Arguing for Authenticity: A Comparison and Contrast of Two American Mod

Future commentators on American metrical composition and political issues will non be able to brush off the authentic voice of the surface area, argues Barry Ahearn, generator of the name Poetry 1900 to the 1940s, which discusses the importance of the author penning about his or her region of choice in their poetry and how it affects their writing (Ahearn 373). Ahearn discusses writers such as superior A. Brown, Langston Hughes, H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), Robert halt, Robinson Jeffers, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Lorine Niedecker, George Oppen, John Crowe Ransom, Charles Rezikoff, Muriel Rukeyser, Gertrude Stine, Wallace Stevens, Sara Teasdale, William Carlos Williams, and Louis Zukofksy. The purpose of mentioning so many, claims Ahearn, is to gather a survey of full treatment between 1900 and the 1940s. The discussion of these writers creates a wide range of Modernist authors that influenced each former(a) and the people who read their kit and caboodle the author c laims that the authenticity of the writer is what creates a more accurate scarper of literature and the life experiences of these authors is the material that adds to their writing as a whole. Robert Frost and Langston Hughes are regional writers that contract on specific places but deport similar qualities in their poems that transcend the locale. both poems will be discussed that present these qualities Stopping By Woods on a white-hot eve with Birches by Robert Frost and division for side B with Visitors to the blackened bang by Langston Hughes. Modernist Poetry involves a nominal head away from the self and the emotions of the individual. Typically, the focus of Modernist poetry revolves around the rational notions of the self, hostile the Romantic period, which focused on the poet. Modernist poets ex... ...olarship 2004.1(2006) 385. EDS Foundation Index. Web. 18 Apr. 2012.Frost, Robert. Birches. The Norton Anthology Of American Literature. 7th. Vol. D. Ed.Leffelhol z, Mary. New York Norton & Company, 2007. 1400-1402. Print.Frost, Robert. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. The Norton Anthology OfAmerican Literature. 7th. Vol. D. Ed. Leffelholz, Mary. New York Norton &Company, 2007. 1403. Print.Hughes, Langston. Theme for English B. The Norton Anthology Of American Literature. 7th. Vol. D. Ed. Leffelholz, Mary. New York Norton & Company,2007. 2036. Print.Hughes, Langston. Visitors to the Black Belt. The Norton Anthology Of AmericanLiterature. 7th.Vol. D. Ed. Leffelholz, Mary. New York Norton & Company,2007. 2032. Print.Leffelholz, Mary. The Norton Anthology Of American Literature. 7th. D. New YorkNorton & Company, 2007. 1177-1191. Print. Arguing for Authenticity A Comparison and Contrast of Two American Mod Future commentators on American poetry and political issues will not be able to ignore the authentic voice of the region, argues Barry Ahearn, author of the article Poetry 1900 to the 1940s, which discusses the im portance of the author writing about his or her region of choice in their poetry and how it affects their writing (Ahearn 373). Ahearn discusses writers such as Sterling A. Brown, Langston Hughes, H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), Robert Frost, Robinson Jeffers, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Lorine Niedecker, George Oppen, John Crowe Ransom, Charles Rezikoff, Muriel Rukeyser, Gertrude Stine, Wallace Stevens, Sara Teasdale, William Carlos Williams, and Louis Zukofksy. The purpose of mentioning so many, claims Ahearn, is to gather a survey of works between 1900 and the 1940s. The discussion of these writers creates a wide range of Modernist authors that influenced each other and the people who read their works the author claims that the authenticity of the writer is what creates a more accurate work of literature and the life experiences of these authors is the material that adds to their writing as a whole. Robert Frost and Langston Hughes are regional writers that focus on specific places but hav e similar qualities in their poems that transcend the locale. Two poems will be discussed that exemplify these qualities Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening with Birches by Robert Frost and Theme for English B with Visitors to the Black Belt by Langston Hughes. Modernist Poetry involves a movement away from the self and the emotions of the individual. Typically, the focus of Modernist poetry revolves around the rational notions of the self, unlike the Romantic period, which focused on the poet. Modernist poets ex... ...olarship 2004.1(2006) 385. EDS Foundation Index. Web. 18 Apr. 2012.Frost, Robert. Birches. The Norton Anthology Of American Literature. 7th. Vol. D. Ed.Leffelholz, Mary. New York Norton & Company, 2007. 1400-1402. Print.Frost, Robert. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. The Norton Anthology OfAmerican Literature. 7th. Vol. D. Ed. Leffelholz, Mary. New York Norton &Company, 2007. 1403. Print.Hughes, Langston. Theme for English B. The Norton Anthology Of American L iterature. 7th. Vol. D. Ed. Leffelholz, Mary. New York Norton & Company,2007. 2036. Print.Hughes, Langston. Visitors to the Black Belt. The Norton Anthology Of AmericanLiterature. 7th.Vol. D. Ed. Leffelholz, Mary. New York Norton & Company,2007. 2032. Print.Leffelholz, Mary. The Norton Anthology Of American Literature. 7th. D. New YorkNorton & Company, 2007. 1177-1191. Print.