LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MODERN POETRY AND POETICS
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Question
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Professor Hammer argues that which of the following statements is true of Ezra Pound’s strong emphasis on poetic technique?
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It serves to effectively depersonalize Pound’s poems.
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It serves the greater aim of conveying both intensity and immediacy in Pound’s poetry.
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It is a paradoxical mixture of personal and impersonal elements.
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It is a means of creating a dialogue between modernity and tradition.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Ezra Pound is widely considered one of the most influential and most difficult poets of the 20th century; his contributions to Modernist poetry are enormous.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to modernist scholar James Knapp, Pound rejected the idea of poetry as “versified moral essay"; he wanted to focus on the individual experience, the concrete rather than the abstract.
Detailed explanation-3: -Also, like every great poet, Ezra Pound included in many of his writings the theme of love, but he focused more on making the difference between love and temptation. Last but not least, Ezra Pound explored various themes such as travel, nature, and even history.
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