Topics from January 2018
- Why is it said that Roald Amundsen’s second expedition had a scientific purpose?
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- Who was Roald Amundsen? Why is it said that he was a man of exceptional willpower?
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- Why is it said that the third voyage of Sir John Franklin was fateful?
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- Who was Sir John Franklin?
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- When did polar exploration become frequent?
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- What made the Galapagos Island a treasure island for Charles Darwin?
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- Why is it said that fossil findings made Charles Darwin’s voyage significant?
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- What was the main purpose of Charles Darwin’s expedition?
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- Why James Cook is considered the greatest of all maritime explorers?
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- What was the purpose of Captain Cook’s third and last voyage?
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- Why is it said that Cook’s second voyage was as significant as the first one?
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- What was the significance of James Cook’s first voyage?
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- Who was Captain Cook?
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- Why is it said that the Dutch voyages witnessed many more discoveries?
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- Why is Abel Tasman’s entry into the straits between the islands of New Zealand significant?
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- What was the purpose of Abel Tasman’s voyage?
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- Why is it said that during the 17th century the Dutch became a dominant maritime power?
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- Why is it said that the Spaniards loathed Francis Drake?
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- How did Francis Drake’s circumnavigation begin?
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- Who was Sir Francis Drake?
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- Why did Pedro Fernandes de Queiros’ voyages across the Pacific fail?
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- Why did Alvaro de Mendana have to take a long break before his second voyage?
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- Why Alvaro de Mendana’s first voyage was become unique?
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- Why is it said that Spanish voyagers continued their explorations in the Pacific Ocean?
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- Why is it said that Spanish settlements became well established in Central and South America?
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- Why is it said that Hernan Cortes and Spaniards are often blamed for the destruction of the Aztecs and the Incas?
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- Why is Hernan Cortes considered as a great voyager?
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- Why is it said that Jacques Cartier’s reputation was tarnished after his last voyages?
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- Why is it said that the third voyage of Jacques Cartier was intended to discover the hidden treasures of Canada?
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- What are the specialities of Jacques Cartier’s second voyage?
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- Who was Jacques Cartier?
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- What made Giovanni da Verrazzano a prominent figure in the history of voyages?
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- How did Magellan’s fleet return to Spain after his death?
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- Why is it said that Ferdinand Magellan’s death was unfortunate?
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- How did Ferdinand Magellan discover the Pacific Ocean?
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- Why did Ferdinand Magellan go on an expedition under the sponsorship of Spain?
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- Why is it said that Ferdinand Magellan was greatly inspired by navigators like Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus?
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- What made Ferdinand Magellan a prominent figure in the history of voyages?
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- Why is it said that Pedro Alvares Cabral’s later voyage witnessed many unhappy events?
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- Why is Pedro Alvares Cabral regarded as a major figure in the Age of Discovery?
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- Why is it said that Amerigo Vespucci’s last voyages were different from his previous ones?
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- Why is it said that the first and second voyages by Amerigo Vespucci were under dispute?
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- How did Amerigo Vespucci mark his name in world history?
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- Why didn’t Sebastian Cabot’s voyages gain much acclaim?
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- Why is it said that the second voyage of John Cabot ended in misery?
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- What made the voyages of John Cabot significant?
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- What were the events following Vasco da Gama’s arrival in India?
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- Why is it said that the landfall at Malindi was crucial for Vasco da Gama?
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- What were the experiences of Vasco da Gama on islands like Mozambique and Mombasa?
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- Why is it said that Vasco da Gama faced many difficulties in the earlier part of his voyage?
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- Why was Vasco Da Gama chosen to lead the expedition to India?
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- Why is it said that Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India marked a milestone?
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- What were the major achievements of Christopher Columbus during his later voyages?
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- Why is it said that Columbus’ voyage also had many unhappy events?
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- When did Columbus’ journey to the New World begin? How did it progress?
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- When did Columbus’ journey to the New World begin? How did it progress?
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- Why is it said that the voyages of Christopher Columbus were exceptional in world history?
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- Why is it said that Bartolomeu Dias played a significant role in the future voyages of Portugal?
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- Why is it said that Dias’ voyage from Mossel Bay became important?
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- Who was Bartolomeu Dias? What was the course of his voyage?
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- Why is Diogo Cao’s journey remembered till date?
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- Why is it said that crossing the Cape Nun and the Cape Bojeador were historic events?
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- How did Prince Henry sponsor many major voyages after the discovery of Madeira?
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- Why the discovery of Madeira is considered crucial?
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- Why is Henry the Navigator considered a significant figure in the history of voyages?
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- What were the purposes of the voyages conducted by the Ming dynasty?
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- Why was the seventh treasure voyage the most remarkable of them all?
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- What were the special features of Zheng He’s next three voyages?
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- What were the courses of the initial three treasure voyages?
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- Why Zheng He is considered a significant figure in treasure voyages?
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- What are treasure voyages?
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- What makes Madoc’s story believable?
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- Who was Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd?
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- Why is it said that water crafts played a pivotal role in Viking voyages?
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- Why is it believed that the Vikings once reached North America?
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- How did Erik the Red’s voyage to Greenland became a turning point in the history of geographic discoveries?
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- Where did the Vikings come from? Which areas did the first generation of Vikings conquer?
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- Why are the Vikings notable in the history of voyages?
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- Why is it said that specially built canoes helped in Polynesian navigation?
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- Why are the voyages of the Polynesians unique?
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- Why is Hanno the Navigator’s voyage a milestone in world history?
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- What makes the voyages of Pytheas of Massalia remarkable?
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- Which two types of navigation methods were mastered by the Phoenicians?
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- Who were the Phoenicians?
