Ezra Pound is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry. In the early teens of the twentieth century‚ he opened a seminal exchange of work and ideas between British and American writers‚ and was famous for the generosity with which he advanced the work of such major contemporaries as W. B. Yeats‚ Robert Frost‚ William Carlos Williams‚ Marianne Moore‚ H. D.‚ James Joyce‚ Ernest Hemingway‚ and especially T. S. Eliot. His own significant
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This poem consists of 8 regular stanzas‚ each stanza being a quintet. Throughout the poem‚ no particular rhyme scheme is conveyed and the sentence length varies in each stanza. This poem is entirely constructed in 1st person narrative. Stanza 1 “I had grieved” – past tense – descriptive – suggests that sorrow was previously present however there is none now. Description of graveyard implies that this was a terrifying/chilling experience for her. “Married” implies that she had
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Voices and Visions: Ezra Pound Out of all of the poets in the Voices and Visions series‚ Ezra Pound was one the few I was least familiar with. I’ve learned that he is one of modern poetry’s most significant figures–as well as one of the most controversial–of the twentieth century. He was committed and passionate about his work and about the advancement of poetry in the world. He had high standards for the arts and wasn’t afraid to rebuke anyone who didn’t meet them. Pound was born in Hailey
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theme of mortality in Hamlet and Lady Lazarus. In both Lady Lazarus and Hamlet the semantic field of mortality and death can be clearly seen. Hamlet’s second soliloquy‚ ‘To be or not to be’ can be found in act three‚ when Polonius and Claudius are hiding behind a wall listening to how Hamlet responds to Ophelia. Although there is a huge time difference between when they were written it is surprisingly similar in its semantic field of vocabulary to Lady Lazarus written in the 1950s by Sylvia Plath
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suicide in college by overdosing on sleeping pills‚ but once she recovered she became successful in literacy. She wrote over 400 poem while in college. She married Ted Hughes in 1965‚ and a year later‚ at age 28 she published her first book‚ The Colossus‚ in England. She lived for a time in England and had a total of 2 children. Two years after the birth of their first child their marriage fell apart. Usually Sylvia turned to writing poems to cope with her problems and it was something to do in
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25-year-old Charles Lazarus turned his dream of creating a child-oriented business into a reality. A visionary for his time‚ Lazarus started a baby furniture store‚ Children’s Bargain Town‚ in Washington‚ D.C. to cater to the post-war baby boom era. Lazarus filled his store with cribs and baby furniture and ran it single-handedly‚ overseeing everything from bookkeeping to delivering merchandise to customers’ homes. Continually looking for new ways to satisfy his customers’ needs‚ Lazarus introduced infant
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indirectly accuses Raskolnikov of crime by accusing him of spreading his “illness” and of being “sick” and “delirious” • The Bible/Story of Lazarus- ties back to the “holy fools”; the story of Lazarus symbolizes Sonia and Lizaveta’s beliefs that religion will compensate them for their sacrifice and servitude (they hope to be resurrected by God‚ like Lazarus was); bible is obviously religion 2. Language • Hyperbole/Allusion-
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We usually think of religion as being redemptive‚ but here the symbols are oppressive. In ‘Lady Lazarus’ Plath expresses an awareness of the world that is underpinned by regret and sorrow‚ uneasiness and apprehension and in ‘Being Christlike ‘Hughes‚ expresses that same sense of regret and let down‚ apprehension and anxiety. Their resentment of failure is palpable. Both poets use twisted symbolism‚ provoking unease in the reader. They construct destructive symbols of neglect‚ abuse‚ cruelty and oppression
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In the Poem “Lady Lazarus”‚ poet Sylvia Plath uses allusions‚ symbolism‚ and irony to convey to the audience the theme “Oppression leads to an eventual rebellion.” The poems shows Plath’s own suicide attempt and tells us little of the actual event. Plath’s suicide and depression dealt with multiple factors such as the death of her father‚ her struggle for her power as a woman in her society‚ several publishers’ lack of interest in her early poetry‚ and the affair by her husband Ted Hughes. Plath’s
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Eyes of Imagism: Ezra Pound Many poets have had their moment of fame in America‚ but very few have had both the incredible impact on American poetry‚ and received the brutal criticism that Ezra Pound experienced. From his early years as a poet‚ to the end of his life Ezra Pound was surrounded by controversy and contempt. Though‚ through all of this he managed to make one of the most lasting impacts on American poetry‚ which any one poet has provided. Without the genius of Ezra Pound‚ the poetry
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