Excerpt from Raymond Carver's Poetry

Answer 1

Raymond Carver was an American who was known for his calm and objective narration of the characters and plots of his novels. His poems also used concise and concise language to describe the inner contradictions and thoughts of the characters. Here are some of Raymond Carver's poems:

1. The Great Gatsby:

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As I stand here I can see only your face
And as I move forward the past remains

2. The sentence from The Four Agreement:

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You can't control what people think of you
But you can control how you react to it

3 The City and the Country:

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The city is a place where the mind is at war
With itself and all that it knows is noise

4. I am not your friend:

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You can tell a lie but you can't help but believe it
And you can tell a lie and it will be believed

These poems show Raymond Carver's concise and concise language style and his deep insight into the hearts of his characters.