Ezra Pound

“The Unknown Citizen,” written by W. H. Auden, is a poem that describes the life of man lived a life that most people would see as ideal. The man illustrated by this poem did what society expected him to do which resulted in a model life. This poem, however, can be seen in more than one way. Some may see the story in the poem as a description of a man who had an unfulfilling life because he did only what was expected of him. Instead of trying something new, exploring the world, or making a…

Danielle Mullins H English 12-4 11/12/15 “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” While first reading Richard Brautigan’s “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” readers may not see between the lines, but when the underlying message is coherent, Brautigan’s abstract work, and the events that shaped his life illustrate the poem. The message of Brautigan’s poetry will captivate the reader and allow better understanding of Brautigan’s life and reasoning. Richard Bruatigan…

1 Abstract: This paper seeks to explore the function of interdisciplinarity between Poetry and Mythology in the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish’ “The Phases of Anat” and how myth is employed to serve cultural and resistance purposes by means of creating and ascertaining identity through proposing and documenting a new version of the subaltern history that have been marginalized for decades in view of the capabilities of their powerful occupiers at all levels. to serve supporting his…

T.S. Eliot first published The Waste Land in 1922 after World War I had concluded as commentary on the chaotic nature of modern Europe during the war and thereafter. The Waste Land is a complex and intricate poem that weaves between speakers and a plethora of different languages. The Waste Land also alludes to esoteric texts that Eliot seems to have an intense desire to return to. Eliot 's fragmented poem juxtaposes polyphonic voices and allusions to literature as a means to isolate the…

In accordance with Virginia’s Woolf’s essay titled “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown,” the idea that human relations changed circa December 1910 is explored. In Woolf’s words “in or about December 1910 human character changed” (Woolf 2). This change, which she asserts was “not sudden and definite,” (Woolf 2) leads the reader to believe it was gradual. The Victorian and Georgian Era are stark in contrast regarding the everyday individual (and said individual’s relationships). Where the Georgian lived a…

C.S. Lewis is a well-known British writer and ordinary layman from the 20th Century. Being a soldier from World War I, a broadcaster and a apologist are but a few of the titles deemed to him. Lewis was a former atheist but converted to Christianity after failing to disprove the Christian faith and it’s doctrines. He wrote to the goal that others would read his works and be able to make cognitive parallels between the objects in his books and the doctrines of Christianity. He combines both fable…

Robert Herrick and Andrew Marvell are two famous poets who have several things in common regarding their way of writing; Andrew Marvell is an English poet, a clergyman and a parliamentarian, he was concerned with politics for a very long time, also, Marvell was called a nature poet and he was one of the best metaphysical poets. Even though Marvell wrote less than some other famous poets like Donne and Jonson, his range was greater, “as he claimed, both the private worlds of love and religion and…

PROSE STYLE OF Dr.S.RADHAKRISHNAN Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan A good prose-style is both a matter of choice of the words and their arrangement to form a complete meaningful sentence. Dr. Radhakrishnan is one the eminent philosopher of India who was a literate with special knowledge in handling prose style. Dr.S.Radhakrishnan was one of the most influential and recognized Indian thinkers in twentieth century. I wish to explain some important features about prose style just to explain how…

and history of other poets before them and are credited based on their similarity or practice of another poet's work. Eliot reinforces this view by stating "You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and The importance of a nation's past poets helps define the way poetry is viewed and judged in the present. T.K Eliot's argument in his essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent" is that poetry of the present is linked to poetry of the nation's past and those who formed it. Eliot…

Lewis Carroll is a poet often known as ahead of his time, and his poems and books amazed the people of the 1800s. However, many things happened before Carroll became successful. Strange relationships with young girls and thoughts of “sin and guilt” surrounded Carroll’s reputation and his mind. Even his meeting with Alice Liddell (better known as the star in her book Alice in Wonderland) caused several whispers among critics and other writers. After making several relationships with small…