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Author Archives: L'Kai
The Sapphire Sings
I decided to pursue a critical read of Recyclopedia because I was interested in what others had to say about the collection. In attempt to understand the reasoning behind each collection, I found interpretations of these poems that incorporate Mullen’s … Continue reading
What’s So Funny?
In his article, The Sound of Black Laughter and the Harlem Renaissance: Claude McKay Sterling Brown, Langston Hughes, Mike Chasar addresses the theme of laughter as a form of power and strength especially in blacks. He analyses the poems of … Continue reading
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Early 1900s America
Art and Culture The Jazz Singer, release in October of 1927, is the first feature-length film in American cinema that also includes sound. This film marked the decline of silent film and spawned the production of “talkies”(another name for feature-length … Continue reading
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Feminist Movements and Modern Poetry
My project is on feminist movements and women’s rights; I follow the movement for the duration of the modernist era. These movements are listed with poems from female writers that reflect the events occurring in feminism, women’s rights, and women in … Continue reading
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Men are More Useful
In her poem Women, Louise Bogan characterizes women by highlighting their distinctions from men. Though she does not directly compare women to men, Bogan uses the characteristics of men to describe the qualities women do not posses. In her description, … Continue reading
New Beginnings
T. S. Eliot’s poem “Gerontion” is filled with negative imagery of death and decay beginning with the title. Gerontion, according to the book, translates to “little old man;” the word “little” representing frailty and decay of the old body and … Continue reading
Where is “Wild May”
Claude McKay’s published his collection “Harlem Shadows“ in 1922, containing his most popular publications in addition to new poems he had created. The Lynching first appears in this collection alongside If We Must Die, The Harlem Dancer, and a few … Continue reading
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W. B. Yeats v. Ezra Pound: Poetics
Sumanyu Satpathy analyzes Ezra Pound’s In a Station of the Metro along side W.B. Yeats’ poem The Two Trees in his essay “’Concealing the debt’: A note on Ezra Pound’s ‘In a Station of the Metro’”. Satpathy argues that Pound … Continue reading
Modern Poetry, but What Else?
Aside from modern poetry, the early 1900’s brought about innovative ideas along with new laws and traditions that reflected the development of the United States. Cultural change is evident in Lincoln’s initial appearance on the penny; technological advancements are prevalent … Continue reading
Dying America
Walt Whitman was one of the nineteenth century authors to pave the way from contemporary to modernism writings. He introduced new styles and themes while keeping some formality of the traditional style of writings. In his writings, Whitman address important … Continue reading
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