Ezra Pound’s list of “Don’ts” is quite comprehensive but extensive. He does go over a wide range of notions and include such things as language and rhythm and rhyme. Several Don’ts for language already mentioned by Ezra Pound are: Don’t believe that poetry is simple enough to master, it still takes a sufficient amount of …
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Writing
“The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat.” This statement is by William Faulkner, part of his speech for the Nobel Prize. As someone who writes or just simply plots out stories in their …
Du Bois’ “Colour-line”
Due to the context of the time, I believe the problem Du Bois refers to as the ‘color-line’ is the racism that was prevalent at the time. During the early to mid 1900s, racism was extremely prevalent, being extremely potent with groups such as the KKK running around committing crimes against African Americans. It was …
“O Captain, My Captain”
The poem by Whitman was written as an elegy or a mourning poem after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Several lines in the poem mention the captain as “cold and dead” and due to a copy being signed and dated March 9, 1887. The reason why Whitman refers to Lincoln as a captain is due to him …
American Literature
My knowledge of the USA is very limited in comparison to others. I know that there will often be writers that will challenge the views of their time, and that it can persist even after their own time. It was rather surprising though, how Emerson was able to be rather relatable today despite living two …
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