by Jesse Schotter Robert Frost’s second volume of poetry North of Boston, and the one that, from today’s standpoint, firmly established his literary reputation, was, ironically, published in London in 1914, where it was reviewed and heralded by Ezra Pound. The fact that Frost was residing in England when he composed these New England lyrics… Continue Reading North of Boston
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Oread
H. D.’s “Oread” (1914) demonstrates some of the qualities of early modernist free verse: Whirl up, sea— Whirl your pointed pines, Splash your great pines On our rocks, Hurl your green over us, Cover us with your pools of fir. In the poem’s central image, pine trees seem to arise like waves from the sea,… Continue Reading Oread