Existentialism and Homosexuality in Thom Gunn's Poetry

Thom Gunn has been passionate about writing for children since he was a child. Homosexuality grows up in the UK where it is not common and homosexuality makes him feel like an outsider. After moving to California, Gan found a sense of community and happiness till the big hit of the AIDS epidemic. Thom Gunn 's life includes the moment of release and the moment of sorrow. His experience is reflected in his poem. Thom Gunn, a famous San Francisco resident who enjoys narcotics, cooking, gardening and cats, is not hesitant to write his thoughts in poetry.

Thom Gunn's sister, Donahue's sister Thom Gunn, is a poet who often writes about hardships common in everyday life. Cancer style and theme of cancer show that he is clearly written from the middle of the 20th century to the middle of the 20th century, which today's people appeal to his work. Thanks to his choice of themes, I think people can build better relationships with Gann, as well as most of his work was written during that period. Especially in the period from around 1950 to the 20th century, society was witnessed such as the arrival of AIDS, the increase of single parent family, the abuse of youth drugs and alcohol, controversy over homosexuals.

A sports poet as a group attracted public attention with Robert Konk 's selection of' New Lines' in 1955. The core members of the group include Philip Larkin, Elizabeth Jennings, D. J. Enlight, Kingsley Amis, Tomgang and Donald Davie. They are thought to be hostile to modernism and internationalism, and they regard Hardy as a model. However, David and Gunn later quit this position. As their name implies, the group is more formally a group of poets who participate in weekly discussions under the auspices of Philip Hobbsbaum and Edward Lucy Smith. Other group poets include Martin Bell, Peter Porter, Peter Red Glove, George Macbeth and David Weberville. Hobbsbaum spent some time teaching in Belfast, where he influenced the new Northern Irish poet, including Seamus Heaney

Naturally, the life and environment of the poet affects his poetry, because poetry often talks about experiences and feelings of these experiences. In the 19th century, the French poet Rambo was living an unusual life. He is homosexual, very anti-religious, at least he is saying that he is self-righteous. His poem closely resembles his life, that is often it is not orthodox. Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud was born on 24th October 1854 in Sharreville, France. His father Frederick served as a French army captain and he was promoted to this position from a simple recruit. In the early days of Rambo, he was stationed in North Africa. His father also wrote several unpublished military works and then translated the Quran to French which uses the Quran to learn Arabic.