To Circumjack Cencrastus

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"To Circumjack Cencrastus" is a complex modernist poem by Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid that exemplifies his experimental use of language and exploration of Scottish identity and culture.

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instanceOf modernist poem
poem
author Hugh MacDiarmid
authorNationality Scottish
countryOfOrigin Scotland
createdBy Hugh MacDiarmid
form long poem
genre modernist poetry
hasAuthor Hugh MacDiarmid
hasStyle allusive
experimental
linguistically innovative
influencedBy European modernist poetry
Scottish Renaissance
surface form: Scottish Renaissance movement
language English
Scots
literaryMovement Modernism
Scottish Renaissance
mainTheme Scottish culture
Scottish identity
language and nationhood
notableFor complex structure
dense allusiveness
experimental use of language
partOf Scottish modernist literature
subjectMatter Scottish cultural history
Scottish politics
role of the poet in society

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Hugh MacDiarmid notableWork To Circumjack Cencrastus
Christopher Murray Grieve notableWork To Circumjack Cencrastus