To me Raymond Carver style of writing is very detailed orientated to detail He did not leave his readers or listeners guessing about the setting and/or scenery. He told you exactly what his surroundings were or what was happening in relation to his topics with no room for self interpretation. For example in the his poem “My daughter and Apple Pie,” he said, “She serves me a piece of it a few minutes out of the oven. A little steam rises from the slits on top. Sugar and spice -cinnamon – burned into the crust. But she’s wearing these dark glasses in the kitchen at ten o’clock in the morning.” In these first 7 lines he describes his setting and what is currently going on at that moment in the poem to his listeners. This is a very different style of writing than the poet Gwendolyn Brooks in her poem, “We real cool.” To me she left her listeners guessing about the setting and was not very detailed orientated.
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Hello Matthew, I angree with you about Carver’s detailed style and the simplicity of the words, leaving a clear imagery of the readers. He paints a clear picture for readers like in “cathedral” In contrast, Brooks’ “We real cool” offers less detail, leaving listeners to fill in the blanks. It’s interesting how different poets approach description, Carver’s clarity definitely makes his work clear and creative.