Some Trees
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"Some Trees" is an influential early poetry collection by American poet John Ashbery, noted for its innovative, abstract style and importance to postwar American poetry.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New York School (poetry) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Ashbery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsPoem |
Some Trees (poem)
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The Instruction Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ The Painter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | highly influential in American poetry ⓘ |
| debutWorkOf | John Ashbery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editorOfSeries | W. H. Auden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followsInCareerOf | John Ashbery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm |
free verse
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lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasReprint | various later editions ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of American poets ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abstract style
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influence on postwar American poetry ⓘ innovative style ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Yale Series of Younger Poets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| publisher | Yale University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectedBy | W. H. Auden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
disjunctive imagery
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elliptical syntax ⓘ indeterminacy of meaning ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
language
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perception ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
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