This led to the rapid expansion of a largely unsophisticated literary public, the rise of the popular press, and the mass production of 'popular' literature for a semi-literate 'lowbrow' readership. ... The twentieth century has seen more and more of this broadening of artistic trends, extending into the other cultural forms of radio, television, cinema and popular music. ... However, this tendency has been balanced by other writers who have made use of popular forms in order to communicate with a wider audience. A tension in writing between the popular and the esoteric,...

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Now, most sonnets are subdivided into two groups: the first eight lines (called the octave) and the last six lines (the sestet). ... If that sounds familiar to you, that's probably because it's the most common meter in English poetry. ... There are in fact many different types of sonnets, but the two most common are the Petrarchan sonnet (named after the famous Italian sonneteer Francesco Petrarca) and the Shakespearean (or English) sonnet. ... In this case, line 1 (A) would rhyme with lines 4, 5, and 8, while the sestet could take several forms (CDECDE and CDCDCD being the most p...

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Emerson, however, recognized its greatness, and now most people agree that it was the first book of truly American poetry. ... He wrote unoriginal poems and stories for popular magazines and made political speeches, for which Tammany Hall democrats rewarded him with the editorship of various short-lived newspapers. ... In the 1856 edition, Whitman printed Emerson's letter of praise, which called the book "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom yet contributed to American literature.""... Probably the most famous quote was given by President Kennedy "his death impoverishes us al...

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Its most basic principle was that in short fiction and poetry, the writer should aim at creating a single and total psychological or spiritual effect upon the reader. ... Poems that rhyme are generally more popular and more appealing to audiences. ...

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This city had a monumental and life-altering impact on Eliot for multiple reasons, the most significant of which was his introduction to the influential literary figure  Ezra Pound. ... He was spending long periods of time in London, in the company of Ezra Pound and "some of the modern artists whom the war has so far spared...It was Pound who helped most, introducing him everywhere." ... Teaching, Lloyds, Faber and Faber After leaving Merton, Eliot worked as a schoolteacher, most notably at  Highgate School, a private school in London, where he taught French and Latin. ... He would also be ...

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Psyche Although willing to provide a common account of the soul in these general terms, Aristotle devotes most of his energy in De Anima to detailed investigations of the soul's individual capacities or faculties, which he first lists as nutrition, perception, and mind, with perception receiving the lion's share of attention.  ... But we see a quite dissimilar attitude in the poems of his most renowned contemporary, Alfred Lord Tennyson. ...

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