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The Bull Calf By Irving Layton

The Bull Calf By Irving Layton. Amir Mojibian Otto Ling Susan Yu. Irving Layton. Romanian-born Canadian Poet Born on March 12, 1912. Died on January 4, 2006 . (aged 93) He was famous for his "tell it like it is" style. Governor-General's Award, Petrarch Award for Poetry. The Bull Calf.

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The Bull Calf By Irving Layton

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  1. The Bull Calf By Irving Layton Amir Mojibian Otto Ling Susan Yu

  2. Irving Layton • Romanian-born Canadian Poet • Born on March 12, 1912.Died on January 4, 2006.(aged 93) • He was famous for his "tell it like it is" style. • Governor-General's Award, Petrarch Award for Poetry.

  3. The Bull Calf • The poem “The Bull Calf” by Irving Layton thoroughly describes a bull calf getting killed at its young age. • In the poem, Layton used metaphor to compare the slain bull calf and the deposed Richard II of England.

  4. The Bull Calf • “He still impressed with his pride” (Line 3) • “I thought of the deposed Richard II.” (Line 9) • “Settled, the bull calf lay as if asleep,one foreleg over the other,bereft of pride and so beautiful now” (Line 32-34)

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