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Author Archives: T'Rese M.
A Glimmer of Happiness in a Time of Grief: Striven, the Bright Treatise
Jeffrey Pethybridge’s Striven, the Bright Treatise contains both grief and the process of looking back on memories to help him mourn his brother’s death. In my opinion, grief is definitely the emotion that is mostly evident in this work, but there … Continue reading
Achieving the American Dream: Deferred and Grueling
Langston Hughes’s “Montage of A Dream Deferred” explores the American dream being sought after, yet impossible to grasp for blacks. Out of all of the poems in the Montage, the poem “Theme for English B”illustrates how the American dream of … Continue reading
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Tagged B, Baldwin, Dream Deferred, English, For, James, Langston Hughes, Theme
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Political Talk in the Words of William Butler Yeats
William Yeats was known as an avid poet and figure in the political world. His poem called “Politics”, published in 1939 scopes into political issues such as the Spanish Civil War, World War II and it was the time before … Continue reading
One of Many Sources of Uplift in Black America: Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes is one of the most renowned poets during the Harlem Renaissance. Mike Chasar takes this ideal and analyzes Hughes and other poets such as Claude McKay and Sterling Brown in his article titled “The Sounds of Black Laughter … Continue reading
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Tagged "I, Langston Hughes, Mike Chasar, Too"
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The Journey to Finding African American Identity
For my project, I am focusing on black identity and what blacks felt society expected out of blacks. I am presenting this by explaining various ideals of black identity/experiences from prose written by political/social leaders that parallels to the poetry … Continue reading
Posted in Final Project
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Innovation and Challenges in Poetry and the Nation in 1923
In the year 1923, William Williams’s work “Spring and All” was published and discussed the importance of the imagination and words in the forms of prose and poetry. Many events occurred during this year in the United States where ideologies … Continue reading
A new Meaning of Spring in William Williams’s “Spring and All”
William Williams’s poem “Spring and All” entails his own image of what Spring really is. For most people, Spring time is a time that new life is born and the weather is warmer. To Williams, Spring is not an instant … Continue reading
Posted in CloseRead
Tagged change, doctor, nature, Spring and All, weather, William Williams
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History Told Through a Black Man’s Blood
Langston Hughes is known as one of the most renowned Harlem Renaissance writers in his day and even into the present. His poem called “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”, published in 1926, illustrates the lengthy history of blacks that are … Continue reading
H.D. : A Lesser Known Poet Overshadowed by a Larger Global Problem, WWI
H.D. is known for her imaginative imagist poetry which is something that is unique due to the fact that the many images/experiences she portrays conveys an emotion. Her work was known for being artistic and “free” per say, but now … Continue reading
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Tagged H. Thompson Rich, H.D., Sigfried Sassoon, The Forum, Vachel Lindsay, Wilfred Owen, WWI
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Followers of Society: Stationed at the “Subway”
Carl Sandburg’s poem “Subway”, written in 1916 is a sestet with no ending rhyme pattern for each line. The content of this poem leads me to believe that the subway has increased as one of the primary modes of transportation … Continue reading