21stLiterature

The Rainy Day ( A Poem) Title: The Rainy Day  Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Author's Background: The most widely known and best-loved American poet of his lifetime, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow achieved a level of national and international prominence previously unequaled in the literary history of the United States.  Analysis: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Rainy Day uses the themes youth and grief to show how much our past and future experiences affect our lives and how though we face multiple struggles in life we can overcome them. There is always a time in our life when we realize that those days are gone. The days to go out and play, those days of innocence and happiness, those days when we were shielded from the real world. As we grow older and wiser and gain more experiences 

To Whom Shall I Tell My Sorrow Title: To whom shall I Tell my Sorrow Author: Anton Chekhov Author’s Background:  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. Vocabulary: mare – an adult female horse or equine. nag – old horse. galosh – a waterproof overshoe. Typically made of rubber. epithet – an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. Characters: Iona Potapov – T he driver, takes several fares and each time tries to share his grief with his passengers. Iona’s Horse – Iona potav's horse An officer –   The officer that  is in a hurry. The three young men –   They have their own problems. They are loud and abusive toward  Iona. They are numbed by alcohol. One of the men is a sick  hunchback. He is especially miserable. The hunchback reacts to...

A Night In The Hills Title : A Night In The Hills Author : Paz Márquez – Benítez Author’s Background :  Born in 1894 in Lucena, Tayabas (now Quezon). Marquez – Benítez authored the first Filipino modern English language short story, Dead Stars, published in the Philippine Herald in 1925. Born into the prominent Marquez family of Quezon province, she was among the first generation of Filipino people trained in the American education system which used English as the medium of instruction. She graduated high school in Tayabas High School now, Quezon National High School. She was a member of the first freshman class of the University of the Philippines, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. Vocabulary:  azotea – a flat roof. carreton – a cart with firewood being pulled by a horse. kaingin – employing a technique of clearing land by slashing and burning underbush and trees and plowing the ashes under for fertilizer. camisa de chino – an undershir...