ENGL 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Tragic Hero, Emily Dickinson, Anne Carson
28 Mar 2018
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Free verse: non-metrical, non-rhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech. A regular pattern of sound or rhythm may emerge in free-verse lines, but the poet does not adhere to a metrical plan in their composition. Not the absence of form, but rather it is the breaking away from conventions of accentual-syllabic meter to create new forms. Sometimes uses traditional meter, but the key is that it has the freedom to take any shape it wants. Challenge = find the form that the poet chose, and show how it works to better the poem. Walt whitman explored the possibilities of non-metrical poetry in the 19th- century. Symbol: a noun/ object that signifies a larger concept by metonymical association, or metaphorically comparing, or arbitrarily the way words are symbols. Difference between symbol and metaphor -- symbol refers to a thing that is really there.
