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“A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught.” This quote by William Yates, articulates, just how much time E.E. Cummings put into his poems, because they all seem effortless or like a moment’s thought. Because of fact that Cummings almost never used capital letters in his poems, people often spell his name the same way, without any capitalization. What makes Cummings so interesting is his abnormal form his works take…

One of the 20th century's most influential voices in American and English literature, Ezra Pound was born in the small mining town of Hailey, Idaho, on October 30, 1885. The only child of Homer Loomis Pound, a Federal Land Office official, and his wife, Isabel, Ezra spent the rest of his childhood just outside Philadelphia, where his father had moved the family after accepting a job with the U.S. Mint. His childhood seems to have been a happy one. He eventually attended Cheltenham Military…

Robert Graves was a soldier in World War I; after the war, he became a full time author, critic, and poet. He was born into an upper middle class family near London, United Kingdom in 1895. His father, Alfred Graves, a scholar and poet, and his mother, Amalie von Ranke Graves, a strongly religious woman, were great influences to him. He was a superior student, and received a scholarship to attend a charter school at the age of 12. When he graduated high school in 1913, he was awarded a…

“For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning”, this would be shocking to Whitman, because the amount of voices praising Whitman’s works has grown exponentially since his death. Walt Whitman’s works have gone on an intriguing journey from the time that they were first published to the current era. However, as time has passed Whitman has become to be known as a celebrated and innovative poet. Whitman versatility is seen by the thoughts of death, desolation of hearts, and…

Mia Yi Ms. Beskenis/ Mrs. Manley Pd 2 13 May 2016 Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens was an American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School and he spent most of his life working as an executive for an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut. As one of America’s most respected poet, Wallace Stevens’s rich and colorful life story, impact from early traditional writers and his parents, and his unique writing style all contributed to…

Robert Frost Robert Frost once said “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost was an American poet His unique work is loved by many people. Frost is a popular poet, and was honored frequently during his lifetime and received four pulitzer prizes. One of Robert Frost’s most famous poems is The Road Not Taken. Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco. He lived with his father, William Prescott Frost Jr., his mother, Isabelle…

Poets Ezra Pound and Allen Ginsberg have both expressed their feelings and views of fellow poet Walt Whitman, whether through a form of contempt or admiration, they both have drawn inspiration from Whitman's works and incorporated it into their own. Ezra Pound,, disliked or as Pound would say, “Detested” Whitman for quite sometime. Although he felt this way towards Whitman, in his poem “A Pact”, he goes on to say how Whitman “broke the new wood”, and that “now is a time for carving”. This shows…

Why is E.E. cummings so interesting? Can it be because of his different way of writing? E.E. cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1894, he studied at Harvard University. When he went to Paris to join a World War 1 ambulance corps, he saw one of Picasso's shows, after seeing the show, he got interested in poetry and cubism. How does E.E. cummings use vision and hearing to create meaning? E.E. cummings creates meaning in his poetry by using visual techniques and auditory techniques.…

Robert Frost Modernism and a rich personal background had an enormous influence on the writing of Robert Frost, and are showcased in some of his most famous poems. Robert Frost was born on March 27, 1874, and his life was all about nature and the messages God sent through it. He wondered about these tiny marvels of nature and sought deeper meanings from them. For example, “The Road Not Taken”, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, and “Choose Something Like a Star”…

Walter Whitman, more commonly known, as Walt Whitman, was one of America’s most important, significant, and influential poets of the nineteenth century. Walt Whitman wrote about the common American person throughout his writing, while being very controversial. Although, his writing did not appeal to everyone, it certainly made its mark on the history of poetic writing in the nation of America. He celebrated democracy, nature, and love. His monumental works praise the body parallel to the soul.…