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Wallace Stevens

A dense reticulum of ideas, which unravels into a swarm of images and a cacophony of sounds but never
Tags: Composed, Contemplative, Dense, Modernist poetry, Quirky, Smart, Sophisticated
Rudyard Kipling

Kipling was never one to pity the vanquished or cry for the victim. He preferred to praise the victor
Tags: Dark, Dense, Eclectic, Masculine, Modernist literature, Modernist poetry, Tense
Li-Young Lee

In the unceasing rush of the modern world, everything conspires to prevent meditation, awareness, or
Tags: Domestic, Modernist poetry, Pathos, Sensual, Visceral
John Berryman

Berryman is a character of literary history who was a mix of eccentricity, emotional instability, and
Tags: Confessional poetry, Dreamy, Lyrical, Manic, Modernist poetry, Pathos
William Butler Yeats

As Anglo-Irish tensions tore his country apart, William Butler Yeats sought to give Ireland songs of
Tags: Lyrical, Modernist poetry, Mythic, Rebel, Sublime, Tragic

Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks, Poet Laureate of Illinois since 1968, is the first black writer to have won the Pul
Tags: African american fiction, In-your-face, Modernist poetry, Pathos, Political, Urban
E.E. Cummings

The English language has been forced to jump through many hoops over the past century. One of the mos
Tags: Collage, Improvised, Modernist poetry, Playful, Profane, Quirky, Sexy
T.S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot looked out on the landscape of the modern world after World War I and saw a place of disi
Tags: Bloomsbury, Death, Elegant, Existentialist literature, Melancholy, Modernist literature, Modernist poetry, The lost generation

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