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- Why is Sylvia Plath considered a path breaking poet?
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- Why is Seamus Heaney regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century?
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- Why is Valmiki known as a great poet?
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- Why is Veda Vyasa considered to be immortal?
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- Why is Kalidasa hailed as the greatest of ancient Indian writers?
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- Why are Kabir Das, Surdas and Tulsidas regarded as legendary Indian poets?
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- What makes Michael Madhusudan Dutt a unique figure in Indian literature?
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- Why is Rabindra Nath Tagore, one of the greatest poets of our country?
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- Why is Sarojini Naidu remembered to this day?
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- What makes Subramania Bharati a renowned Indian poet?
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- Why is Nissim Ezekiel remembered as a great Indian poet?
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- Why Kamala Das is considered a prominent Indian poetess?
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- Why is Derek Walcott a great poet?
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- What makes Shel Silverstein child’s delight?
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- Why is Ted Hughes regarded as a poet par excellence?
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- Why is Allen Ginsberg remembered even today?
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- Why is Philip Larkin a great poet?
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- What made Charles Bukowski a popular underground poet?
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- Why is William Bronk a significant modern poet?
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- Why is John Berryman an important American poet?
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- Why is Robert Lowell regarded as a great poet?
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- Why is Dylan Thomas known as a great poet?
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- Why is W.H. Auden regarded as a great modern poet?
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- Why is Pablo Neruda a great poet?
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- What made Wallace Stevens a prominent poet?
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- Why is Rainer Maria Rilke a renowned poet?
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- Why is Robert Frost remembered as a great poet?
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- Why is Rudyard Kipling regarded as a great poet?
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- Why is W. B Yeats considered as a key figure in modern poetry?
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- What makes Arthur Rimbaud a well known figure in world literature?
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- Why G.M. Hopkins is considered a great poet?
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- What are the major contributions of Thomas Hardy?
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- What made Khalil Gibran one among the most prominent modern writers?
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- Why is it said that D.H. Lawrence is a great poet?
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- Why is Ezra Pound regarded as a legendary literary figure?
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- What made T.S. Eliot the most renowned modern poet?
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- Why Siegfried Sassoon is considered a heroic poet?
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- What makes Wilfred Owen a renowned literary personality?
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- Why is T.E Hulme a legendary literary figure?
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- What makes E.E. Cummings a great poet?
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- Why is Federico Garcia Lorca considered as the greatest among the Spanish poets?
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- What makes Allen Tate a great modern poet?
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- What makes Langston Hughes a modern poet?
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- What made Basil Bunting a legendary literary figure?
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- Why is William Wordsworth considered as the greatest English poet of all time?
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- What makes Walter Scott a renowned figure?
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- Why is Samuel Coleridge regarded as a leader of the Romantic Movement?
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- What makes Lord Byron unique among his contemporaries?
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- What makes Percy Bysshe Shelley unique among the romantic poets?
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- Why is John Keats remembered to this day?
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- Why Alexander Pushkin is considered the founder of modern Russian literature?
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- Why is Victor Hugo considered as a colossus of the French Romantic Movement?
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- What makes Elizabeth Barrett Browning unique?
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- Why is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow known as the most popular American poet of the 19th century?
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- What makes Lord Alfred Tennyson unique among his contemporaries?
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- Why is Edgar Allan Poe regarded as a prominent American poet?
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- Why is Robert Browning regarded as a renowned poet?
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- What was the contribution of Henry David Thoreau to world literature?
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- What made Emily Bronte unique among her contemporaries?
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- Why is Walt Whitman regarded as a prominent American poet?
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- Why is Charles Baudelaire a famous figure in French literature?
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- Why is Matthew Arnold a prominent poet?
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- Why was Emily Dickinson a reclusive yet prolific poet?
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- Why is Christina Rossetti’s poetry unique?
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- What makes Friedrich Holderlin a great poet?
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- Why Robert Burns is much admired?
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- What makes William Blake a prominent poet?
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- Why is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe revered in literary circles?
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- Why is Oliver Goldsmith a renowned Irish poet?
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- Why is Thomas Gray acclaimed as a great poet?
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- Why is Alexander Pope considered to be a great poet?
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- Why is John Dryden a great poet?
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- Why is it said that Andrew Marvell’s poetry was overshadowed by his political reputation?
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- What makes Richard Lovelace unique among his contemporary poets?
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- Why is it said that John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ is unique?
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- Why is it said that John Donne holds a unique place in the world of poetry?
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- What makes Ben Johnson a great poet?
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- Why is it said that William Shakespeare occupies the pride of place in the literary world?
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- Why is Christopher Marlowe a great poet?
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- Why is Edmund Spenser regarded as a great poet?
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- Why is Geoffrey Chaucer known as the Father of English Literature?
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- What are the major works of Giovanni Boccaccio?
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- Why Petrarch is considered a great poet?
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- Why is Dante a great poet?
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- Why is Rumi regarded as a remarkable poet?
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- Why is Omar Khayyam remembered to this day?
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- Why is Ovid considered as a great poet?
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- What are the major contributions of Pindar as a poet?
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- Why is Virgil known as the greatest of the Roman poets?
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- Why is Homer known as one of the greatest poets of all time?
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- INTRODUCTION – WEATHER
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- THE WEATHER
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- THE WIND
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- CLOUDS
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- RAIN AND SNOW
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- AIR PRESSURE
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- WEATHER ON THE MOVE
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- STORMY WEATHER
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- LOOKING AT THE CLIMATE
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- THE SEASONS
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- RECORDING WEATHER
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- WEATHER FORECASTS
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- MORE ABOUT CLOUDS
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