Many contemporary poems in this week's selection seem to focus on concerns (eg the essential self) and forms (eg the sonnet, the elegy) which pre-date modernism. Discuss drawing on a number of poems/poets.
O'Hara's work is a first person narrative poem, conversational and casual in tone. "Why I Am Not a Painter (1957)," in fact, like many of O'Hara's poems, reads as if O'Hara had simply improvised it off the top of his head. Inspiration from the arts- visual arts.
"Why am I not a Painter" utube link.
Koch’s ‘Permanently (1961)’ is the same in that it uses a narrative, conversational and casual tone. It is quite quirky, drawing inspiration from the arts- literature.
A Wilbur poem is insightful and enjoyable, humorous and touching. He avoids any grand historical or hysterical private adventures in his poems, believing that the lyric poem was never intended to bear such weight. “Junk” won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, each line is alliterated and broken into two halves, the second of which is indented, making each full line two-tiered.
Howard Nemerov has a reputation for his poems being witty and playful in their form.
Reference:
thecourthostess, 2010, "Why am I not a Painter", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3LtDb0Jgik
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| 'Sardines', Michael Goldburg, 1955, inspired O'Hara's 'Orange'. |
O'Hara's work is a first person narrative poem, conversational and casual in tone. "Why I Am Not a Painter (1957)," in fact, like many of O'Hara's poems, reads as if O'Hara had simply improvised it off the top of his head. Inspiration from the arts- visual arts.
"Why am I not a Painter" utube link.
Koch’s ‘Permanently (1961)’ is the same in that it uses a narrative, conversational and casual tone. It is quite quirky, drawing inspiration from the arts- literature.
A Wilbur poem is insightful and enjoyable, humorous and touching. He avoids any grand historical or hysterical private adventures in his poems, believing that the lyric poem was never intended to bear such weight. “Junk” won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, each line is alliterated and broken into two halves, the second of which is indented, making each full line two-tiered.
Howard Nemerov has a reputation for his poems being witty and playful in their form.
Reference:
thecourthostess, 2010, "Why am I not a Painter", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3LtDb0Jgik
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