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Author Archives: tlweil
The Manifest Power of Poetry and Poets as Examined in Wallace Stevens’ Of Modern Poetry
In Anne Gallagher’s Reading of Wallace Stevens’ Of Modern Poetry, we are able to see our author grappling with the writing and thinking process of the poet. She attempts to break down Stevens’ work by analyzing it in a sense of the poet’s … Continue reading
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The Hurt Hawk: My Hero
Hurt Hawks by Robinson Jeffers is a poem that for me evoked much emotion. The way he personifies the hawk, giving him a somewhat staunch personality, lends in a very effective way to the understanding of the animal’s reality. I … Continue reading
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Imagination Station – Final Project
William Carlos Williams is the man of the hour and Spring and All is the name of our game. Critics say, “it is necessary, in fairness and in simple courtesy, to ask what kind of poet William Carlos Wil- liams … Continue reading
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William Carlos Williams: Success and New Beginnings Found in the Capacity of the Imagination
In The Poetry Foundation’s Biography on William Carlos Williams, the author explains that Williams existed not only in relation to, but also in defiance against his literary contemporaries. Though he deeply admired and drew inspiration from poets like T.S. Elliot, … Continue reading
Snow Days Bring Inspiration
A day that was to be a day filled with ice with cold with snow, turned out to be another day of sun of shine of a sky a glow. I chose to imitate the style of E.E. comings because … Continue reading
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A Sonnet Without Love: Claude McKay’s Poetry Riddled with Hate, Startling Reality, and Voyeurism
Claude McKay stood out for many reasons as a poet in the twentieth century; according to Ramazani, McKay’s Afro-Caribbean and African American influences contributed largely to the “masterful creole verse of later Jamaican poets,” yet he strove to exist beyond … Continue reading
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The Romanticism of a Fallen Soldier
Wilfred Owen’s poetry resonates with readers for depicting the dark actualities of war and its effect on soldiers and their loved ones. While his images are routinely morbid and somewhat disturbing, they are neatly juxtaposed with a sense of romanticism … Continue reading
A love song with no hope
As Ramazani’s warned readers in his headnote on T.S Elliot, it is evident that The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is one situated in beautiful and detailed imagery, but laced with a negative and pessimistic perception of reality. Ramazani explaines … Continue reading