Their poetry differed from each other in that their speakers had different feelings and desires. They were completely different people with different thoughts and ideas about life. In Shelley’s poem, To Wordsworth, is both a tribute and complaint. He feels that Wordsworth has sold his dignity and freedom by accepting a Government job. Shelley saw this as a form of “selling out” that would ultimately diminish Wordsworth poetic powers, and hence diminish poetry.
Thompson, and other "critics whose beliefs are centered in an optimistic monism," failed to "comprehend Frost's dualism," and often interpreted the bard's life and art through the lens of "abnormal psychology," resulting in "character assassination" and "severe misinterpretation of his work" (11). Stanlis wants to correct these alleged distortions. It is unlikely that his study will have a significant influence on biographical studies of Frost, which will continue to focus on actions and human relationships, but it will have a noteworthy impact on examinations of his poetry, which is the fundamental reason readers are interested in Frost. Over a long and accomplished career, Peter J. Stanlis has often worked at the intersection of literature, philosophy, and political philosophy, and this emphasis is evident in Robert Frost: The Poet as Philosopher, a study that explores Frost's relationship to developments in the sciences, the humanities, and politics from the age of Charles Darwin to the time of John F. Kennedy's presidency. Stanlis met Frost at the Bread Loaf Summer
Dustin F. Guastella A.P. English Mr. Conston April 03, 2009 John Barth's Experimental Postmodernism John Barth discovered that literature was repetitive that it was growing old and bland styles and genres were perpetually repeating themselves so he decided to attempt to break from this norm. With his essays on the Literature of Exhaustion, his short stories, and his novels he explores a new realm of fiction and a new aspect of humanism. His philosophies on ambiguity are the driving force throughout this new literature, which is neither absurd nor classic but a hybrid of the two. Through the bewitching stories we see that Barth is exploring an entirely new style of writing, sometimes confusing, sometimes fragmented, but always captivating.
William Blake’s writing have been viewed as going against the grain primarily because he wrote about controversial issues, the fall of man, heaven and hell and politics. What enabled Blake to write these poems is the time he and other poets like William Wordsworth and John Keats lived in which according to the British Literature timeline was classified as the Romantic period characterized by the vast amount of freedom of spirit writers expressed which often challenged the church and portrayed Blake as a radical. () Whilst he was not against Christianity he greatly opposed the church and has been seen as a gnostic believing in Jesus and God but not the church or rather the role the church played then in society. This is because the church and politics were greatly linked and thus the church was ignorant of the state of society and its evils that existed and where fueled by industrialization contrary to the bible this is expressed in the poem chimney sweep where children are abandoned by parents to go to church. "They think they have done me no injury, And are gone to praise God and his Priest and King," ironically Jesus says in the bible “let the little children come to me” Mathew19:14.
Allen Ginsberg Exploration of the Taboo The 1950’s to the mid 1960’s where characterized by a literary movement that rejected conformity, and searched for true spiritual and physical release known as “The Beat Movement”. Allen Ginsberg was at the forefront of this movement, and it defined not only his poetry, but also his private life. Ginsberg was willing to speak and write about subjects often viewed as taboo, especially during the more conservative 1950’s. Ginsberg’s belived that positive change could only occur if there was open dialogue reguarding more controversial subjects, including communism, the Vietnam war, dugs and even Nambla. It wasn’t until the Johnson presidency that the campaign against North Vietnam began to draw its highest cristisms.
Walt Whitman displayed a significant belief in nature, the human body, and equality. In my view, Mr. Whitman expresses that the world is God’s greatest gift and that the supreme sin is not enjoying the gift in every way, with every sense. Walt Whitman’s poetry, even though widely accepted today as an undeniable literary force, was not met so favorably during his time. Due to the overtly sexual nature of the work, many conventional Americans frowned upon Whitman’s frankness, considering “Song of Myself” to be too risqué. Whitman speaks literally and metaphorically about sex and sexuality during a time when the human body, in and of itself, is a sin.
And, is one category better than the other? Noel Gallagher voiced his frustration in an article in the guardian, stating that “read fiction is a waste of f***ing time” and that he only takes interest in factual books, in which things “have actually happened”. He points out how it is often difficult to suspend belief in something fictional, often reverting to thinking as he puts it, “This isn’t f***ing true”. Although Gallagher’s argument may appear rather blunt, it does raise an important point about ‘snobbery’ from people who feel comfortable with words, looking down upon those who aren’t. We must remember however that Noel Gallagher is a song writer himself, so naturally he writes his own fictions in his songs, which like reading, are just another medium of expressing emotion and creative ideas.
Prompt: British critics have expressed a sense of disbelief that Henry would not recognize the lines of Matthew Arnold’s poem, “Dover Beach, “ones of the most famous poems in English literature. Yet Henry has pointed out repeatedly that he’s impatient when reading literature. Is it ironic that Henry- a character, after all, in a literary work- is so resistant to the appeal of fiction and poetry? Why might McEwan have chosen “Dover Beach” as the poem that saves Daisy by appealing so powerfully to Baxter? What does it mean to him?
He was mystified by the clash between realities of society and destiny of God. After knowing where Milton is coming from and what state of mind he was probably in, one can finally know what types of literary devices he used to fully incorporate and portray his ideas. One of the literary devices Milton used in his poem is diction. One of the most common way a poet incorporates diction is highlighting and repeating one word. In this case, it is the word “forbid” as it is showed in lines 752-758.
Rudyard Kipling Jack Ellington “Rudyard Kipling was the most beloved writer of his time, and his most famous work was the poem ‘If” (Fernando 60). Kipling was a powerful, creative poet whose ideas ran off of pure intuition and the belief that imagination should be held at a higher regard than knowledge of reason. Kipling used imagery in ‘If’ to provide readers with pictures of familiar scenes that are relatable, such as the obstacles in the climb to manhood, the difficulty of finding balance in life, or the sadness involved watching a lifelong dream slowly slip away from one. The way Kipling uses imagery puts the reader in the poem and affects the tone he puts forth. Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30th, 1865 in Bombay, British India.