Q. 1. Discuss W.B. Yeats as a modern poet. Answer:- William Butler Yeats‚ one of the modern poets‚ influences his contemporaries as well as successors‚ such as T.S. Eliot‚ Ezra Pound and W.B. Auden. Though three common themes in Yeats’ poetry are love‚ Irish Nationalism and mysticism‚ but modernism is the overriding theme in his writings. Yeats started his long literary career as a romantic poet and gradually evolved into a modernist poet. As a typical modern poet he regrets for post-war modern
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modernism inspired new and revolutionary ideas‚ forming distinct poetic groups. Through modernism‚ came Imagism. Imagists rejected traditional poetry such as romantic and futurist and focused on the notion that less is more. Prominent imagist poet Ezra Pound believed‚ “It is better to present on Image in a lifetime than to produce voluminous works” (Caws‚ 356). Imagism was a movement of poets
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the final version of "The Waste Land" is significant. At the time of the poem’s composition‚ Eliot was ill‚ struggling to recover from his nervous breakdown and languishing through an unhappy marriage. Pound offered him support and friendship; his belief in and admiration for Eliot were enormous. Pound‚ like Eliot a crucible of modernism‚ called for compression‚ ellipsis‚ reduction. The poem grew yet more cryptic; references that were previously clear now became more obscure. Explanations were out the
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there is a reaction against the avant-garde movement and there is a return to a more realistic and traditional kind of writing (Arnold Bennett‚ John Galsworthy and H.G. Wells). In 1914 the situation is about to change again for two reasons: Ezra Pound decided to make London the centre of a new avant garde and started promoting the work of modernist writers such as James Joyce or Joseph Conrad. The First World War. At the beginning of WWI it seemed it was going to frustrate Ezra Pound’s plans
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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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are guilty of having rules that don’t work." And genetic engineering is probably going to make drugs seem trivial in their impact on our ideas of fairness and performance. Edit 09 Aug 2004 Source Disagree Experts In Sports : Dick Pound Former Head of the World Anti-Doping Agency Disagree ...You respect the rules‚ you respect your opponents‚ you respect yourself. You play fair. I think that bleeds over into life as well. I don’t want my grandchildren to have to become chemical
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Little Review” Sophia Estante and Lorrie Moore (Mentor)‚ English This research looks at the work of Margaret C. Anderson‚ the editor of the Little Review. The review published first works by Sherwood Anderson‚ James Joyce‚ Wyndham Lewis‚ and Ezra Pound. This research draws upon mostly primary sources including memoirs‚ published letters‚ and a complete collection of the Little Review. Most prior research on Anderson focuses on her connection to the famous writers and personalities that she published
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reading and writing fiction? (1-2 pages typed.) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 9/23 Richard Wakefield‚ “In a Poetry Workshop” (1371-1372) Mark Halliday‚ “Graded Paper” (905-906) Ezra Pound‚ “In a Station of the Metro” (860) 9/25 Billy Collins (1123-1130)‚ “Introduction to Poetry” (776) 9/27 T.E. Hulme‚ “On the Differences between Poetry and Prose” (863-864) Wilfred Owen‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est” (853-854) ___________________
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How is it best to honor a great star after it has fallen and past on to death? For some‚ a mere funeral and wake would suffice‚ but for other monument are erected‚ schools and workplaces closed‚ parade and moment of silence where attributed to. Others like the late great Ray Charles movies are and to commemorate and celebrate their achievements over the years. So what then would you do for a person that freed millions‚ and united a country? For Walt Whitman he felt the best way to honor such a "star"
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no redemption. Machiavelli`s highly ranked book “The Prince” is being taught in every school and strongly recommended for being the key to success. It is a book I would personally ban from every institution‚ and instead I would teach about “Seven Pounds”‚ a movie where we can learn more about how a successful man can make an ultimate sacrifice in order to make others happy. It`s a fine work directed by Gabriele Mucino after the story written of Grant Nieporte. With Will Smith in the main role‚ a
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