][ 4] or a speech made at a farewell. [ 3]