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    later became the benchmark for other literary revolutions such as those of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets and the Black Mountain poets. Objectivist poetry as a movement had its informal roots in the early years of the 1930’s and both Zukofsky and William Carlos Williams

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    Throughout the poetry analysis unit, I learned lots of things about the poems. I learned how to look at, analyze, and write a poem. My whole perception of poems changed, and I am really happy about it. Before this unit, I used to attach importance to only the meaning of the poems; however, right now, I can attach importance to more than one device in a poem, and use them in my own poems. We started this journey with writing only one stanza with three or four lines. I really liked these poems because

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    and with it would be William Carlos Williams’ opportunity to break out into the world of poetry. Williams would be a pioneer in the movement and help to generate a widespread interest in this new genre. Williams’ poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” would be used as example of Imagery for years. Born September 17, 1883 to Williams George Williams and Raquel Helene Hoheb, William Carlos Williams was destined to become one of the most influential poets of the 20th Century. Williams was greatly influenced

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    Three poets have responded to each others poems. Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, and William Carlos Williams have said there opinions in nature's role in providing for humanity. Marlowe had a very gentle approach with nature, while Raleigh and Williams have more of a negative and abrasive approach toward nature's role in providing. The three poets have came and showed their opinions through three individual poems. Marlowe, who wrote “The passionate Shepherd to his Love”, has a very positive

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    Walt Whitman is regarded as one of the most influential poets in American history while Allen Ginsberg was and still is considered a leading figure of the Beat Generation. Both of these poets have similar poetic tendencies even though they were almost a century apart from each other. Walt Whitman helped to inspire many literary descendants ranging from writers to poets alike. One of his most famous poems is in his book, “Leaves of Grass”, called “Song of Myself”. Allen Ginsberg can be considered

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    create it. These authors of these poems include Robert Frost, Robert Pinsky, W.C. Williams, Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickenson, and Robert Hayden. Robert Frost contribution to this anthology include the poems “Mending Wall”, “Out, Out— “, and “The Sound of Trees”. Robert Pinksy contributes just one poem with “ABC”, along with Elizabeth Bishop’s one poem “One Art”, and Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”. W.C. Williams contributes poems such as “The Red Wheel Barrow”, and “Poem”. Lastly there is a

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    on one thing at a time or one day at a time. You can not continue on with your journey if you have possibly missed something along the way. Pound became the face for new American poetry in the 1930’s, even influencing some of his friends, William Carlos Williams, E.E. Cummings, and Hart Crane. They called the influential poets’ works ‘the American idiom’ which means that there writings portrayed how people were really feeling during this time. They were basically the voice for the people when they

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    Yago Santos Ms. Covington AP Literature 17 May 2016 William Carlos Williams William Carlos Williams was a poet closely associated with modernism and imagism; he figures among the group of four major American poets born in the twelve­year period following 1874. His work has a great affinity with painting, in which he had a lifelong interest. In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing both pediatrics and general medicine. He was affiliated with what was then

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    Icarus Mythology

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    Once upon a time, there were a father and a son, imprisoned in a tower by a king of an island. Trying to escape from the island, the father made wings out of birds’ feathers and wax, for himself and his son. When it was finally the time to escape, the father warned his sun not to fly too high or too low. They were happy and celebrating their freedom, until the son became entranced by his excitement and flew too high, neglecting his father's advice. Then, as the father’s warning, the wax in the wings

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    it, the tale resonates deeply with everyone who reads it, and even today it is clear how impactful the story is to so many with the dozens of poems written in inspiration. One of these poems is Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, written by William Carlos Williams in his wonder of what the reaction of the world to

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