... in 1927, and Copper Sun, which was also published, in the same year. (Goetz 780) Cullen became known as a lyric poet and that an English poet mostly influenced his work named John Keats. Most of his best work deals with themes more known or recognized ... which was produced in 1932 and two years later there was The Medea and several other poems. Cullen believed that in order to be a great poet you had to master and accept standard poetic forms, tropes, and meters Americans inherited from European traditions. (Estell 824) Countee Cullen like many other artists during ... the focal point...

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