Song, the Winds of Downhill
George Oppen, “Song, the Winds of Downhill” from New Collected Poems. Copyright © 1972 by George Oppen. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.
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Poet George Oppen 1908–1984
SCHOOL / PERIOD Objectivist
Subjects Arts & Sciences, Poetry & Poets, Social Commentaries, Money & Economics, Class
Biography
"George Oppen," wrote Michael Adams in The Dictionary of Literary Biography, "had one of the most unusual careers of any American poet." Oppen was one of the chief exponents of Objectivism, a school of poetry that emphasized simplicity and clarity over formal structure and rhyme. He established the movement with William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukosfky, and other poets in the early 1930s. In 1932 Oppen helped found the . . .
Poems by George Oppen
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Arts & Sciences, Poetry & Poets, Social Commentaries, Money & Economics, Class
SCHOOL / PERIOD Objectivist
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