Poetic Voice Examination for Pound’s “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” exemplifies the differentiation between the poet and the speaker. Li Po and Ezra Pound‚ take on a persona of a river merchant’s wife‚ awaiting the return of her husband. Furthermore‚ the use of imagery makes for a very visual read. The clever way in which this poem was written grants readers the opportunity to experience what it is to be “The River Merchant’s Wife”. I found this method
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modern and romantic poetry as a result of his long relationship with the revolutionary poet Ezra Pound and his mother’s more romantic influence ("William Carlos Williams‚" par.3). Ezra Pound launched Williams as a poet in 1912 when he helped get his poetry in the English Poetry Review although‚ Williams’s mother shaped him as a man and shaped the verses he actually created regardless of Pound’s ridicule. Thus‚ Pound influenced Williams’s poetry in ways of realism and science; while in contrast Williams’
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generation” (Pound 123). Each of Joyce’s major works takes place in or near Dublin‚ the city of his birth and residence until entering a period of self-exile after being “dissatisfied … with Irish nationalism‚ Catholicism‚ and his family background” in 1902 (“Biography of James Joyce” 10). Joyce’s works received mixed reviews. After publishing his first novel‚ A Portrait of the Artist of a Young Man‚ Joyce received praise from renowned authors‚ poets and critics such as Ezra Pound‚ who proclaimed
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translation should be different from general literature translation‚ which requires translators be more than just translators. 2 A Case Study Here is a case study of two translated versions of Chang Gan Xing by Ezra Pound and Xu Yuangchong respectively. 十五始展眉‚ 愿同尘与灰。常存抱柱信‚ 岂上望夫台。 Version 1(by Ezra Pound) At fifteen I stopped scowling‚ I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever‚ and forever. Why should I clime the look out? Version 2(by Xu Yuangchong) I was fifteen when I composed my
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The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. The ordered‚ stable and inherently meaningful worldview of the nineteenth century could not‚ wrote T.S. Eliot‚ accord with "the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history." Modernism thus marks a distinctive break with Victorian bourgeois morality; rejecting nineteenth-century optimism‚ they presented a profoundly pessimistic
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List of literary movements From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This is a list of modern literary movements: that is‚ movements after the Renaissance. These terms‚ helpful for curricula or anthologies‚ evolved over time to group certain writers who are often loosely related. Some of these movements (such as Dada and Beat) were defined by the members themselves‚ while other terms (the metaphysical poets‚ for example) emerged decades or centuries after the periods in
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except deteriorate into ruins. Ezra Pound poem‚ "A Pact" is written to Walt Whitman to help start an imagism movement. Ezra is asking Whitman about their pact‚ "I make a pact with you" (p.1285‚ line 1) which will begin to change the writing in literature in those days. His word choice and imagism helped his movement. Ezra uses a strong tone towards Whitman to indicate he means business. He needed Walt to help in the creation of new‚ different way of writing. Ezra also uses the metaphor‚ "We have
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INTRODUCTION Kolkata or Calcutta is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river‚ it is the principal commercial‚ cultural‚ and educational centre of East India‚ while the Port of Kolkata is India’s oldest operating port as well as its sole major riverine port. As of 2011‚ the city had 4.5 million residents; the urban agglomeration‚ which comprises the city and its suburbs‚ was home to approximately 14.1 million‚ making it the third-most
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Case Study Erosional and depositional landforms Mappleton Hornsea/Withernsea Scarborough Alkborough Maldives Studland Bay Location Spurn point Yorkshire Old Harry Dorset- stack East riding of Yorkshire Holderness coast North Yorkshire North The Maldives are a collection of Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives are about 400 Miles southwest of India. Studland Bay is located in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset Fact Depositional feature- spit The village of Mappleton‚ perched on
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Topic Tesco‚ a UK retail giant‚ is renowned for their loyalty program; evaluate the effectiveness of Tesco’s Clubcard program. Title Retail Management: A strategic Approach Introduction: Tesco in the UK are the largest within the Group‚ with over 3300 stores and over 310‚000 colleagues. They have strengthened the foundations of the UK business and they are now accelerating plans to deliver the most compelling offer for customers with sharper prices‚ improved quality‚ stronger
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