1 / 7

Billy Collins

Billy Collins. By: Robert annen, maggie wadley, deanna lee. Billy Collins Life. Born March 22, 1941 Born in New York Dad- William Collins - Electrician Mom- Katherine Collins – Nurse Attended parochial schools Got B.A. from College of the Holy Cross in 1963

vince
Télécharger la présentation

Billy Collins

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Billy Collins By: Robert annen, maggie wadley, deanna lee

  2. Billy Collins Life • Born March 22, 1941 • Born in New York • Dad- William Collins - • Electrician • Mom- Katherine Collins – Nurse • Attended parochial schools • Got B.A. from College of the Holy Cross in • 1963 • Got Ph.D. from University of California, Riverside, 1971 • Taught at Lehman College of the City University of New York • Became an English Professor • Writer-in-residence at Sarah Lawrence College • Married Diane

  3. Billy Collins Writing Style • First person • Casual • Everyday life • Contemporary poet • Poems have surprise endings • Sarcastic / Humorous • Conversational and witty poems • Laid-back

More Related