LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MODERN POETRY AND POETICS
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They describe the author’s experiences as a young child.
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They use metaphors with subtle political connotations.
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They ascribe colors and sounds to scents, relying on a device known as synesthesia.
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They describe a scene in the countryside, which symbolizes the state of the author’s soul.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The pantoum is a poem of any length, composed of four-line stanzas in which the second and fourth lines of each stanza serve as the first and third lines of the next stanza. The last line of a pantoum is often the same as the first. History of the Pantoum Form.
Detailed explanation-2: -Stanzas. You may have heard of the term stanza. A stanza is a grouping of lines within a poem.
Detailed explanation-3: -Symbolism is the first manifestation of modernism, appeared as a poetical deviation from romanticism. The metaphysical justification consolidates a genuine religion of art, which is manifested by aestheticism, by the cult of artificiality. Thus, the poem becomes the prototype of art in symbolism.
Detailed explanation-4: -The poetry of the 20th century is marked with a note of realism. Realism in modern poetry was the product of a reaction against the pseudo-romanticism of the last century over and above the influence of science. The modern poet sees life and paints it as it is with all its wait and ugliness.