1900 – 1960 CE
Breaking conventions with free verse, imagism, and the avant-garde.
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold"
Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches
— Federico Garcia Lorca
"Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches"
At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon
"At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon"
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper
— W.B. Yeats
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow shar..."
How can we know the dancer from the dance?
"How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
"Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"
"To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can br..."
The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails
"The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, j..."
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of …
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire"
The best way out is always through.
— Robert Frost
"The best way out is always through."
I, too, sing America.
— Langston Hughes
"I, too, sing America."
We are the gleaners of the after-grain, lonely and weary and…
— Sarojini Naidu
"We are the gleaners of the after-grain, lonely and weary and stricken."
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