The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse Essays

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Void in Law” is a very powerful and emotional love sonnet, about a lady who had been deceived by the court and a man who she thought was her husband. Another powerful sonnet, is Robert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover” which is about a man who kills his lover to keep her from leaving him. This is a chilling and haunting sonnet which leaves the reader with an eerie feeling. These two poem’s have many similarities such as their main theme, and the fact that they are both

Ezra Pound is known for standing up to the government in opposition to WWI. He also was influential in imagism; imagism is the movement in the early 20th-century, English and American poetry that sought clarity of expression through the use of precise images. and revolutionizing the poet’s position in politics. Pound was most famous for his book, The Cantos, because of his feelings towards the government. From 1915 until his death in 1972 Ezra Pound was stirring the pot with his powerful literature

and write. Frost wrote about many things, but most notably his works on politics, everyday life and people, and love and loss. Between his impactful style and personable works, his writing have touched and will touch many ages and generations for centuries to