Rita Dove

Rita Dove, born in Akron, Ohio, published her first poetry collection, Ten Poems , in 1977. Her verse is at once concise, precise, and evocative. History as seen from an African-American perspective is

Rosa

by Rita Dove (b. 1952)

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How she sat there,

the time right inside a place

so wrong it was ready.

That trim name with

its dream of a bench

to rest on. Her sensible coat.

Doing nothing was the doing:
the clean flame of her gaze
carved by a camera flash.

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Question:

What English Romantic poet died while in Greece to help the cause of liberty?

Answer

Lord Byron. Byron didn't see military action in Greece; he was there to fight for Greek independence from Turkey when he was struck down by a fever which he contracted while planning a bold attack on the Turkish fortress at Lepanto.

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