LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MODERN POETRY AND POETICS
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Question
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Which of the following poets would most likely be categorized as a modernist poet?
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William Carlos Williams
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John Greenleaf Whittier
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George Herbert
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Robert Browning
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -William Carlos Williams was a major figure in the Modernist literary movement. His use of simple language and his focus on imagery were both connected to Modernist poetic conventions.
Detailed explanation-2: -With Ezra Pound and H.D., Williams was a leading poet of the Imagist movement and often wrote of American subjects and themes. Though his career was initially overshadowed by other poets, he became an inspiration to the Beat generation in the 1950s and 60s.
Detailed explanation-3: -T.S. Eliot-Father of Modern Poetry.
Detailed explanation-4: -Marion Angus. W. H. Auden. Djuna Barnes. Elizabeth Bishop. Rupert Brooke. Basil Bunting. Hart Crane. E. E. Cummings. More items
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