Word: poemes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...poetry, he felt, the meaning of the words is often insignificant. Using an anonymous poem entitled "The Maidens Came" as an example, he also indicated that the ideas in a poem often seem unrelated. The poet's message, then, is carried by the other factors of the poem, such as the structure of its lines and the rhythm of its words...
...analyzing a poem's sounds and their relation to its meaning, he spoke of repetition as being the "major element of sound in poetry." To support his feelings, he played a recording of Dylan Thomas's reading of his poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," and later recited the poem himself...
...Each and every poem is charged with meaning," he said, using a recording of James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake as an example. Here, Joyce has tried to make the sound of his words carry the meaning of his piece, MacLeish explained...
Pasternak's subject here is Pushkin's composition of a poem called The Prophet. A further subject is the creative act itself, including Pasternak's writing of his poem. This corresponds to his belief that "the world's best creations describe their own birth.'' The birth of the poem, Pasternak seems to be saying, is like the birth of a world, day emerging from night. The poet encompasses the world and suffers to express it ("Blood froze in the huge Colossus") while the common run of humanity sleeps under the snows. Such is Pasternak...
...face of terror and degradation, Pasternak sees history as "the passing storm," the title of his latest poem, sent to Translator Kayden in manuscript. In it he voices anew his enduring scorn for the "New Man in the wagon of his Plan," and his hope for humanity's future...