This extract signifies how the poem exclaims its omnipotence and exuberance, showing a zest for life and a realistic view into how we should view nature. ... Through Thomas's floridity he creates psychological claustrophobia, "In a room with a stuffed fox and a stale fern I stand, for this memorials sake". ... Dylan Thomas's poems mostly have a theme that is exuberant and lively, though his poems posses these qualities some can be a little indistinct in their meanings, and obscure. ... The poet carries on with this theme of life evolving from something that is meant to be dea...

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• Grade Level: High School

Eliot even furnished footnotes to help the reader with his The Waste Land. ... It was largely a poetry of urban themes; the Romantic dependence on nature had already declined. ... Such a rich use of language expresses a view of reality which is more fluid. ... His poems are largely traditional in theme, form, and structure, and show a continuity with the Wordsworthian art of recording the impact of ordinary daily events on an individual and sensitive mind. Hardy was a prolific poet, author of some 900 poems with an extensive range of feelings and attitudes. ...

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Several factors are responsible for Eliot's infatuation with literature during his childhood. ... He attended lectures by  Henri Bergson  and read poetry with Alain-Fournier. ... In accordance with Eliot's wishes, his ashes were taken to St. ... With his intense personal experiences, Eliot tried to express general truths. ... Eliot is synonymous with modernism. ...

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• Grade Level: High School