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William Carlos Williams (1883โ1963) was one of the most important American poets of the 20th century: a modernist of the imagist kind, he was known for using simple and colloquial language to express his ideasโa feature many critics now consider typical of modern American poetry. This can be contrasted with the modernists such as T. …
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Robert Seymour Bridges was a British poet and the Poet Laureate of the UK from 1913 to 1930. Originally a doctor, he had to abandon his medical practice due to poor health. He spent most of his life in rural Berkshire near Oxford, dedicated to writing and literary studies. Robert S. Bridges (1844โ1930) The poem …
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Life is a delightfully optimistic poem. In stanza 1, the poet counters the prevailing opinion of the wise men (the โsagesโ), positing that life is not as gloomy and difficult as itโs often claimed. If and when there is hardship, itโs there only to enable something better to come out of it.ย
At the very beginning of spring, in this post Iโd like to share with you a poem by Thomas Nashe, a prominent English poet and playwright of the Elizabethan era. Titled โSpring, the sweet springโ after its first and final lines, the poem celebrates the loveliness and joyful nature of the season. It actually comes …
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