... rather than to elucidate themes. Some critics also objected to Cummings's explicit treatment of sexuality, while others labeled his depictions of society's hypocrisy and banality elitist. When his Collected Poems were published in 1938, Cummings's sharp satires caused some reviewers to call him a misanthrope. His later, more conservative poetry came under attack for anti-semitism, a charge that ... early found a style that suited him and simply continued on with it; others, however, have faulted the author for insufficient artistic growth. For example, many critics censured 50 Poems, ac...

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... against fellow man, though at first it was for a cause that furthered unity and equality during his childhood. Another of his poem collections, "Sea Drift", Whitman swings to transcendentalism the poems often-contained universal themes of separation and love. "Passage to India", a poem from this collection, details a sailing voyage that is largely a metaphor for a journey that life takes through time and ... I ask not good-fortune; Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Strong and content, I travel the open road."). A firm devotion to democracy had much to do with...

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Epics, which are generally long narrative poems about a serious subject representing characters of great significance (DeCoskey), have long played a role in the formation of many of today's societies. Though, as a rule, epics generally occur in the nearly ... when it has flown across the ocean and comes upon a creature that knows its nest" (Golden 7). In historical times, epics weren't epics unless they were written as long narrative poems; nowadays, however, considering the majority of poets these days don't consider themselves constrained by the even the most elementary rules of grammar, e...

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... Bois, then the editor of THE CRISIS magazine, the journal of the NAACP, was at the height of his fame and influence in the black community. THE CRISIS published the poems, stories, and visual works of many artists of the period. But the Renaissance had little impact on breaking down the rigid barriers of Jim Crow that separated the races. While ... ...

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