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T.S Eliot explores the struggle of individuals through reconciliation of their perspectives on the world and their place within it by displaying the thoughts and emotions of the personas in which embody him in the poems, ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ and ‘The Hollow Men.’ The existentialistic view on things coupled with the experiences and discoveries which the personas have already made identifies the internal struggle and disillusionment with society that an individual has whilst undertaking

Paris in the 1920s radiated a feeling of enthusiastic optimism and thus attracted a rich and diverse group of people. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway documents the young author’s experience in Paris, focusing both on his own journey to becoming a true writer and his relationships with other artists in the city. During the 1920s, Paris exemplified the spirit of the world in the aftermath of World War I and allowed creativity and philosophy to thrive. Despite its sometimes slow pace and unconventional

T.S. Eliot had tremendous amount of influences throughout his life, causing him to a have a unique style of writing, which had a profound impact and significance on 20th century literature. T.S. Eliot had a number of influences throughout his life that inspired many of the works he produced during his literary career. Out of the many influences that he had in his life, Eliot received some of them from his family members, the first being his mother. In his BioCritique on Eliot, Harold Bloom describes

Robert Frost is one of the best-known poets in history; he’s known as, “The Poet of the People.”. Before Robert Frost became this, he had been unknown for forty years. His work wasn’t noticed until he returned from England at the beginning of world war one. During this time, even though Frost was getting recognition for his work, it was a difficult time in his personal life. Frost and his wife did not have the best luck with children to put it simply which brought Frost to start living a rural life

Being Remembered Leaving a legacy behind you and contributing to the world in a positive way, is something everyone should strive for. This is what Linda Ellis established in, “ The Dash Poem”. The poem distributed a very inspiring theme and tone to illustrate the true meaning of life and how people will remember you. Ellis amplified the descriptions of the setting, as well as the message behind the poem. Being remembered and leaving an aspirational mark on the planet is what people should conquer

Wallace Stevens, one of the most well known American modernist poets. He has revolutionized the modernist style of poetry and his poetry is an inspiration to all who read it. His poetry is renowned for its vivid imagery and themes. Wallace Stevens was one of the most famous modernist poets and his impact on poetry will forever be remembered. Wallace Stevens was always into poetry, even when he went to college.While at Harvard “Stevens contributed poems and short stories to the campus literary magazine

It would be boring if all poems were similar, which is why poets make their poems as different and fascinating as possible. Poems give emotion and feeling to our life and every poem has differed with each other but some do relate in some ways. In the classic poems “Ode to enchanted light” and “sleeping in the Forest”, they both have some similarity and differences. “Ode to enchanted light” is an ode that focuses on how light enhances the beauty of nature. “Sleeping in the Forest” is a lyric poem

Walt Whitman’s “I celebrate myself, and sing myself” and Edward Estlin Cummings’s “next to of course god america I” focus on war and loyalty. It states that democracy needs to consist of entities equally, or it will fail. According to an online article, “"Song of Myself" might be the most egotistical poem ever written: it's all about me, myself, and I. In the first line, American poet Walt Whitman kindly informs us that he is going to celebrate himself, and throughout 52 glorious sections, he does

Colin Wells was a British historian for Roman history. Sailing from Byzantium is his work on Byzantine history during the Middle Ages, Byzantium legacy, and Byzantine’s influence on other cultures including Western European, Muslimism, and Slavic worlds. This book is mainly for the professionals, but common readers who want to learn about Byzantine are able to read it through, too. The book is actually engaging and does a fantastic job on explaining Byzantine’s history and influence. Wells structured

Cultural Ideas within Frost and Hughes’s Poetry The interpretation of Modernism in the twentieth century for poets, artists, and writers created the re-evaluation of the assumptions and aesthetic values of their predecessors (“Modernism”). Poets like Robert Frost and Langston Hughes abandoned 19th century cultural ideas of Romanticism, the movement that turned towards nature and feelings, and Enlightenment, a mannered formalism and disciplined scientific inquiry movement (“Romanticism”). Frost and