Abstract
The paper examines Randall's poems,"Ballad of Birmingham," "A Poet is Not a Jukebox," and "The Profile on the Pillow" and how they demonstrate his style and ability. The paper highlights the powerful imagery, symbolism and rhythm in these poems as well as the overriding theme of love.

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"Baxter Miller writes that Randall grew up during the Harlem Renaissance, where he was obviously inspired with not only current events and issues but also artistic expression. Randall was a "poet of the next generation, and later, he helped to pioneer a third poetic era during the 1960s" (Miller). Randall explored "racial and historical themes, introspective and self-critical, his work combines ideas and forms from Western traditional poetry as well as from the Harlem Renaissance movement" (Miller). Randall was also an editor and publisher, which made him "invaluable to the Afro-American community" (Miller). Randall should be recognized as a man that realized his passion as well as his talent. He took issues that were important to him and his generation and was able to speak to millions through his art. Randall used imagery, rhyme, and themes of love successfully in his poetry. Dudley Randall's poetry captures slices of American life that reveals his eye passion and concern.
"One of Randall's most popular poems is "Ballad of Birmingham," which recounts the dreadful church bombing in the city in 1963. His poem looks at the event from the perspective of one of the victim's mother. Chris Semansky writes, "Focusing on the relationship between a mother and her child allows Randall to evoke as much horror and pathos as possible from the story" (Semansky). Instead of wailing about the situation, Randall speaks with a soft voice that still proves his point of the absurdity of the incident. The image of the mother attempting to keep her child safe is met with bitter disappointment."

Tags:imagery, symbolism, rhythm, love

Abstract
The paper discusses Dudley Randall's poem, "Ballad of Birmingham," with an emhasis on the irony in the poem.

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"In Dudley Randall's poem "Ballad of Birmingham" he actively portrays the life and death of one young girl in the space of eight quatrains. Martin Luther King Jr's church in Birmingham, Alabama was actually bombed by white terrorists. Four little girls died in the explosion. This poem is based on the real life events of that attack."

Tags:dudley randall, balad of birmingham, irony, martin luther king

Abstract
This paper provides an explication of the Dudley Randall poem "Ballad of Birmingham." The poem was written as a tribute to the lives lost when white racists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, killing four young black girls and wounding twenty others.

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"Imagine four young girls attending Sunday school in their finest clothes-Denise McNair Cynthia Wesley Carole Robertson and Addie MaeCollins aged .... to ...- safe in Church despite the Civil Rights chaos around them on the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. (Brunner) Imagine the shock and horror among the parents and friends of these four girls as bomb ripped through the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September ... killing all four and wounding twenty others. (Brunner) It is the shock and horror of one of the most heinous..."

Tags:atmosphere, tone, speaker, imagery, allusion, prejudice, African Americans, Civil Rights movement, violence, sacred

Abstract
The paper compares and contrasts Randall's "Ballad of Birmingham" with Cofer's "Quinceanera".

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"One of the subjects that is often addressed in poetry is the rite of passage between childhood and adolescence, the literal and figurative period in which the individual comes of age and assumes some of the responsibilities of adulthood. Two poems that deal with this issue, although from different perspectives, are the focus of the present analysis. The first poem is Judith Ortiz Cofer's "Quinceanera" which describes the sixteenth birthday celebration of a Hispanic girl and its meaning both practically and psychologically. The second..."

Tags:Judith Ortiz Cofer, Quinceanera, Dudley Randall, Ballad of Birmingham

Abstract
By analyzing and comparing traditional and modern ballads, some characteristics of traditional ballads imitated by modern ballad writers can be found. The examples of the former are "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Lord Rendal," and those of the latter are "The Murder of Maria Marten" and "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall. The discussion of the similarities between these four ballads in this paper focuses on the structure of a ballad stanza, the use of repetition and the manner of story-telling.

