On August 26, 1996, Diana and Charles divorced. On 31 August 1997, Diana was fatally injured in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. Her companion Dodi Fayed and the driver Henri Paul were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Fayed's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, was the only survivor. Princess Diana's death has been claimed as a conspiracy. Diana's public funeral was held at Westminster Abbey on 6 September. The funeral drew an estimated 3 million mourners and onlookers in London, as well as worldwide television coverage. Diana today is still remembered by many as the "people's princess". She will always be remembered. Lady Diana Frances Spencer "Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back." ~ Princess Diana. THE END.
The Rival Poet Mary Fitton ( one of the candidates) Two sonnets about the Dark Lady CXXX CXXXII My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, Coral is far more red, than her lips red: Knowing thy heart torments me with If snow be white, why then her breasts are disdain, dun; Have put on black and loving mourners be, If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain. head. And truly not the morning sun of heaven I have seen roses damasked, red and Better becomes the grey cheeks of the east, white, Nor that full star that ushers in the even, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; Doth half that glory to the sober west,
to Greek Gods and Goddess', in that they usually represent a certain theme. Such as the sky, or water. During the Dreaming the ancestors criss-crossed Australia shaping the land into its current state as the went. The Aborigines also consider certain constellations to be ancestors . Death was always a time of sorrow and supernatural fear among traditional ATSI people(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.) . Wailing or crying was a common occurrence among the mourners who often painted their bodies with pipe clay, red ochre, or charcoal when a relative or friend died. In some districts people wore a head covering made of feathers. Others beat their bodies with sticks or clubs, or cut themselves with shells or stone knives to cause bleeding. In these instances the period of sorrow or mourning, was considered to be at an end when their wounds were healed. Relatives and close friends often sat beside a grave of a deceased person, but this was
More original and hence expressive instances comprise nonce coinages: The train choo-chooed to the station. Rrrr-umph! A devastating crash.. A jet whooshed into the sky. He tut-tutted his tongue. Punk, punk, punk, her needle broke the taut circle... Clop, -clop, -clop! Up the street came the delivery wagon. Alliteration The repetition of similar or identical consonants at the beginning of neighbouring words or stressed syllables: Most musical of mourners, weep again! This device goes back to Anglo-Saxon poetry that knew no rhyme and did not yet rely on metre. An example of this period: In a somer seson, when soft was the sonne, I shope me in shroudes, as I shepe were. (W.Langland) The importance of A. Is fully recognized by contemporary poets as well. They use it more sparingly, yet rather frequently and effectively. The complete alliteration of Anglo-Saxon poetry is sometimes used for humorous purposes: Susan Simpson strolled sedately,
thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam; and why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel? Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away: O, that that earth, which kept the world in awe, Should patch a wall to expel the winter flaw! But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Enter Priest, & c. in procession; the Corpse of OPHELIA, LAERTES and Mourners following; KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, their trains, & c The queen, the courtiers: who is this they follow? And with such maimed rites? This doth betoken The corse they follow did with desperate hand Fordo its own life: 'twas of some estate. Couch we awhile, and mark. Retiring with HORATIO LAERTES What ceremony else? HAMLET 175 That is Laertes, A very noble youth: mark. LAERTES What ceremony else? First Priest
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