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This 7 page paper examines the function of personality in poetry as considered by both modernist and confessional poets, and relate these concepts to other theories of personality. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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words so that it becomes part of the poem? Or should the poet remain "hidden," letting the words speak for themselves? These are not easy questions to answer. This paper
will examine the function of personality in poetry as considered by both modernist and confessional poets, and relate these concepts to other theories of personality. Modernist and Confessional Poetry It
might be useful to define our terms first. "Modernist" poets are part of the whole "modernist" movement that, broadly defined, began in the late 1900s, "coalesced immediately following World War
I, and was influential past World War II into the late 1940s, when postmodernism began to take hold" (Modernism, 2002). The period was preceded by the Victorian age, and modernist
poets wrote as part of a "backlash against Victorian ideals, which now seemed questionable in the widespread turmoil and suffering of the early 20th century" (Modernism, 2002). The First Word
War was one of the most devastating, and utterly pointless conflicts ever waged, and it called the very meaning of civilization itself into question (Modernism, 2002). Modernist poets wondered how
to make sense of a world that seemed bent on destroying itself, and found that the views and techniques expressed by poets of the past were insufficient to the task
of dealing with this new and frightening situation (Modernism, 2002). The modernist poets had a much more disillusioned worldview than their predecessors, and so they were looking for ways to
break away from "established rules, traditions and conventions" so that they could present their works in a "distinctly contemporary mode of expression, through many experiments in form and style" (Modernism,
2002). They were concerned with writing itself, as well as "language and how to use it" (Modernism, 2002). Critics of the modernist poets say that just because the age
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