Larkin goes on to present the theme of reality more by using harsh, blunt and hard words to show realism, snaggled-toothed, boss-eyed, tits'. ... The realism of the Fight cancer' poster is very life like and Larkin uses this pessimism to show the realism of life and how the advertisement of Sunny Prestatyn' had tried to deceive us. ... The poem Essential Beauty also uses advertising to cover realism. ...

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In 1851 Browning wrote an essay on Percy Bysshe Shelley, and in it he both praised the Romantic poet who had so influenced him, and also explained how he, Browning differed in his own poetic project. Shelley, according to Browning, was a subjective poet, a poet who wrote from the perspective of the ...

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An American writer who made his mark on American Literature in the 20th century is Edgar Lee Masters, an amazing poet, novelist, and biographer who made his reputation in Spoon River Anthology poetry. Rather than using rhymes, Masters preferred his free verse style of writing in his poetry, especi...

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• Grade Level: High School