Mark Twain
An author of the realist era
A brief summery of Twain
Mark was born on November 30, 1835 in Monroe county,Florida and died on April 21, 1910 in Redding Connecticut. Mark was a very influential Realist in America and was also very humorous! His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Some of his most popular writings were: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The adventures of Tom Sawyer, The innocents abroad and many other pieces. Twain's influence is still very much palpable literature, even being called the"father of American literature."
Influences: Charles dickens, Miguel de Cervantes, William dean howls and many more
Warm Summer Sun
In this poem, Mark uses the realism to put in summery what a typical summer to him is. "Lie light, Lie light" Twain reuses the words to basically show us a sun setting. The poem Is a perfect example of realism due to the real examples of the summer environment. And when twain says goodnight to goodnight hes basically going to bed to start a new day.