Who was the greatest poet of the 20th century

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Who was the greatest poet of the 20th century 2016-08-04 19:37:28 Post No. 8360652
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Who was the greatest poet of the 20th century Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:37:28 Post No. 8360652 [Report]

of any language in your opinion?

Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:40:14 Post No.8360668
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:40:14 Post No.8360668 [Report]

I don't want to say.

Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:44:25 Post No.8360682
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:44:25 Post No.8360682 [Report]

Eliot or Yeats.

Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:45:02 Post No.8360683
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:45:02 Post No.8360683 [Report]

>>8360682
Eliot as well...The Waste Land is by far the most influential poem of the 20th century...

Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:49:18 Post No.8360700
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:49:18 Post No.8360700 [Report]

Ezra Pound?

yeah yeah, he was a fascist sympathizer...so what in terms of 20th century poetry he did alot

Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:53:44 Post No.8360718
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:53:44 Post No.8360718 [Report]

TS Eliot, Yeats or Pound imo

Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:54:04 Post No.8360720
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:54:04 Post No.8360720 [Report]

>>8360700
Not so much as a poet though. He was very important and influential but nobody reads his poetry.

Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:56:24 Post No.8360732
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 19:56:24 Post No.8360732 [Report]

>>8360683
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 20:01:38 Post No.8360744
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 20:01:38 Post No.8360744 [Report]

>>8360732
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 20:04:05 Post No.8360751
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 20:04:05 Post No.8360751 [Report]

>>8360700
>>8360720
this. pound influenced everyone worth a damn but never wrote anything worth a damn

Anonymous 2016-08-04 20:04:54 Post No.8360752
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 20:04:54 Post No.8360752 [Report]

>>8360652
Hart crane the gay voyager of the Caribbean

Anonymous 2016-08-04 20:16:39 Post No.8360785
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 20:16:39 Post No.8360785 [Report]

>>8360751
well he wrote the Cantos

Anonymous 2016-08-04 20:23:52 Post No.8360816
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 20:23:52 Post No.8360816 [Report]

>>8360785
Exactly.

Anonymous 2016-08-04 23:24:56 Post No.8361424
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 23:24:56 Post No.8361424 [Report]

Outside contender, Housmann

Anonymous 2016-08-04 23:26:07 Post No.8361429
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Anonymous 2016-08-04 23:26:07 Post No.8361429 [Report]

Neruda

Anonymous 2016-08-05 00:21:31 Post No.8361582
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Anonymous 2016-08-05 00:21:31 Post No.8361582 [Report]

Pessoa.

Anonymous 2016-08-05 01:00:06 Post No.8361702
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Anonymous 2016-08-05 01:00:06 Post No.8361702 [Report]

>>8361429
Neruda

Anonymous 2016-08-05 01:09:14 Post No.8361730
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Anonymous 2016-08-05 01:09:14 Post No.8361730 [Report]

>>8360652

I think Lorca was pretty good. His poem 'Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías'

was pretty intense.

Anonymous 2016-08-05 01:15:42 Post No.8361750
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Anonymous 2016-08-05 01:15:42 Post No.8361750 [Report]

>>8360652
David Tibet, but his most recent work is even better than his 20th century output.

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