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Category Archives: Archival
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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A Dark Sense: H.D. in Comparison to Others in “Some Imagist Poets”
H. D., renowned female imagist poet, was once featured in literary magazine Some Imagist Anthology’s special editions of Some Imagist Poets in 1917. There she stood against big time imagists like Amy Lowell, Richard Aldington, and D.H. Lawrence; each of them trying to produce the … Continue reading
The Importance of Little Magazines in the Promotion of Progressive Writers
Mina Loy was a controversial and influential early 20th century poet. Her poem Songs to Joannes was first published in 1915, and again in 1917, in a magazine called Others. Others gave poets with progressive, sometimes seen as radical, … Continue reading
Ezra Pound’s Blast from Imagism to Vorticism
Labeled as modern poetry’s most distinguished advocate, Ezra Pound brought modern poetry into the public eye forcing the world to notice it. Pound conjured up a continual pursuit for literary advancement. Several very influential meetings with the supreme intellects of … Continue reading
Easter 1916: Politics and Poems
On the twenty year anniversary on the of the Easter Rising of 1916, Pat Devine wrote a piece detailing the events of that now infamous day in the April, 1936 issue of The Labour Monthly. The article included the declaration … Continue reading
Pound’s Poetry in Perspective
In the journal Catholic Anthology 1914-15 is published Pound’s poem, “In a Station of the Metro” (p. 88), along with many of his other poems and some by other authors we have studied. His poem was published alongside “The Love Song of … Continue reading
Perfect Prufrock Timing
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (originally subtitled Prufrock among the Women) by T.S. Eliot was published June 1915 in the literary magazine Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Ajan Syrian, Bliss Carman and Skipwith Cannell are a few of … Continue reading
Hardy’s, “The Darkling Thrush”: Original Publication and Romantic Influences
Thomas Hardy’s poem, “The Darkling Thrush,” originally published with the title, “By the Century’s Deathbed,” first appeared in 1900 in The Graphic, a British illustrated newspaper. This piece gives off a contemplative feel, reflective in the way that a conventional ode … Continue reading
Hardy’s Fateful Approach to the Titanic
Thomas Hardy’s “The Convergence of the Twain” is about the sinking of the Titanic, which happened in April of 1912. The poem was written and published within one month in the program for a Titanic disaster fund matinee. This was … Continue reading
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: Poetic Esteem vs. Humility of the Soul
James Weldon Johnson’s poem “O Black and Unknown Bards” is not only a popular poem of its time, but a commentary and criticism of typical “turn-of-the-century” poems and poets. “O Black and Unknown Bards” is written in iambic pentameter and … Continue reading