ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MODERN POETRY AND POETICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Wallace Stevens’s poem “The Man on the Dump, ” one can say that the trash symbolizes which of the following?
A
Artifacts from foreign cultures which do not fit into the American cultural context
B
The broken dreams of the American émigré community in Paris
C
Old poetry
D
The failed attempt of modern poetry
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The poems “Dump” and “How Things Work” are similar. They are similar because the last two line in both poems show that the theme or message is that life keeps going. This is the theme of the poem because in the poem “Dump, ” the author stated, …show more content…

Detailed explanation-2: -His late poetry is characterized by dense symbolism and intense concentration on philosophical questions, although Robert Frost and other critics (most prominently Randall Jarrell) have derided Stevens’ late tendency toward impenetrable and abstract verse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Death and Nothingness. Death and nothingness are themes in three of Wallace Stevens’ famous poems. These poems are “Domination of Black", “The Snowman", and “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird".

Detailed explanation-4: -Wallace Stevens is one of America’s most respected 20th century poets. He was a master stylist, employing an extraordinary vocabulary and a rigorous precision in crafting his poems.

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