Helium.com | View Jerry Curtis's articles http://www.helium.com/users/34962.xml View Jerry Curtis's articles en-us Copyright Helium.com Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:07:36 GMT Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:07:36 GMT "Winter Evening“ by John Clare (1793-1864) is a vivid poem (and probably reminiscence) of the ending of a winter’s day on an English c... http://www.helium.com/items/2290953-winter-evening-by-john-clare Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:07:36 “Haymaking” by John Clare (1793-1864) is the quintessential celebration of the English countryside and quite typical of Clare's works.... http://www.helium.com/items/2291975-poetry-analysis-haymaking-by-john-clare Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:07:36 Perhaps the best known of the works of the 17th century poet Robert Herrick, “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” is a poem that enc... http://www.helium.com/items/2291987-poetry-analysis-to-the-virgins-to-make-much-of-time-by-robert-herrick Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:07:36 Early European sailors in their wooden sailing ships had to rely on the prevailing winds in their trade routes back and forth between the Old and ... http://www.helium.com/items/2291244-early-european-sailors-and-the-trade-winds Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:07:20 Aviation played a key role in the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 5-8, 1942). This sea battle was the first ever in history where the ships that foug... http://www.helium.com/items/2291239-aircraft-used-at-the-battle-of-coral-sea Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:07:20 Catherine the Great of Russia, who ruled from 1762 until her death in 1796, was one of the most remarkable and famous female rulers in history. He... http://www.helium.com/items/2289308-cahterine-the-great Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:07:20 Read “A Glimpse” by Walt Whitman at About.com’s Classic Literature site. This short, free verse poem is Whitman’s number 6... http://www.helium.com/items/2290029-poetry-analysis-a-glimpse-by-walt-whitman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:07:30