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How Poets See the World: The Art of Description in Contemporary Poetry,New
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Although readers of prose fiction sometimes find descriptive passages superfluous or boring, description itself is often the most important aspect of a poem. This book examines how a variety of contemporary poets use description in their work.Description has been the great burden of poetry. How do poets see the world? How do they look at it? What do they look for? Is description an end in itself, or a means of expressing desire? Ezra Pound demanded that a poem should represent the external world as objectively and directly as possible, and William Butler Yeats, in his introduction to The Oxford Book of Modern Verse (1936), said that he and his generation were rebelling against, inter alia, 'irrelevant descriptions of nature' in the work of their predecessors. The poets in this book, however, who are distinct in many ways from one another, all observe the external world of nature or the reflected world of art, and make relevant poems out of their observations.This study deals with the crisp, elegant work of Charles Tomlinson, the swirling baroque poetry of Amy Clampitt, the metaphysical meditations of Charles Wright from a position in his backyard, the weather reports and landscapes of John Ashbery, and the 'new way of looking' that Jorie Graham proposes to explore in her increasingly fragmented poems. All of these poets, plus others (Gary Snyder, Theodore Weiss, Irving Feldman, Richard Howard) who are dealt with more briefly, attend to what Wallace Stevens, in a memorable phrase, calls 'the way things look each day.' The ordinariness of daily reality is the beginning of the poets' own idiosyncratic, indeed unique, visions and styles.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'How Poets See the World'? A: The main theme of 'How Poets See the World' is the exploration of how contemporary poets use description in their work to convey their unique perspectives on reality.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'How Poets See the World' is Willard Spiegelman.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: This book is bound in hardcover.
- Q: How many pages are in 'How Poets See the World'? A: The book contains 256 pages.
- Q: When was 'How Poets See the World' published? A: The book was published on June 23, 2005.
- Q: What styles of poetry are discussed in this book? A: The book discusses various styles of poetry, including the crisp work of Charles Tomlinson, the baroque poetry of Amy Clampitt, and the metaphysical meditations of Charles Wright.
- Q: Is there a specific poetic focus in this book? A: Yes, the book focuses on the role of description in poetry, examining how poets perceive and represent the world around them.
- Q: Does the book include analyses of multiple poets? A: Yes, it includes analyses of several contemporary poets, such as John Ashbery, Jorie Graham, and Gary Snyder.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: The book is available in its first edition.
- Q: Is this book suitable for someone new to poetry? A: Yes, this book is suitable for readers new to poetry as it provides insights into how description works in contemporary poetry.