Many modernist poets believed that concreteness of detail was crucial to their writing, and aimed to use concrete objects to communicate their poetic ideas. Robert Frost and Marianne Moore both used concrete objects to describe how these details communicated their response to the changes of the Modernist era. In, “Poetry” Moore used concrete objects to emphasize the difference between materialistic views as opposed to the meaning of meaningful and emotional text. In “Nothing Gold Can Stay” Frost used the concrete objects to display how changes in society to fit the Modern era were not always beneficial. As well as comparing changes in the modernist era, the two also wrote about their quest for realism using concrete details. Both modernist
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In the poem Moore goes on to describe the senses of a person and what happens to them after reading a good poem. By doing this Moore is explain the physical effects of good poetry, displaying realism. “Hands that can grasp, eyes that can dilate, hair that can rise if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them because they are useful.” (NAAL 1998) These physical signs show the effects good poetry has on the body and teach how to identify good poetry. Moore showed realism through her description of physical signs that show the effects of good poetry as well as through showing what real poetry is versus what “half poets” continue to …show more content…
Soon, many values that were once seen as important and the only way to live by will no longer matter. Frost showed this in his poem when he said, “Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf” (NAAL 1922). By writing this Frost showed how in the beginning the leaf on the flower was seen as something that was special and new, just as values in society are, but over time the leaf becomes just like every other leaf, which was showing how ideals of a society in the modernist era soon get old and the people turn to newer, better ideals. Frost also used literary devices such as symbolism and allusion, through biblical references to Eden to support his point as well. Frost used symbolism to take the leaf to represent modernist era societies and he used allusion through the example of Eden to explain how nothing will last forever. Frost states in his poem, “So Eden sank to grief,” (NAAL 1998) showing that for perfection didn’t even last for someone who was in the Bible. Throughout his whole poem
In the poem Moore goes on to describe the senses of a person and what happens to them after reading a good poem. By doing this Moore is explain the physical effects of good poetry, displaying realism. “Hands that can grasp, eyes that can dilate, hair that can rise if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them because they are useful.” (NAAL 1998) These physical signs show the effects good poetry has on the body and teach how to identify good poetry. Moore showed realism through her description of physical signs that show the effects of good poetry as well as through showing what real poetry is versus what “half poets” continue to …show more content…
Soon, many values that were once seen as important and the only way to live by will no longer matter. Frost showed this in his poem when he said, “Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf” (NAAL 1922). By writing this Frost showed how in the beginning the leaf on the flower was seen as something that was special and new, just as values in society are, but over time the leaf becomes just like every other leaf, which was showing how ideals of a society in the modernist era soon get old and the people turn to newer, better ideals. Frost also used literary devices such as symbolism and allusion, through biblical references to Eden to support his point as well. Frost used symbolism to take the leaf to represent modernist era societies and he used allusion through the example of Eden to explain how nothing will last forever. Frost states in his poem, “So Eden sank to grief,” (NAAL 1998) showing that for perfection didn’t even last for someone who was in the Bible. Throughout his whole poem