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Hughes’ Freeing Forms

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Jessica French

While both Claude McKay and Langston Hughes celebrate black culture and how they each identify with this population, Hughes’ tone suggests a greater sense of comfort with his heritage.  Ramazani notes, “Hughes took as his primary muses the trenchant humor, … Continue reading →

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Snow Day in the Tropics: A Close read of McKay’s “The Tropics in New York”

Posted on February 16, 2014 by mldooley

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Snow Day: “What is that noise?” Conversation in Eliot’s “The Waste Land”

Posted on February 16, 2014 by matthew.horton

“The Waste Land” is a fitting title for Eliot’s seminal piece, as the poem is a wilderness of allusions and footnotes; not only this, the poetry depicts the state of society as a wasteland, making the title both ambiguous and … Continue reading →

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McKay Sonnets

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Marco Frey

Bill Callahan, in his 2011 song “Drover”, croaks rustily, “One thing about this wild, wild country/ It takes a strong, strong, breaks a strong, strong mind…” but, swiftly, he replies, “And anything less, anything less/ makes me feel like I’m … Continue reading →

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Stevens and Subjectivity

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Ellen Butler

With “The Snow Man” Wallace Stevens presents a bleak landscape that deliberately evokes forlorn, hopeless feelings. Yet alongside the presentation of such images, Stevens offers a decidedly content, if not tranquil commentary. His opening lines “One must have a mind … Continue reading →

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Hoag and “The Snow Man’s” Last Stanza

Posted on February 14, 2014 by helmsjl

   In Ronald Hoag’s short article “Wallace Stevens ‘The Snow Man’: An Important Title Pun” he analyzes the potential pun of the title and applies the result to the last and ultimately confusing stanza.  He quotes and agrees with Susan … Continue reading →

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Claude Mckay Kind of Snow Day

Posted on February 14, 2014 by kaburrel

Claude McKay’s usage of the sonnet is really very witty. The sonnet has always been used to convey a deep, if not exaggerated, sense of some emotion. Those 16th century sonnets we commonly think about always express some sort of … Continue reading →

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This Little Light of Mine: Wallace Stevens in the Midst of Darkness

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Sydney Beckner

Wallace Steven’s poems “The Snow Man” and “Tea at the Palaz of Hoon” each present little moments of satisfaction and palpable images for the reader to chew on. What is special about these poems is the historical context they were … Continue reading →

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McKay and The Sonnet

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Logan B

During research on Claude McKay, I found one article to be extremely helpful in understanding McKay’s poetic choice to utilize the sonnet in order to reveal his multi-dimensional emotions regarding racial violence in America. Throughout the sonnet, McKay establishes a … Continue reading →

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Negro Speaks of Change

Posted on February 13, 2014 by oliphantgg

In Langston Hughes’ poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” their is an instantaneously visible difference poetic form that of Claude McKay. Instead of using the sonnet form, Hughes uses a more free form. While McKay used to sonnet form to … Continue reading →

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