Book of Ezra

Poems are often catalysed by personal experiences, expressing a poet’s concerns about life and encouraging audiences to embrace their unique perspective. T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Wilfred Owen’s poem Dulce et Decorum Est, are examples of modernist poetry, through which both poets aim to reflect the sense of disillusionment and impotence they experienced as the horrors of World War 1 mounted. Owen firmly rejects the idea of heroism in war that was created by Romanticist…

W.H Auden’s modernist techniques combined with his unique style of writing makes his poetry difficult to read and interpret. However, his eccentric use of words calls for the reader’s imagination to create images that help grasp the central idea of the poem. Such can be seen in “Law like Love” starting with the ironic nature of the title. Law, as we know it is something which has clear cut definitions and rules which many do not favour. Love on the other hand, is not meant to have boundaries and…

Throughout the history of the Spain and Latin America, there have been many remarkable Nobel Prize winners for literature. All of these Nobel Prize winners each had their different twist as to why they made won the Nobel Prize in the first place. These honorary authors and poets range from such people as Juan Ramon Jimenez, who wrote about the poverty of Spain in unique set of poems in “Platero and I” to Latin America’s Gabriela Mistral, who stood out for her the way should could emotionally…

The poem “America” by Walt Whitman has a respectful tone. Whitman appeared to have great respect for American Society. There are some words throughout his poem that contribute to the respectful tone. The first word that contributes to the tone is equal. Whitman observed that there were “equal daughters, equal sons.” Equality appeared to be important to Whitman, so the fact that America provided the opportunity for everyone to be equal was something that Whitman showed his respect in the tone of…

is famously known for his book of poems called, “A Shropshire Lad.” The poems he wrote appealed to the late Victorian taste and to many early 20th Century writers. Housman was one of the most classicists of his age and has been ranked as one of the greatest scholars who has ever lived. One of Housman’s most famous poems is, Here Dead We Lie. This poem can relate to anyone who has lost a family member in a war. The poem however, was not included in either of the two books written by Housman. In…

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Life is not always easy for everyone in this country. Miguel Pinero is a Port Rican writer, who is also a playwright, actor and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a leading member of the Nuyorican literary movement. His style of writing is unique. His life was not that great, but all he has been through really help him out along the way. His poems are very interesting. In both of his poems, “La Bodega Sold Dreams” and “Seekin’ the cause”, Pinero…

Larry Patrick Levis, as a poet of the contemporary Period, exemplified the best of the genre. Through his use of poetic devices, style and thematic, Larry Levis has given us some of the most iconic and universally appealing work. Particularly in his poem titled “___________”, we see examples of his most salient particularities and effective use of English language. Larry Patrick Levis then stands as one of the greats in the pantheon of American and World Literature. Larry Patrick Levis was…

Whitman in the poem "Song of Myself" incorporates a multitude of different elements and aspects of America in order to create a great American epic. The poem is a combination of a biography, a sermon, and poetic symbols. It is also filled with symbols and commentary to address the important issues of America. The poem also aims to unify all aspects of humanity. In addition, Whitman seems to challenge some of the rules of decency that were common during that time period by using imagery and…

wrote avant-garde poems that ignored conventional punctuation and syntax. Cummings received his bachelor’s degree in arts in 1915, and he obtained his master’s degree of arts the following year. After his graduation, Cummings worked for a mail-order book dealer, and left the job a month later because of how tedious it was. In 1917, Cummings left the United States for France as an ambulance driver, and was imprisoned in a prison camp in Normandy on suspicion of espionage for his anti-war…

study of great works of the past, claiming it, "cannot be inherited, and if you want it, you must obtain it by great labour." Eliot asserts that it is absolutely necessary for the poet to learn past traditions, to have an understanding of the poets that preceded them, and to be well versed enough that they can understand and incorporate the so-called "mind of Europe" into their poetry. It stands to reason, then, that if a poet must be a master of literary tradition past and present to create a…