Notes+on+Poets

Biography: · Spanish-American War · Chicago Poems (themes) · war · common man Style · modern: no traditional rhyme scheme, ignores conventions Biography · physician · Pulitzer Prize Themes · relationships · passages of life Style · ignores conventions · Modernist Biography · Civil Rights movement · Black Arts movement Themes · love · nature Style · descriptive · modernist (free verse) Biography · her poems weren’t published in her lifetime Themes · love · nature · life/death Style · hymn meter · short poems · not titled/they’re numbered Biography · began writing poetry after being hospitalized for a nearly fatal ulcer · worked as a letter carrier Themes · women · booze · depression · gambling · rebellion against the 9-5 existence Style · influenced by the Beat poets (Keroac and Ginsburg) · modernist Biography · served in the Spanish Civil War · U.S. citizenship in 1946 Themes · life · death · nature of man Style · uses a lot of traditional rhyming Biography · pub. 12 plays, 21 books of poetry, and 6 novels · authored __Spoon River Anthology__ Themes · life themes · character development Style · poems don’t rhyme ·  Biography · award winning poet: including a Pulitzer · Harvard educated Themes · nature · relationships · childhood Style · post-modern · free verse · interesting rhyme schemes Biography · Harvard graduate … degree in the Classics · drove an ambulance in WWI · arrested in France for treason (they found a letter he’d written) … but found not guilty Themes · love · nature Style · Modernist poet · plays w/ syntax (switches words around, breaks words apart, etc…) · ignores conventions Biography · tragic life … depression … · attempted suicide 3 times · witty · accused of supporting communism during the McCarthy era Themes · sarcasm · dark view of life and love Style · discusses unconvemtional ideas · fairly traditional style (rhyming patterns, meter, etc…) Biography · popular in Japan and Czech Republic · setting: California Themes · nature · god Style · Modernist poet (doesn’t use tradional rhyming patters) · paradox: most poems are narrative Biography · expatriate · “editor” many other modernist authors’ works Themes · love · craft of writing Style · modernist Biography · published //The Colossus// · attempted suicide … and eventually did kill herself · published //The Bell Jar// Themes · death · depression · anger Style · Modernist Biography · Nobel Prize · expatriate Themes · passion · love · religion · life changes Style · modernist in both ideas and form Biography · recited a poem for JFK’s inauguration · won the Pulitzer 4 times · son committed suicide Themes · life · nature Style · traditional meter and rhyme Biography · 1st African-American poet to win a Pulitzer · leader of the Black Arts Movement Themes · life · directions to the Black community Style · modernist · free verse Biography · Ezra Pound intro her to literary circle in London · Affair w/ a woman Themes · love · life changes · how people change Style · modernist Biography · African Americans · Harlem Renaissance Themes · slavery · justice Style · free verse Biography · worked as a gov’t propagandist · translated poems to English Themes · love · death · life Style · modernist · free verse Biography · saw his mother die · young bride died early Themes · death · loss Style · traditional · heavy rhyming schemes
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