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"Another interesting similarity between the ages of ballads is in the objectivity in which the stories are told. The composer has little emotional reactions and the focus is on the events of the story rather than the effects on the storyteller. In a ballad, therefore, the personality of the narrator is not important. The dialogue in "Ballad of Birmingham," which takes place between a mother and her young daughter, gives an example of a rhyme using a question and answer pattern (Laws 59-60). The little girl asks if she may "go downtown" to join "a Freedom March today?" and the mother answers, "No, baby, no, you may not go" ("Ballad of Birmingham" 1, 4-5)."

Tags:literary, broadside, reiteration

Abstract
This paper uses three works of literature as a means of exploring how each work responds to racism and prejudice in American society: 1) James Baldwin's poem "Harlem," 2) Randall Dudley's poem "Ballad of Birmingham," and 3) Lorraine Hansberry's drama "A Raisin in the Sun."

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"Discrimination is the unfair treatment of a person or group of people based on prejudice. In American history African Americans were subjected to great oppression and discrimination. The injustices visited upon Blacks came to a head during the.... s and ....s leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Prior to this oppression violence and discrimination were routine for Blacks in American society. This history of discrimination is captured in a variety of works of art including Langston Hughes' poem 'Harlem', Dudley Randall's ..."

Tags:violence, oppression, prejudice, marginalization, dreams, opportunities, American Dream

Abstract
This paper discusses, summarizes and reviews Dudley Johnson's article "William Harris Garland: Mechanic of the Old South," describing the life led by the main character, William Harris Garland, the economic situation of the era and the character of Garland. The paper also discusses the importance that Johnson places on the role Garland played in American history along with the thousands of other like Garland.

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"Today, too many of us still think of "The Old South" at the beginning and middle of the Nineteenth Century as either made up of wealthy plantation owners, or slaves. Garland's experiences which he wrote down in a lot of letters were those of an itinerant mechanic, moving from place to place, trying to find work, and often trying to travel without a cent in his pocket. William Garland, as described in Johnson's article. Was one of "a number of skilled workmen in the South prior to the Civil War, and the work they did was vital to the region (Johnson 41). Like so many itinerant workmen today, "he and his friends had no interest in the political situation. They were more concerned with obtaining and keeping jobs and with reducing their financial insecurity" (41)."

Tags:labor, management, trade, class, engineer, riverboat, job, wages, low, economy, depression

Abstract
This paper will examine the gender roles in The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald and The Gilded by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. By showing how these authors present satire in traditional gender roles, we can see how female and male gender roles interchange with each other.

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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America," by Randall Balmer. Specifically, it looks at the author's reason for writing this book, his methodology, and his arguments. The paper shows how Balmer's book is successful in that it paints a diverse picture of evangelical America.

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"This book opens up the "subculture" of evangelism in the United States, and makes readers more aware of who practices it, what it means, where it came from, and where it is headed. He never makes the people of his stories seem less or more than they are, and while he does have some opinions, they are not so strong that they overpower the book. The book's message is simple read about these people, and make up your own mind. He does say he relates more to Frank in the last chapter of the book, and Frank's beliefs are similar to his own. "What I admire about Frank, I explain, is his ability to maintain a distance from all the ephemera of American evangelicalism without discarding his faith" (Balmer 227). Ultimately, that is the bottom line of this book faith. The diversity of faith in the book is obvious, but each group has it, and uses it their own way."

Tags:religious, fundamentalism, Pastor, Chuck, Christian

Abstract
An analysis of the poem "The Death of the Ball Turrett Gunner" by Randall Jarrell about a plane gunner and his death in battle. The paper covers areas such as denotation and connotation, imagery, literary techniques, symbols, irony and tone of the poem.

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"Flak," "nightmare" and "woke" are words especially well chosen. Flak in the poem refers to flak from machine-gun fire but the word flak also has a second meaning of criticism. This double meaning implies that he is disliked with the actual flak a product of this dislike. Jarrell then describes the fighters shooting at the gunner as "nightmare fighters." The word nightmare on one level means terrible but on another links to the feeling of the complete terror in a nightmare. This double meaning gives an insight into the gunner's fear. The word "woke" also has important connotations. While the denotation "to wake" is important, it also implies a greater significance in the connotation meaning "becoming aware of." The "woke" then means not only that he woke up but also that he realized something."

Tags:dreaming, sleep, flak, contrast