8. Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Ezra Pound was one of the
most influential American
poets of this century.
9. He was a link between the United
States and Britain.
10. He championed various poetic approaches.
Pound’s interests and reading
were universal.
11. T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born
in
St. Louis, Missouri.
He studied Sanskrit and
Oriental philosophy.
One of the most respected
poets of his day had
revolutionary impact.
12. He also wrote influential essays and
dramas.
14. Robinson Jeffers (1887-
1962)
He lived in California and
wrote of the Spanish
rancheros and Indians.
15. He re-created themes of Greek
tragedy set in the rugged coastal
seascape.
16. Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962)
He known as e.e.
Cummings.
He also used
colloquial language,
sharp imagery, and
words from popular
culture.
17. Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
One of many talented
poets of the Harlem
Renaissance of the 1920s
was Langston Hughes.
Hughes incorporated
blues, spirituals,
colloquial speech, and
folkways in his poetry.