Throughout the twentieth century, a plethora of influential poets emerged, producing influential pieces. Poems during this time had themes ranging from love and nature to death and racism. Poets such as Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, Abel Meeropol, and Langston Hughes expressed themselves during this time by creating meaningful poems that explore the changing times and views of the time period. Robert Frost is a famous American Poet and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Frost began actively writing November 8, 1894. Often, he writes about New England life through his use of diction and talk of daily life. An essential element of Robert Frost’s style is his use of diction. Robert Frost uses many poetic devices, as well as using meter and rhythm to enhance the style and composition of the poem. Some common themes of his writing include nature, isolation of man, and everyday life. In terms of nature and …show more content…
Pound has been one of the most controversial, yet important, contributors to American literature. Around 1912, Pound helped create the movement he called "Imagism," which marked the end of his early poetic style. Imagism, a movement in poetry, derived its technique from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry. Some common themes exercised by Pound are history, nature, love and works of Imagism. In the Cantos, Pound uses John Adams as an example of business. One of his famous poems titled, “In a Station of the Metro” pound encompasses both nature and imagism. Nature becomes evident when he makes comparisons of trees and Imagism because it is extremely short and concise. Lastly, a plethora of Pound's poems revolve around the idea of love. "The River-Merchant's Wife" is about a woman who loves her husband and longs for him to return home to her. Both Pound and Frost explore the common theme of nature, however Pound talks more about love while Frost focuses on isolation and everyday