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Describe what is literally happening in "The Idea of Order at Key West."
The speaker is walking on the beach at Key West, Florida, with a friend, and they see a woman standing by the ocean singing. The speaker becomes mesmerized by her song, finding it more beautiful than the sea itself. He says that the ocean is being created by the woman's voice as she sings--she puts in "order" the "rage" of the sea.
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Summarize the argument in "Of Modern Poetry."
"Of Modern Poetry" argues that modern poetry has to, essentially, be about poetry--about language and the aesthetic experience of reading a poem. Th poet explains that this has not always been the...
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