Q) What philosophy do Ezra Pound‚ William Carlos Williams and Marianne Moore share? A) Ezra Pound‚ William Carlos Williams and Marianne Moore were all modernist poets. Modernist poetry deals with experiment and innovation. All three were imagists‚ though at a later stage‚ William Carlos Williams started disagreeing with Ezra Pound. Ezra Pound Ezra Pound was the most aggressive of the modernist poets‚ who made “Make it new!” his battle cry. He turned to classical Chinese poetry as his
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Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams both comment in a theoretic way on the nature of poetry. Outline briefly their theories. Then discuss the implications their theories have for the writing and reading of poetry‚ and support your argument with a number of specific examples from their poems. I have structured this essay so that the first part deals entirely with the theories and poetry of Ezra Pound and the second‚ entirely with the theories and poetry of William Carlos Williams. Each part
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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 world
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Appreciation of Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” In a Station of the Metro is an observation of the poet of the human faces seen in a Paris’s subway station in which the faces turned variously toward light and darkness. The poet‚ Ezra Pound‚ was famous for advocating free meter and a more economical use of words and images in poetic expression. He is also one of the leaders of the Imagist Movement of poetry. He advocated to use sharp‚ accurate‚ implicative and concise images to express concrete
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I. What the essay is going to be about? Including the main point that you’re going to make. “Pound explains that‚ in order for poetry to remain “fresh‚” it must stay news. He suggests that there are these poetic elements that can keep a poem “new.” Logopoeia‚ which _____ ii. Melopoeia (meter should never sound like a metronome‚ it should force you to read in a particular way) weird meter iii. phanopoia – paints a pretty picture‚ give examples iv logopoeia – idea of alchemy‚ PAGE 37 and
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Mathes Modernism Short Pondering Ezra Pound It is probable that the most striking thing of note to be found in Pound’s “A Retrospect” is not his elaborate gripes‚ complaints and suggestions‚ but rather his list of what should not be done. Pound considers the “Image” or subject piece of writing to be the primary focus (4). It is this to which a writer should devote his time and not the allure of distractions or influences made by other people or works. Pound does not mean to say that criticism
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Seven Pounds From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Seven Pounds Theatrical release poster Directed by Gabriele Muccino Produced by Todd Black Jason Blumenthal James Lassiter Will Smith Steve Tisch Written by Grant Nieporte Starring Will Smith Rosario Dawson Woody Harrelson Michael Ealy Barry Pepper Music by Angelo Milli Cinematography Philippe Le Sourd Editing by Hughes Winborne Studio Relativity Media Overbrook Entertainment Escape Artists Distributed by Columbia Pictures
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Ezra Pounds battle cry “Make it new” influenced many young writers and poets of the early 1900’s. Shocked by the behavior of civilization during World War 1‚ the poets were no longer content with the popular genteel poetry of the day. Genteel poetry combined regular rhymes and meter with comfortable topics such as sunsets‚ cows and woods‚ as seen in the popular poem “ The Woods that bring the Sunset Near”: The woods from the west is blowing The homeward – wandering cows are lowing
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Gerron Herring English 1020 Dr. Oneal Movie Review: Seven Pounds “God created the earth in seven days and I shattered mine in seven sec”. This quote from the very beginning of the movie seven pounds was the first and last referral to Christianity. The movie Seven Pounds hardly refers to any religion which really makes me think that it is the purpose to see the underline of the story. Even though Seven Pounds does not make it evident that the storyline is not referring directly to Christianity
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The primary goal of Seven Pounds is to make viewers weep‚ and it pursues that aim with a doggedness that is almost commendable. The film manipulates shamelessly and‚ despite defying logic with its contrivances and unconvincing character portrayals‚ will succeed in getting many audience members to the point where tears are inevitable. Yet there’s no cinematic equation that relates the need for tissues to motion picture quality. Seven Pounds works better the more the viewer feels and the less he/she
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