Berry Gordy , Brooke Shields , and Smokey Robinson gave Giving eulogies , while Queen Latifah read `` We Had Him '' , a poem written for the occasion by Maya Angelou .

The phrase `` bread and roses '' actually preceded the strike Attack , appearing Coming_to_be in a poem by James Oppenheim published Publishing in `` The American Magazine '' in December 1911 .

A popular rallying cry Vocalizations from the poem that has interwoven with the memory of the strike Attack : As we come marching , marching , we battle Hostile_encounter too for men , < br > For they are women 's children , and we mother them again .

An account of the battle , embellished with many speeches attributed to the warriors and with other details , is related in an Old English poem which is usually named Name_conferral `` The Battle of Maldon '' .

The poem `` The Battle of Maldon '' .

Linguistic study has led to Causation the conjecture that initially the complete Process_end poem was transmitted Dispersal orally , then in a lost manuscript in the East Saxon dialect and now survives Coming_to_be as a fragment in the West Saxon form , possibly that of a scribe active at the Monastery of Worcester late in the 11th century .

The keeper of the collection , John Elphinstone ( or his assistant , David Casley ) , had transcribed Writing the 325 lines of the poem in 1724 , but the front and back pages were already missing from the manuscript ( possibly around 50 lines each ) : an earlier catalogue described Writing it as ( 'mutilated at head and heel ' ) .

As a result , vital clues about the purpose of the poem and perhaps its date have been lost Earnings_and_losses .

The poem suggests Convincing that Byrhtnoth held Defending this latter attitude , hence his moving speeches of patriotism .

The poem begins Process_start with him ordering Request his men to stand Placing and to hold Defending weapons .

One argument is that the poem was written to celebrate Social_event Byrhtnoth 's actions and goad others into heroic action , and Byrhtnoth 's action stands proudly in a long tradition of heroic literature .

Another viewpoint , most notably held Defending by J. R. R. Tolkien , is that the poem is an elegy on a terrible loss and that the monastic author pinpoints the cause of the defeat in the commander 's sin Committing_crime of pride , a viewpoint bolstered Supporting by the fact that is , in every other attested instance , used to describe Statement Satan 's pride .

It is believed by many scholars that the poem , while based upon actual events and people , was created Causation to be less of a historical account and more of a means of enshrining and lifting Process_end up the memories of the men who fought and lost Death their lives on the battlefield protecting Defending their homeland , especially in the case of the English commander of the battle , Byrhtnoth .

The poem may , therefore , represent the work of what has been termed the `` monastic party Participation '' in Ethelred 's court , which advocated Convincing a military response Response , rather than tribute , to all Norse attacks Attack .

The poem `` Battle Hostile_encounter of Brunanburh '' in the `` Anglo-Saxon Chronicle '' recounts Statement that there were `` never yet as many people killed Killing before this with sword 's edge ... since the east Angles and Saxons came up Motion over the broad sea '' .

St. Ephraem , a Christian deacon and scholar , in AD 363 composed Writing a poem that honors Achieve St. Thomas in that era 's understanding : `` Blessed art thou , like a solar ray , India ’ s darkness doth dispel Dispersal .

The spelling `` Ellamy '' is found Know in a poem frequently attributed to John Skelton , `` The Harmony of Birds '' .

It is divided into three acts : a symphonic poem for `` VI '' , a piano concerto for `` X '' , and a symphony for `` VII '' .

The Kurukshetra War , also called the Mahabharata War , is a war Hostile_encounter described in the Indian epic poem `` Mahābhārata '' .

The event was glorified Judgment_communication by the court poet Derzhavin in his famous ode ; he was later to comment Statement bitterly on Zubov 's inglorious return from the expedition in another remarkable poem .

The events were the subject of Alfred , Lord Tennyson 's narrative poem `` The Charge Judgment_communication of the Light Brigade '' ( 1854 ) , published Publishing just six weeks after the event .