American Poets of the 20th Century

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American Poets of the 20th Century

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How to Analyze Poetry

Context of the Poem

Style of the Poem

Title of the Poem

Repetition in the Poem

Opening and Closing Lines of the Poem

Passage of Time in the Poem

Speaker of the Poem

Basic Details of the Poem

Culture

Fantasy versus Reality

Mood and Tone of the Poem

Themes of the Poem

Rhythm of the Poem

Use of the Senses in the Poem

Imagery in the Poem

Language of the Poem

Supplemental Materials

Drawing Conclusions

The Poets

Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950)

Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

Robert Frost (1874–1963)

Amy Lowell (1874–1925)

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)

Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

H. D. (1886–1961)

Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)

Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)

John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)

Jean Toomer (1894–1967)

Louise Bogan (1897–1970)

Hart Crane (1899–1933)

Allen Tate (1899–1979)

Sterling Brown (1901–1989)

Langston Hughes (1902–1967)

Countée Cullen (1903–1946)

Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

John Berryman (1914–1972)

Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000)

Robert Lowell (1917 — 1977)

Richard Wilbur (1921– )

James Dickey (1923–1997)

Denise Levertov (1923–1997)

A. R. Ammons (1926–2001)

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)

W. S. Merwin (1927– )

James Wright (1927–1980)

Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

Adrienne Rich (1929– )

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

Amiri Baraka (1934– )

Wendy Rose (1948– )

Joy Harjo (1951– )

Rita Dove (1952– )

Cathy Song (1955– )

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