So begins a poem, titled “The Cowboy,” about a real-life folk hero of sorts: Ben Ellingson, the 5-year-old who helped find ...

In her poem "The Mirror," Sylvia Plath portrays the complexity of the struggle of the imposter, the struggle to be oneself.

Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...