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Author Archives: Sarah Norvell
Men swear, the bitches!
I thought I’d try my hand at analyzing one of Mullen’s poems from Trimmings. As there is so much ambiguity in her poetry, I decided to have a little fun playing around with the way the poem reads aloud instead … Continue reading
Countee Cullen: Should we marvel or scorn?
Cullen’s poem “Yet I Do Marvel” (ANTH 727) is an incredibly well-polished sonnet. Whether or not you feel that Cullen should have been attempting to emulate “white” forms of poetry during the Harlem Renaissance is an entirely different story, and … Continue reading
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Robinson Jeffers and the Botched Experiment
For my final project, I chose to focus on the philosophies of Robinson Jeffers and the limitations of modernism that have carried over into our postmodern society in relation to ecocriticism. I believe that modernist poets, while appearing to be … Continue reading
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Langston Hughes vs. The Harlem Renaissance, A Close Reading
Through his poems, particularly “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and “Dream Boogie,” Langston Hughes was attempting to communicate the truth about blackness. He was not interested in activism, but simply wished to convey art of, by, and for black people. … Continue reading
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