Abstract: Modernism provides many of the major works that continue to define what literature and painting are. Understanding Modernism (between about 1870 and 1939) is essential for understanding modern literature. Can only gifted students understand Modernism? Can only gifted students understand modern literature and art? The focus here is on classics of prose‚ poetry and painting that are interesting in themselves and help to make sense of the period of cultural crisis that defined abstraction
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Ange Ngatchou period 3 9/12/2015 I‚ Too‚ Sing America I too sing america was written by Langston Hughes in 1925‚ a time when there was an outburst of cultural‚ ethnical and literary creativity. The poem I too sing america was very famous not only because of when it was written but also to whom it was made for. In 1891‚ Walt Whitman wrote a poem called I Hear America Singing‚ In order to explain Hughes poem‚ I need to explain Whitman’s poem. As well as W.E.B du bois theory of double consciousness
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If a picture can paint a thousand words‚ certainly a word could paint a thousand pictures. This is what poet Marianne Moore accomplishes with chosen words in her poem. Words that create specific pictures that provide the reader with an insight into her thoughts. However‚ her pictures are not pleasant and encouraging images. On the contrary‚ in the poem “What Are Years?” Moore utilizes negative and demoralizing imagery to reveal her pessimism and belief of mankind’s declining morality. In the first
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William Ellis was born in Salford‚ Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom. He was born on August 24‚1794. He was born to two hard working parents. William was a missionary in Hawaii and he was also a famous writer. He made a big impact on the people he was a missionary to and has many well-known books that have been published. His books are about his life as a missionary and his wife. I picked him because all of the places he visited were interesting to me. They were interesting because I like
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Spoils of War In the poem “Next to you god of course america” by e.e. cummings figurative devices and sarcasm are used to reveal the hate some people have towards World War I The poem starts with a man speaking of how honorable and fascinating America in the war is. He sings parts of songs and questions anyone who thinks war is distasteful. This‚ at first glance‚ may be seen as love toward the great country but with the use of diction‚ similes‚ and line spacing the truth is revealed. The speaker
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“When You Are Old” The poem “When You Are Old” written by William Butler Yeats is a poem spoken by an anonymous narrator. The narrator seems to be talking to a woman and refers to her youth and his love for her throughout the poem. In the first stanza‚ the narrator speaks about the woman being “old and gray and full of sleep”‚ this line is telling the reader that the woman is of older age. When the narrator says “take down this book‚ and slowly read‚ and dream of the soft look your eyes had once
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Eliot uses many poetry techniques to convey a sense of urban alienation throughout this poem. These techniques include description and imagery‚ contrast and irony‚ rhetorical questions and rhyming. These also reflect the spirit of the early twentieth century. Straight from the introduction of the poem‚ Eliot already starts to utilise imagery to describe the emotions and themes that the poem conveys. The line ‘Like a patient etherised upon a table’ suggests that there is something wrong with the
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The 20th century is replete with personages who helped set the standards or defined the course of national or international history. In the artistic world‚ many great individuals contributed to making the period interesting‚ revolutionary and creative. Literature: William Butler YeatsIn the literary world‚ among the 20th century giants is William Butler Yeats. An Irish-born dramatist‚ poet and prose writer‚ Yeats is regarded as one of the towering giants of English-language writing for the century
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Religion in Robert Frost’s Poetry Religion and poetry are things that are not usually used hand-in-hand. The great thing about poetry‚ however‚ is that you can get your point across in a few lines and make yourself heard while leaving many different interpretations to be available. Religion‚ much like poetry‚ can be understood and interpreted in many ways. These two forms of expression can even shed light on people who might need that guidence or motivation to improve themself or another
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Imagism was a movement in the 20th century that focused on having a clear message and description in poems in order to provide vivid imagery for the reader. These poems often did not rhyme‚ had irregular beat‚ and depended on the power of an image to convey an emotion. It has been described as one of the most influential movements in English poetry. Two common and popular Imagist poets at the time and even today are: William Carlos Williams and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). Both of these writers knew each
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