The name Theodore Geisel, though one of the most famous contemporary writers, is rarely recognized even though his work is well known throughout the world. He has won three Academy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for his work but people only recognize him by his pseudonym, Dr. Seuss. Some people may say that his work is not poetry, but poetry is defined as "writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen …showed first 75 words of 2180 total…

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