Autobiography
In a sense, autobiography is a form of biography, the writing of a life story. The difference, of course, is point of view: an autobiography is from the viewpoint of its subject. Biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents and viewpoints; an autobiography may be based entirely on the writer's memory.A memoir is slightly different from an autobiography. Where an autobiography focuses on the "life and times" of the character, a memoir has a narrower, more intimate focus on his or her own memories, feelings and emotions.
For example, the autobiography of a Civil War general might include sections on the nature of slavery, the origins of the Civil War, and the political career of Abraham Lincoln. But the memoir of a Civil War general would focus on his personal reasons for joining the battle, the effect of the war on his mind and soul, and the joy and fear he felt on the battlefield.
Memoirs are often based on old diaries, letters, and photographs.
Until the last 20 years or so, few people without some degree of fame tried to write and publish a memoir. But with the critical and commercial success of such memoirs as "Angela's Ashes" and "The Color of Water[?]," more and more people have been encouraged to try their hand at this genre.
star on the horizon of my heart.
They guided me all the day long to the mysteries of the country
brought me in the evening at the end of my journey?
in all works of mine. They come and ask me, 'Who is he?' I know.html">know
blame me and they go away in scorn. And you sit.html">sit there smiling.
I put my tales of you into lasting songs. The secret gushes out
meanings.' I know not how to answer them. I say, 'Ah, who knows
sit there smiling.
and touch this world at thy feet.
Like a rain-cloud of July hung low with its burden of unshed
to thee.
Let all my songs gather together their diverse strains into a
thee.
Like a flock of homesick cranes flying night and day back to
eternal home in one salutation to thee.
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