A- And welcome back to Inform on ****, I’m Alex- — A- And welcome back to Inform on ****, I’m Alex- O- And this is Olivia- A- And so, Olivia, what did you want to be talking about today? O- Well, I wanted to talk about the discussion, about Puritanism, how it connects with modern-day queer poetry. A- What I’m wondering…

Poets: Shakespeare, Milton, Lil Nas X, Emma Lazarus — Research Question One: How does poetry reflect overall societal attitudes? Poets: Shakespeare, Milton, Lil Nas X, Emma Lazarus Influential Ideas of Form: Sonnet, Hip-Hop Resources: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2011/06/jay-z-rap-is-poetry- Guiding Questions: What are the hallmarks of each form (sonnet, free verse) Want to Learn: What *were* attitudes towards outsiders in the Renaissance

Although 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… — Although 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 proper poetry- the quatrain, rhymed a, b, a, b. …

The lack of punctuation and capitalization, combined with the rhythmic meter, compounds the reading of this poem as spoken word; if… — As is typical of the blues form, repetition is central to Estella Conwill Majoso’s “The Malcolm Calling Blues. In this particular case, the speaker focuses their attention on “the horn,” which creates a “note low and guttural.” While the overall message of the poem is one of sadness, it is…

While most other poetic forms mandate a strict formality, the sonnet’s form is relatively simple: sixteen lines in ABAB quatrains, and then… — While most other poetic forms mandate a strict formality, the sonnet’s form is relatively simple: sixteen lines in ABAB quatrains, and then a singular rhyming couplet to tie it off. As a result, it is incredibly lyrical, and, in fact, Rafael Campo strings sixteen of them together (wherein each sonnet…

The effects of the use of this weapon can be seen through contradiction, as this release ends up leading to “choirs crumb[ling], with… — Like the ghazal, the pantoum is well-known for its narrative style, often seeming like a short self-contained story, with the end written so as to create a direct link with the beginning, such as in Peter Meinke’s “Atomic Pantoum” (Meinke 258). From the beginning, a pantoum creates a sense of…

One of the beauties of constraining forms, especially those such as the ghazal and the haiku, is that it often allows for greater… — One of the beauties of constraining forms, especially those such as the ghazal and the haiku, is that it often allows for greater expression than those forms that place less restrictive reins. …

One 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… — One 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 Ghazal, this is particularly poignant because it highlights the dual nature of the sentences. According to the Poetry Foundation, a Ghazal form employs…