ENGL 2802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bliss Carman, American Poetry, Campbell Scott
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They were faced with 3 political choices: national independence, allegiance to britain, annexation to the united states. Poetry as an indicator of the present and future state of the country: d. roberts: Inspired: bliss carman, archibald lampman, duncan campbell scott. There are six standard feet in english poetry. Free verse: has no direct tie to forms or meters. Octave will set a scene, the sestet will respond: there is a shift in subject matter. Octave describes the scene, the sestet describes the ight and the sound of the geese. First lines gives us a speak and the auditory quality of the poem. Alliteration: lines 6-7 with h ; line 2 with l ; line 3 with f ; line 3 with s . Anapaest: stressed/ stressed/ unstressed (line: x/ l x/ l x/ l x/ l xx/ ) Sense of the sublime: the ight and height (line 13 awe ) Something supernatural: weird (like the witches in macbeth) line 7.