Lowell wrote in strict formal measures; some of his last books consisted of entire sequences of sonnets. Mr Ashbery can also be partial to particular forms of verse, though these tend to be of a fairly eccentric kind-the cento , for example, and the pantoum . Often he writes in a free-flowing, conversational manner that depends for its success upon the fact that the ending of lines is untrammelled by any concern about whether or not they scan. Within many of his poems, there often seems to be a gently humorous antagonism between one stanza and the next. Mr Ashbery likes using similes in his poetry. This is often the poets stock-in-trade, but he seems to single them out in order to send up the very idea of the simile in poetry, as in Violets blossomed loudly/ like a swear word in an empty tank.
Life, for Lowell, was a serious matter, just as he was a serious man. Mr Ashberys approach, as evinced by his poetry, is more that of a gentle shrug of amused bewilderment. Unlike Lowells, his poems are neither autobiographical nor confessional. He doesnt take himself that seriously. Is all of life a tepid housewarming? For a poet this is a tougher question to answer than you might think.
1.The word substantial most probably means_____.
[A] serious
[B] big
[C] important
[D] real
2. The last words of Lowell mean that_____.
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