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Ozymandias ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley

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 Ozymandias is a poem that ruminates on the ephemeral nature of power, and was originally published in The Examiner  (a British news publication) on the 11th January 1818. Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley was born in Sussex, England on the 4th August 1792. Shelley was born into some affluence (wealth), and received his education first at Syon House then Eton (the most famous and elite boarding school for boys in England) and completed his education at University College, Oxford. A radical and liberal in his political and social views, he was expelled from Oxford after refusing to apologise for the publication of The Necessity of Atheism .  Shelley continued with a somewhat non-conventional approach when he eloped with Harriet Westbrook, who has vastly his social inferior. Enraged, his Father and Grandfather cut him off from the family money, hoping it would force him to conform. Instead he travelled to Dublin in Ireland, where he protested against the English hegemony, and pri
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Refugee Mother and Child ~ Chinua Achebe

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 Refugee Mother and Child is a poem published by acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe  Chinua Achebe was born in Ogidi in Nigeria in 1930 and is one of Africa's most respected writers. He is better known for his novels than for his poetry, and especially for Things Fall Apart , the powerful novel that explores the impact of European culture on African society. Achebe's writing during the 1960s and 1970s was politically influenced and focused on addressing Nigeria's internal conflicts. His literary work is considered to be post-colonial as he focused primarily on issues arising from colonial history and the issues faced by post-independent countries. However his work attempted to focus on the humanity of the people he described, raising awareness of their concerns and issues.  Refugees and Refugee Camps According to the United Nations (https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/refugees) The definition of a refugee is someone who: "owing to well-founded fear
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