thought. He systematically reasons with his desired object about the futility of delaying their interlude when the hours available to them are limited‚ but the lyric may simultaneously function as a metaphor for Marvel’s endeavors as a metaphysical poet. Metaphysical writers view poetry as an intellectual exercise‚ an opportunity to develop ideas in a logical‚ argumentative structure; for them‚ the object of poetry is not to serve as an outlet for an effusion of emotional sentiments. If one approaches
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nature‚ Wordsworth was a poet of reflection on things past. He realized however‚ that the memory of one’s earlier emotional experiences is not an infinite source of poetic material. As Wordsworth grew older‚ there was an overall decline in his prowess as a poet. Life’s inevitable change‚ with one’s changes in monetary and social status‚ affected Wordsworth as well as his philosophies and political stances‚ sometimes to the chagrin of his contemporaries. Wordsworth‚ once a poet of social radicalism
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Most people are familiar with the term "flower power" used by hippies in the 1960’s to peacefully protest the Vietnam War. What many don’t know is that influential poet Allen Ginsberg fabricated this phrase (“Irwin Allen Ginsberg”). In many ways‚ such as this‚ Allen Ginsberg is a forgotten hero. The specifics of what Ginsberg accomplished in his life and nonconformist political poetry are overlooked‚ but the legacy he left behind will last forever. Allen Ginsberg is best known for his riveting long
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Three very significant women that are part of a developing tradition by American women poets are Anne Bradstreet‚ Phillis Wheatley‚ and Emily Dickinson. Although these women are from different backgrounds and time periods their works compare in many ways. However‚ there are still some differences between these three influential writers. Bradstreet reflects puritan thinking through her poems; when she says‚ “Adieu‚ Adieu‚ all’s vanity” she is reflecting the puritan thinking about the vanity of this
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series of narration‚ argument and even contemplation. The poet begins the narration of the event with a typically passionate scene as the backdrop for the lovers to embrace and experience the ’ecstasy’. The setting is natural‚ very calm and quiet. The scenery is described in erotic terms: the riverbank is "like a pillow on a bed"; it also is "pregnant". The reference to pillow‚ bed and pregnancy suggest sexuality‚ though the poet says that
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exhibits each of these characteristics. His unusual meters‚ his habit for abstract puns and double entendres as well as his frequent uses of‚ often bizarre‚ metaphors and his process of indirect reasoning are all characteristic traits of the metaphysical poets that are all unified in Donne as well as any other. A Feaver and The Flea are two different poems written by John Donne. Both discuss the same theme of love and have some similarities between each other; however the two poems are in contrast
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Robert Wilson Lynd From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Robert Wilson Lynd (Irish: Roibéard Ó Floinn‚ 20 April 1879 – 6 October 1949) was an Irish writer‚ an urbane literary essayist and strong Irish nationalist. Contents [hide] 1 Life and career 2 Activism 3 Family 4 Works 5 Robert Lynd’s Anthology of Modern Poetry (1939) 6 See also 7 Notes 8 Sources 9 External links Life and career[edit] He was born in Belfast and educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution‚ studying at
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Both poets‚ Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman‚ are writers of the same time; the Romantic one. Yet‚ even when they lived during the same era‚ the natures‚ as well as the looks of their poems are very much different. Emily Dickinson is a more private poet. When comparing “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” and “I started Early-Took My Dog” we clearly see the difference of those two aforementioned authors view of the sea. Walt Whitman feels comfortable with the sea as a natural element‚ gives it a
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“I want to photosynthesize” (Theodore Roethke). Representing the parallels between photosynthesizing and growth‚ transcendentalist poet Theodore Huebner Roethke focuses on the experiences he has with the symbolic greenhouse‚ which his childhood centers on‚ in Saginaw‚ Michigan. The American poet illustrates the association of nature with freedom in the coming of age poem “Child On top of a Greenhouse. The poem involves a persona that is breaking free of the confinement of the greenhouse; a child
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Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer is a English Poet and wrote the unfinished work‚ The Canterbury Tales. It is considered one of the greatest poetic works in English. Geoffrey Chaucer was born circa 1340 in London‚ England. In 1357 he became a public servant to Countess Elizabeth of Ulster. He continued to work as a public servant to the British court throughout his lifetime. The Canterbury Tales became his best known and most acclaimed work. He died October 25‚ 1400 of in London‚ England and was
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