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    Ee Cummings Research Paper

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    generation to be educated in precisely this manner” (Docherty) of a “sound classical education” that resulted in him adopting many poetic strategies. E.E. Cummings then attended Harvard University where he was introduce to the avant-garde writers of Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. These two writers influenced Cummings in such a huge way that Cummings himself became an avant-garde writer too by experimenting with different techniques and grammar in his poetry. In his two poems “Spring is like a…

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    Here Dead We Lie

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    Poet A.E. Housman is believed to be an influential writer in the art of poetry. He 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.…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    E. E. Cummings lived from October 14,1894, to September 3, 1962. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was encouraged by his parents to develop his creative gifts. He first started writing poems at the young age of eight. Between then and age twenty two, Cummings wrote a poem a day, experimenting with many traditional forms of poetry. Cummings studied Latin and Greek at the Cambridge Latin High School, and then went to Harvard University. He first started writing modern poetry at Harvard…

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    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…

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    Easter 1916 Tone

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    There is more than one side to every story. When tragedy or calamity strikes, it affects people in different ways. Past events, loyalties, and moral viewpoints define how one sees a situation. Concerning the Easter 1916 uprising, Yeats seems to change his views of the people involved and explores his feelings in the poem “Easter 1916.” Yeats, at the start of the piece, seems to have a fairly low view of the rebels. He respects the nobility and bravery of what the revolutionaries did, but isn’t…

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    Trash is a novel written by andy mulligan, about 3 boys whose lives change after finding a special bag. This novel has received a lot of recognition and has received many awards such as the 'Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro' for best visual effects. This novel also has many different themes and ideas that are developed through the book. I believe that these ideas are friendship, poverty, and hope, and they've been developed through the novel as they get stronger and stronger. For example,…

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    Pound Background • He was one of the most influential poets of this period. • “He generously encouraged other poets…helping them publish and writing reviews of their work,” (pg. 1598). • He “organized the imagists, the first modernist literary group in England and the United States,” (pg. 1598). • He was awarded the Bollingen Prize for “his Pisan Cantos (1948), written while he was in prison in Italy, and he later received the American Poets Award,” (pg. 1599). Connections • He was connected to…

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