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War in the 20 th century changed modern society forever, this was defined by The Jazz Age in the US and created a 'lost generation' where people were carefree and enjoying economic prosperity, spent their money on Henry Fords auto mobiles, and illicit booze which was banned by prohibtion in the 1920's. This, however, led to corruption and police cooperation which was as symbol of the crime ridden cities of New York and Chicago, were the anit hero was king as people were drawn into the mass of city life, becomign anonymous.open to the charge. But sudden vision is as valid a source of expression as any other and, personally, I find it more bracing and inspiring than consolatory. The final line, indeed, in its tension between the negativity of the words "nothing" and "nowhere" and the sense of awe lent it by that earlier luminous phrase "The sun-comprehending glass" (l. 18), imparts just a hint of terror, calling to mind the words of Rainer Maria Rilke: "For beauty is nothing but the......

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