American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany
by Louis Untermeyer (Editor)
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This book had a really nice selection of poetry. The variety of poets in it kept it from becoming too homogeneous, and it was a pleasure to read. As with all things, there were some poets I liked more and others that I liked far less, however the scales weight heavily on the positive side. If anything, it allows one to gain knowledge with a good variety of poets and poems, and discover some new favourites.
Seems like these last two books read this year really are fitting, since both end in a note of death and rebirth. As such, I'll end this with one of the last stanzas from the last poem:
Seems like these last two books read this year really are fitting, since both end in a note of death and rebirth. As such, I'll end this with one of the last stanzas from the last poem:
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Say what you will, and scratch my heart to find
The roots of last year's roses in my breast;
I am as surely riper in my mind
As if the fruit stood in
the stalls confessed.show less
Laugh at the unshed leaf, say what you will,
Call me in all things what I was before,
A flutterer in the wind, a woman still;
I tell you I am what I was and more.
from Eight Sonnets (VIII), Edna St. Vincent Millay
This collection highlights some of the best 19th and early 20th century American poetry. Some of it is pure and silly Americana (such as a lengthy poem about Johnny Appleseed), but some of it is really quite classic. I enjoyed this collection, as it covers a fairly wide variety of topics and styles while still remaining in familiar enough ground for me to follow.
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Louis Untermeyer was born in 1885 in New York City. He was a poet, anthologist, and editor. Untermeyer was known for his wit and his love of puns. For a while, he held Marxist beliefs, writing for magazines such as The Masses. He advocated that the U.S. should stay out of World War 1. After the suppression of that magazine by the U.S. government, show more he joined The Liberator, published by the Workers Party of America. Later he wrote for the independent socialist magazine The New Masses. He was a co-founder of "The Seven Arts," a poetry magazine that is credited for introducing many new poets, including Robert Frost. In 1950, Untermeyer was a panelist during the first year of the What's My Line? television quiz program. According to Bennett Cerf, Untermeyer would sign virtually any piece of paper that someone placed in front of him, and Untermeyer inadvertently signed a few Communist proclamations. He was named during the hearings by the House Committee on Un-American Activities investigating communist subversion. At that point, the producers told Untermeyer that he had to leave the television series. The controversy surrounding Untermeyer led to him being blacklisted by the television industry. Louis Untermeyer was the author or editor of close to 100 books, from 1911 until his death in 1977. Many of his books and his other memorabilia are preserved in a special section of the Lilly Library at Indiana University. Schools used his Modern American and British poetry books widely, and they often introduced college students to poetry. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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