Dec 26, 2009

Poetry of Moore | Critical Overview

Because many of Moore’s poems rely upon the careful presentation of visual imagery to convey intellectual and emotional ideas, she is sometimes linked to the imagists, a school of writers popular in the 1920s. On the other hand, her poetry also demonstrates an experimental arrangement on the page, a preoccupation with science and technology, a certain intellectualism, and the kind of emotional distance that is often found in modernist poetry. Still others claim Moore’s writing is so unique that it does not fit into any one particular school of poetry. In any case, almost all critics...