http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/wallace-stevens Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 16 May 2026 13:26:57 -0400 Sat, 16 May 2026 13:26:57 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/723/exploring-the-nature-of-existence-an-analysis-of-wallace-stevens-the-plain-sense-of-things By Claire E. Tuchel - In his poem “The Plain Sense of Things,” Wallace Stevens strikes out in a direction that differs greatly from the established norms and expectations of poetry before the Modernist era. Stevens, at times, moves against traditions such as iambic pentameter, structured stanzas and rhyme schemes, while at the same time relying on some of these structures to guide the reader through this poem. He further distances himself from other poets by obliquely investigating philosophical concepts in this poem and while he does rely on some imagery to communicate large, abstract concepts in relatable... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:48 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/723/exploring-the-nature-of-existence-an-analysis-of-wallace-stevens-the-plain-sense-of-things