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Research Question One: How does poetry reflect overall societal attitudes?Poets: Shakespeare, Milton, Lil Nas X, Emma LazarusNov 13, 2021Nov 13, 2021
Young, Scrappy, and Hungry: the Power of Hip-HopAlthough hip-hop is often dissed as a poor form of art, the form of its stanzas has been around since Elizabethan times, and is lauded as…Nov 1, 20211Nov 1, 20211
As is typical of the blues form, repetition is central to Estella Conwill Majoso’s “The Malcolm…The lack of punctuation and capitalization, combined with the rhythmic meter, compounds the reading of this poem as spoken word; if…Oct 25, 20211Oct 25, 20211
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: Lyrical SonnetsWhile most other poetic forms mandate a strict formality, the sonnet’s form is relatively simple: sixteen lines in ABAB quatrains, and then…Oct 11, 2021Oct 11, 2021
Like the ghazal, the pantoum is well-known for its narrative style, often seeming like a short…The effects of the use of this weapon can be seen through contradiction, as this release ends up leading to “choirs crumb[ling], with…Oct 4, 20212Oct 4, 20212
Simplicity is Deceiving: The Haiku FormOne of the beauties of constraining forms, especially those such as the ghazal and the haiku, is that it often allows for greater…Sep 20, 20212Sep 20, 20212
Published inLinguistic ArchitectureThe Ghazal and RepetitionOne of a poetic form’s greatest powers is to evoke emotion, with each time that a motif appears adding to the effect of the last. In a…Sep 13, 20212Sep 13, 20212
