American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... poets . There is no doubt that English models and even- belatedly at first , and later more promptly - English literary fashions molded American poetry and poetic taste . In their turn , the influences of Quarles , Sylvester , Waller ...
... poets . There is no doubt that English models and even- belatedly at first , and later more promptly - English literary fashions molded American poetry and poetic taste . In their turn , the influences of Quarles , Sylvester , Waller ...
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... poets no longer looked to the poets of their own nation for guidance . The veins worked by the Founding Fathers of American poetry were obviously exhausted ; Whitman was repugned or ignored ; the influence of Dickinson was still to be ...
... poets no longer looked to the poets of their own nation for guidance . The veins worked by the Founding Fathers of American poetry were obviously exhausted ; Whitman was repugned or ignored ; the influence of Dickinson was still to be ...
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... poetry in a general effort to make art commensurate with the experiences of life . The consequence is that the technical resources of the lyric poet have never been greater , that devices exist for nearly everything the modern poet ...
... poetry in a general effort to make art commensurate with the experiences of life . The consequence is that the technical resources of the lyric poet have never been greater , that devices exist for nearly everything the modern poet ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET 16121672 | 5 |
from Contemplations | 11 |
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 17671848 | 17 |
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