Eliot,Ezra Pound, or E.E. Cummings went on to produce significant work after World War II. The questions of impersonality and objectivity seem to be crucial to Modernist poetry. Modernism developed out of a tradition of lyrical expression, emphasising the personal imagination, culture, emotions and memories of the poet. For the modernists, it was essential to move away from the merely personal towards an intellectual statement that poetry could make about the world.
In the early seventeenth-century, English poets used metaphysical poetry to enlighten highly intellectual and often abstruse imagery in their works, which further advanced the poetic style of John Donne. Donne’s poetry makes use of complex images, which are remarkably convincing to the reader. Despite the use of extensive techniques and varying images, the greatness of Donne’s poetry is the simplicity in the ideas expressed. John Donne’s poem, “The Triple Fool,” suggests unrequited love and folly through his use of creative imagery, sorrowful diction, and assertive tone. Firstly, Donne's poetry is highly distinctive and individual, adopting a multitude of images.
People thought that Brown’s irony was sharp, his ideas were exciting, and he was not only and protestor of his time but one of the first times. Brown’s Work protested the classical folklore in the way it was written. “He infused his poetry with genuine characteristic flavor by adopting his medium geniality and optimism” was James Johnson reaction to his
Some of his famous work consists of Majors and Minors, Lyrics of Love and Laughter, and The Uncalled. He also wrote “The Paradox” in the late 19th century/early 20th century. Paul Laurence Dunbar uses metaphors, personification, rhyme and rhythm, paradox, and antithesis to compare and contrast to symbolize the viewpoint from the eyes of war, in “The Paradox”. “The Paradox” can be interpreted into a poem written in the personified eyes of war. A literary element that is commonly used in poetry, is personification, giving a non-living things human characteristics.
Yvonne Young British Literary Tradition II (EN246OC) Professor Abma May 29, 2011 The Truth in Heroic Allegory: S. Johnson’s “Truth, Falsehood and Fiction: an allegory” The word allegory, coming from the Latin allegoria meaning “veiled language, figurative”, is an effective literary device used by many writers to communicate messages by means of symbolic figures and extended metaphors. As it turns out, Samuel Johnson used just that in his esteemed allegorical work “Truth, Falsehood and Fiction: an allegory” where abstract concepts of human nature (good versus bad) are cleverly woven into an epic tale full of mythological and worldly characters. In this, Johnson is able to place a “mask” of figurative language over intangible, sober subject material, effectively catching the reader’s interest, while at the same time providing a deeper understanding of the true significance behind the narrative. In his essay, allegory is used to personify human concepts into tangible characters providing a deeper understanding of its teachings. For instance, the word truth can be described as honesty, reality, sincerity etc, but the heroine TRUTH, “daughter of Jupiter and Wisdom”, causes readers to envision a “majestic”, “towering” woman “conscious of superior power and juster claim” who must fight to win the hearts of men.
Critics view The Rocking-Horse Winner as an example of Lawrence's most accomplished writing. Lawrence is considered a modernist, a member of a literary school opposed to the literary conventions of nineteenth-century morality, taste, and tradition. Evident in The Rocking-Horse Winner is Lawrence's disdain for conspicuous consumption, crass materialism, and an emotionally distant style of parenting popularly thought to exist in England during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Thus, the story is considered by many to be an example of modernist prose. Author’s Biography David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who published as D.H. Lawrence.
Symbolism, developed in the 19th century, was a complex movement that deliberately extended the evocative power of words to express the feelings, sensations and states of mind in the shape of symbols. It shows the same effect and influence among the 20th century symbolist writers as well. Rainer Maria Sonnets to Orpheus are one of the great poetic works of Rilke that are based upon the symbolist manifestos. We can look at Rilke’s The Sonnets to Orpheus, Part Two, XII as a simplified example for using the major characteristics of symbolism which are universal idea, familiar images, traditional symbol, the relationship between internal and external and spiritual ideal. Symbolist’s poetry deals with the universal idea.
A Kaleidoscope of Poetry “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks” said Plutarch. Poetry is the only form of literature that truly allows people to explore the essential themes of life, seeing them in a new light, in a way that is free of the constraints of conventional writing. A few words poetically and meticulously arranged can place you in the mind of another. They can make darkness sound enticing and bring attention to things that have remained unnoticed to the common eye. The controversial, sophisticated, flamboyant poet Oscar Wilde once stated “I have grown tired of the articulate utterances of men and things.
Major Essay –Q6 – Give an account of the treatment of the relationship between the intellect and the senses in two or more set poems John Keats (1795-1821) was one of the last English Romantic poets; he was part of a subsequent generation of Romanticism. Sensual imagery is best described for the many poems such as his collection of odes remain an influential idea for studies and modern poets. The relationship between the intellect and the senses are apparent in Keats’ poems; however for this essay two of his popular works will be discussed and thoroughly analyse to demonstrate the treatment of the intellect and the senses’ relationship. His popular work La Belle Dame Sans Merci will be thoroughly discussed as it discovers the imagination and senses of one’s emotions and feelings. Ode to Melancholy will also be discussed and analysed to enable the reader to surpass the literal stages and understand Keats’ philosophy at a deeper and meaningful level of imagination, intellect and senses.
Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frowned, Mindless of its just honours; with this key Shakespeare unlocked his heart. William Wordsworth A sonnet is a dialectical construct which allows the poet to examine the nature of two usually contrastive ideas by juxtaposing the two against each other, but resolving them towards the end.The Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets are the two most significant types of sonnets. The Petrarchan sonnet consists of two parts; an octave and a sestet in an ABBA ABBA rhyme scheme.This scheme and structure work together to emphasize the idea of the poem: the first quatrain presents the theme and sets up the issue ,whereas, the second quatrain explains the resolution or the turning point. Whereas in the Shakespearean sonnet, there are three quatrains and a concluding couplet. The rhyme scheme is in the ABAB CDCD EFEF GG format.The first twelve lines set up his story and the rhyming couplet, gives the moral of the sonnet.