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
Research Question Two: How does the change in mainstream poetic form reflect overall societal attitudes?
Poets: Langston Hughes, William Shakespeare, Emma Lazarus
Influential Ideas of Form: constrained, limited vs more open- adaptation of previous form
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: Did societal attitude shape the poetic form, or vice versa?
Research Question Three: How does poetry express traditional love versus queer love?
Poets: William Shakespeare, Lil Nas X, Allen Ginsburg
Influential Ideas of Form: Sonnet is representation of old, traditional love; Rap and Hip-Hop are expressions of queer love
Resources:
-Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015 https://www.oyez.org/cases/2014/14-556
-Bostock v. Clayton County, 2020 https://www.oyez.org/cases/2019/17-1618
Modern sonnets: https://daily.jstor.org/sonnets-by-11-contemporary-poets/
https://poets.org/lgbtq-poetry
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/101691/queer-love-poems
-Guiding Questions: What are the hallmarks of each form (sonnet, free verse)
-What was expected of love then vs. now?
-What forms do queer poets use?
Want to Learn: difference between old vs new love