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I have to write a poem about him that is three stanzas long and includes his early life his role in the revolutionary war and his life after. please please please help me

2006-09-21 12:08:40 · 6 answers · asked by Hope 2 in Education & Reference Homework Help

could you please write me a poem ill be ur best friend forever

2006-09-21 12:12:50 · update #1

You are to find information on his birth and death. Early and later years and key importance they had during the American revolution. this information is to then be put in a poem form of your choice.

2006-09-21 12:23:12 · update #2

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François-Joseph-Paul, count de Grasse
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born September 13, 1722, Le Bar, France
died January 11, 1788, Paris


French naval commander who engaged British forces during the American Revolution (1775–83).

De Grasse took service in 1734 on the galleys of the Knights of Malta, and in 1740 he entered the French service. Shortly after France and America joined forces in the Revolutionary War, he was dispatched to America as commander of a squadron. In 1779–80 he fought the English off the West Indies. In 1781 he was promoted to the rank of admiral and was successful in defeating Admiral Samuel Hood and in taking Tobago. When American commander George Washington and the French general the comte de Rochambeau determined to march to Virginia to join forces with the marquis de Lafayette's army against the British commander Lord Cornwallis, Washington requested the cooperation of de Grasse's fleet. De Grasse therefore sailed from the West Indies to the Chesapeake River, where he was joined by a fleet under the comte de Barras. A British force under Admiral Thomas Graves attempted to prevent this juncture by engaging de Grasse's fleet when it arrived at the Chesapeake Bay but was unsuccessful. French naval supremacy in the waters off Yorktown was instrumental in the success of the siege of that city.

After Cornwallis's surrender, de Grasse returned to the West Indies, where he captured the island of St. Kitts in January 1782. In April, however, he was defeated by Admiral George Rodney and taken prisoner. On his return to France, de Grasse published Mémoire du comte de Grasse (1782; “Memoir of the Count of Grasse”) and was acquitted by a court-martial in 1784.

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2006-09-21 12:17:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

1) Research the basics:
a) who he was
b) when he lived
c) where he lived
d) what he accomplished
e) why he is famous
f) how he lived and how he died

I agree with the other poster, you need to give more information about what kind of poem your teacher wants. The easiest thing to do is to write a free-flowing narrative poem without having to rhyme it.

Use enjambment, which means that you break the lines in unexpected places, and let your periods fall within the lines. Don't end a line on a period, because that stops the flow of the poem.

However, your question does lend itself to your poem's structure. The first stanza could be about his early life; the second stanza could be about his role in the Revolutionary War, and the third stanza could be about his life after the war.

Hope this helps. Cheers, K

2006-09-21 12:16:47 · answer #2 · answered by Kate 4 · 0 0

The Marquis de Lafayette, a 19 365 days old aristocrat, proved to be an magnificent field commander and grew to grow to be a unique own pal of Washington. He grew to become into additionally answerable for the numerous troops on the appropriate conflict of Yorktown. Following the conflict, he back to France the place he labored for social and political liberalization in his fatherland until eventually his loss of existence in 1834. the 2nd Continental Congress acted as a central authority for the colonies in the process the conflict. They appointed Washington Commander of the Continental Forces, accompanied the assertion of Independence, and ordered the writing of the Articles of Confederation.

2016-10-15 06:50:36 · answer #3 · answered by benner 4 · 0 0

he was head of the national guard during the french revolution. the national guard were a group of middle class militia organized in response to to the arrival of royal troops in Paris
He fought with George Washington during the American revolution.

2006-09-21 12:20:23 · answer #4 · answered by maria u 2 · 0 0

Good grief, what kind of help do you want, exactly?

2006-09-21 12:10:18 · answer #5 · answered by retorik75 5 · 0 0

he was concidered to be a pirate as well maybe that will help.

2006-09-21 12:17:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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