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Tracy K. Smith is a poet, and she is the 22nd poet laureate of the United States. Carla Hayden appointed Smith a second term as poet laureate. Smith does not like how America has divided into two regions: urban and rural. Although she is from the urban region, she wants to discover solutions for the rural region. When Smith was in South Carolina, she met different people that were apart of segregation. Furthermore, she felt overwhelmed by two poems during her time visiting rural areas. The first…

Walt Whitman, born in 1819, is profoundly known for his later start in poetry. His works primarily focus on his personal experience within the Civil War. His two works deeply reflect his time spent as a nurse for the Union side of the war. Although one being fiction and the other nonfiction, Whitman is capable of getting his tone and ideas across to the reader in both The Artilleryman’s Vision and Letter to His Mother. Both works and their depictions articulate the Civil War experience through…

old enough to imagine a future, it has been in jeopardy”. Growing up between two world wars and amidst the Great Depression was motivation for the Beat Generation to live in the moment, and not to focus very far into the future. Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg were the two most-famous Beat Generation writers, and as their fame developed so did the movement…

“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,”. Many individuals identify America as a peace land and the home of the free. Countless of songs, stories, and poems were sung and written within the significance of america or what is an american. These people that were singing and telling…

Jessica Tran ENG4U Ms.Timm July 14th, 2015 The Chronicles of a Tragic Hero A tragedy is defined by endeavors of human suffering that prompts the tragic hero to challenge morality. It is often associated with the downfall of the character that evokes the audience to a state of gratification. In Woody Allen’s film, Match Point, the protagonist Chris Wilton, possesses unrighteous ambitions for love, lust, and money that commence him through the path of the tragic pattern that ultimately causes…

Society tells us who to be, when we should be, how we should be, and if we defy society, we are wrong. Today’s society is not much different from society in the 50’s. Both the 50’s and modern societies create imaginary guidelines for people to live by. Allen Ginsberg steps out of mainstream society by creating the poem “Howl.” He speaks what others are afraid to speak. In the 1950’s, it was against the law in every state to be openly gay. However, this did not stop Ginsberg from expressing his…

It is clear to any reader of "Howl" that Allen Ginsberg is upset with the status quo, in fact, one might even borrow Ginsberg own words about how he feels about his “generation” when he states that they, “let themselves be fucked in the ass by saintly motorcyclists, and screamed with joy.” What a spit in the face. As I continued to read Ginsberg’s profanity-laced and prolonged verbal assault I was sure about convinced about one thing; Ginsberg is demanding for his generation to change by beating…

In an action packed life of 70 years in the Beat movement, Allen Ginsberg accomplished an abundance of achievements. These achievements included advancements in gay rights, freedom of speech and much more. Ginsberg is famous for his free speech that was controversial in the 1950s but then praised in the 1960s. When Ginsberg first started out, he was one of the first to talk about taboo subjects like sex, much like his idol, Walt Whitman. Free speech is not the only thing that Ginsberg was…

“I don’t think there is any truth. There are only points of view.” Allen Ginsberg’s famous quote is one that inspires the continued analysis and explication of poetry. Poetry is so important because much like jazz, it has a form all of its own. Poetry has no boundaries and can be created on the fly. And without the continued analysis and emphasis on great poetic works, like “Howl,” young writers would be dissuaded to take up the art form. To this day, scholars and students alike have…

Art and emotion, often times, go hand-in-hand with one another due to the generalistic idea that emotions are what fuels the artist drive to produce such wondrous masterpieces. Poetry, is one such art that allows its creator to call upon a variety of emotions. Whether those emotions are a sense of delight, anger, contempt, sorrow, etc, all are forms of emotion and are easily seen throughout the many poems written by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Paul Lurance Dunbar. When these poets fuse…