As a young man‚ Cummings was influenced by Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound‚ both influential and unique poets. Cummings was also greatly influenced by his time in Europe during WWI. Due to his outspoken pacificity against war‚ Cummings and his friend were suspected of espionage and thrown into an internment camp‚ which
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William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin in 1865. He was born into a highly artistic family with his father being a talented painter and his sisters involved in the arts and craft movement. Yeats grew up under the nationalist revival of the late 19th century which disadvantaged his heritage and influenced his attitude and outlook for the rest of his life. In 1876 the Yeats family moved to England to benefit William’s fathers painting career. William was home schooled for while‚ then transferred to
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T. S. Eliot‚ perhaps one of the most controversial poets of modern times‚ wrote what many critics consider the most controversial poem of all‚ The Waste Land. The Waste Land was written using a fragmented style. This is a style that is evident in all of Eliot"s writings. There are several reasons for his using this approach‚ from a feeling of being isolated‚ to a problem articulating thoughts (Bergonzi 18‚ Cuddy 13‚ Mack 1745‚ Martin 102). What influenced Eliot the most in writing poetry was a book
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William Carlos Williams: “ The Use of Force” Katryn Punsalang English Composition II Professor Day 10 April 2012 Katryn Punsalang Professor Day English 112 10 April 2012 “ The Use of Force” William Carlos Williams (1883- 1963) is one of the prominent personas of American Poetry. He received his Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the American Academy of Arts and Letters gold medal for poetry from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1963. Despite Williams’ recognition as one
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Metro” by Ezra Pound Comment: I am surprised when I saw the “poem”. I didn’t know it’s allowed to only have two lines. But I think it is pretty though. Simplicity and brevity is always beautiful. I like how he used the word apparition. Given that he’s in a transport station‚ faces appear and disappear from your sight as they hurry around. I think it’s the perfect word to use. Fun fact: In the poem‚ Pound describes a moment in the underground metro station in Paris in 1912; Pound suggested
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People questioned‚ “What is becoming of the world?” ("What Are Characteristics of Modernist Literature‚ Fiction in Particular?"). Looking at Cummings early work‚ it’s apparent that he was replicating the style of poets that use the imagist approach. Ezra Pound was an inspirational poet to Cummings. He drew inspiration from his dislike of his environment. He wanted to show the world how poetry did not need to be conservative. He introduced more sexual romance poems‚ and criticisms on society. He experimented
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Edward Estlin Cummings was an author‚ poet‚ and playwright who challenged the traditional standards of poetry. (“E.E. Cummings Biography”) His interest in poetry began during his term at Harvard University where he was exposed to writers such as Ezra Pound. After serving in the military in World War I‚ Cummings began writing poetry and was influenced by the style of Picasso in particular. Then‚ in 1920‚ his poetry truly debuted when The Dial published some of Cummings’ works which “foreshadowed the
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Voices of a Real Nation “A little raw”‚ “great and beautiful simplicity of phrase” – that’s how American poets Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell have described the works of Robert Frost‚ one of the most widely read and bellowed American poet. American writer Edward Eggleston wrote‚ “you have given me a rare sensation: you have sent me a book that I can read…” His words he addressed to Edwin Robinson‚ another great American poet‚ tree times Pulitzer Prizes nominee. The reviews‚ mentioned above‚ have something
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The waste Land T.S.Eliot complcted ‘The Waste Land’ in the autumn of 1921‚ and with the constructive suggestions of Ezra Pound about the structure of the poem ‚the present draft of the poem ‚ which was published in 1922‚ has become a classic. It is also‚ more importantly‚ the symbol of a whole age‚ signifying a new kind of poetry and a poetic revolution in modern English Literature and culture. The poem is a masterpiece of innovative poetic design and embodies an entirely new and original poetic
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