Poet Richard Bell

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This paper explains that the poetry of Marvin Bell questions existential aspects of life, which are often taken for granted such as relationships, nature and the concepts of who and what a person is. The author points out that a central characteristic of Bell's work is the use of comparatively simple and colloquial forms of speech and word usage including nature imagery, which refers to everyday sights and sounds. The paper relates that, in his work, Bell stresses his need to "express the inexpressible" as the process he uses in his writings.

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"What the poem does is it make us realize the mystery of self in that self cannot be defined or capture in a concrete sense but rather is "beyond words", and is essentially inexpressible. An analysis of the poem reveals that the identity of nature cannot be categorized or captured; just as much as human identity is continually moving and changing. It is this sense of mystery and the sense of the depth of complexity of the self and nature which lies at the heart of much of Bell's poetry."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Marvin Bell. April 1, 2006. <http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/387>
• Marvin Bell: Ploughshares. April 3, 2006. <http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmarticleid=2355>
• Getty Commissioned Poems. April 2, 2006 <http://www.getty.edu/research/scholarly_activities/events/poetry.html>
• Hamilton, Ian. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Questia. 3 Apr. 2006 <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=74355608>.
• IOWA'S POET LAUREATE MARVIN BELL. April2, 2006. <http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/marvinbspeech.htm>

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