Author Archives: Victoria C.

Apocalyptic themes in Modern Poetry

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Victoria C.

For my final project I decided to research apocalyptic themes in modern poetry and why poets use this as a trope. For the research section I talked about what I believed was used as an inspiration for this theme and … Continue reading →

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Productive year of 2013

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Victoria C.

I thought it would be fun to do a Chronos for the year of 2013. A lot of the times we live the year and don’t even realize that it had happened or realized how fast time went by. As … Continue reading →

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The Great Decade of the 90’s.

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Victoria C.

In my opinion, this is possibly one of the greatest and most productive decades. Arts and Culture, for example, has boomed so much during this decade. Arts and Culture: This is the decade of the greatest movie productions, in my opinion. … Continue reading →

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Pity this busy monster by E.E. Cummings

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Victoria C.

According to the Norton Anthology, E.E. Cummings is one of the most innovative modern poets. He is also very unique. He tends to create a lot of his own words by combining two words, like manunkind. His writing style is … Continue reading →

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Revised Final Project

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Victoria C.

For my revised final project, my concept stands the same. I will start off with research and then address the works individually. I have already started my blog as well as an introductory paragraph here.  I am starting with William Butler … Continue reading →

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Po’Boy Blues by Langston Hughes

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Victoria C.

Po’ Boy Blues was written around 1926-1927, which according to The Crisis, was the same time they published the article “The Colored Woman in Industry.” Hughes’ rhyme scheme of AB AB clearly shows that he is suffering from the blues. … Continue reading →

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DH Creations: Apocalyptic Blog

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Victoria C.

For my final project I want to create a blog and have an apocalyptic theme as most of the themes of the poems we have read in class are of that theme. There are a number of poets we’ve been … Continue reading →

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Mina Loy: Gertrude Stein

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Victoria C.

Mina Loy was very well known as a great feminist writer. She had an early influence of Impressionism when she started going to art school in her earlier years. Mina Loy’s writing is a bit more distinct that any of … Continue reading →

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A critical view of the Wasteland

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Victoria C.

After reading The Wasteland you would notice that Eliot’s main theme here is the psychological state of the twentieth century.  According to Michael Levenson, Eliot uses a distinctive, syntactic pattern in the first opening lines in the Norton Anthology: “April … Continue reading →

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Snow Day: Close Read on Eliot’s Wasteland

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Victoria C.

During the 1920s T.S. Eliot was noted as one of the greatest poets. At this time he just published his, The Waste Land, which is a known as one of the most important and influential poems in the nineteenth century. … Continue reading →

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