Rita Dove Poetry

Out of four authors, T.S. Elliot, Robert penn Warren, Rita Dove, and Allen Ginsberg, the voices of the poets are very distinct and different from each other. I feel that all of their influences in life influences their art. Naturally, everyone's life view affects everything they do. It's interesting to see how life's events and people's interests influences what they write. T.S. Eillot, for example, seems to want people to think about their raison detre. The feeling I get when I read T.S. Elliot's poetry is that the wants people to use their brains and think about things, to learn constantly. When I read " The Hollow Men," a part of me wanted to prove him wrong, that I am not going to end my life with a whimper, but a bang. Perhaps this was the effect he was looking for.
I feel that poetry has often been a vehicle for political statements, and could be an important way for society to examine and express social injustices. It shows that poetry can not only be art one can appreciate and relate with, but it can also inform, make people curious about a time in history that you might not have known before reading the poem. I get the same sense when I read Robert Penn Warren's works. His poetry sets you back in time and helps you feel what it's like to live down south. I especially appreciated the southern influence in "American portrait: Old Style." However, I found "Bearded Oaks" to be a different reading experience, which shows the artist's versatility. One moment, he's telling us about childhood and alluding to the Civil War, and the next he's dwelling upon death and human being's interconnectedness. I can see why the poet won so many