Modernist poetry in English

Kylin Munger Intro to Literature Poetry Analysis Due: 2-23-18 Poetry Analysis: “Daddy” and “How Do I Love Thee” Sylvia Plath was an author in the Modern Era in which she wrote her poem entitled “Daddy” (Plath). In her poem, Plath reflects the Modern Era in which her attitude and words convey the relationship she had with her father. The second author, Elizabeth Barrett Browning with her poem, “How Do I Love Thee” (Barrett Browning) was a poet in the Victorian Era. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s…

Library of Israel). This analysis will focus on the Lasker-Schuler’s poem, “My Blue Piano”, which is the title poem of her last collection of poems. “My Blue Piano” demonstrates many modernist characteristics and helps to understand the difficult life of Else Lasker-Schuler. Also, comparing the original poem to the English translation provides details essential to better understanding the poem. Lasker-Schuler was indeed an artist that wanted to break away from the norms of society in both her…

consistent with what is relevant in today’s society. Themes that stem from today’s society such as everyday life, communication, nature, and rural and urban life. Robert Frost is in the company of the most creative writers when it comes to playwriting and poetry. It was from his great knowledge of American everyday form of speech, his real life accuracy of rural life, and the accurate portrayal of rural life that made him become greatly admired and appreciated. But, most of his works are all…

attitude of avoiding excess or adopting a pompous rhetorical tone. As Morrison notes: “Movement poetic practice is based on certain general principles about the origin, nature and function of poetry. These in term bespeak a different view of the poet—the poet as citizen concerned with social issues and politics. Poetry not only is made thing, it is a said thing and it is discourse” (Morrison 32). Englandism, Provincialism Londonism: The Movement Poets cultured Englandism, provincialism,…

Edith Irene Södergran is undisputedly a pioneer of modernist poetry and feminist thought in Finland-Swedish literature, with the introduction of central European styles and techniques being introduced into Scandinavian literature being accredited almost entirely to her. Her emphasis on duality between the body and the mind, the unapologetic feminist motives and ability to incorporate modernist techniques into her poetry have influenced many writes in both the Swedish speaking community of…

It is this position of power in conjunction with his comments on the scientific community of the Victorian age in his poetry that Tennyson gained the eye of scientists and intellectuals of the day, who found validation and public sympathy through Tennyson and his poetry. Tennyson was of great value to the scientific community because of his standing with society as a “public moralist.” With science and knowledge’s unstable relationship with the religious public, Tennyson served as a connection…

Author T.S. Eliot’s Influence on American Literary History Author T.S. Eliot, was an American-English poet, playwriter, literary critic, an editor and was a major contributor and leader of the Modernist movement in poetry. From his works like “The Waste Land” and then the what some call sequel “The Hollow Men,” Eliot’s style of writing not only had a huge influence on American literary history but also influenced many other writers such as Derek Walcott and Kamau Brathwaite. After reading some…

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…

the depth of penetration into the conscious and subconscious human transmission of the memory, perception of the features, including, as in "moments of being" refracted past, present and foreseeing the future. The basic techniques in the work of modernists becomes a "stream of consciousness" that allows you to capture the movement of thoughts, impressions, feelings. Every phenomenon of a life, before it reaches a clear and relatively complete form, passes some…

romantic aspects of her poetry especially with the poems in the above two volumes. The chapter also draws throws light on the essay ‘Fond of What He’s Crapping On’: Movement Poetry and Romanticism by Michael O’ Neill. Chapter 7 “Elizabeth Jennings as a Woman Poet” ponders into Jennings’s place in the history of Modern British poetry as a woman poet; evaluates the definitions of poetry given by critics, it also looks at the factors responsible for the neglect of woman’s poetry, cross references…