ENGC15H3 Lecture : ENGC15 5
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The special diction used in the context of the poem don"t work together. All of these words have a sort of obscurity associated with it: different types of obscurity: Tries to clarify it in his terms. At first, the level of trope, the way they use images (p. 126) Pound: his difficulties are historical and cultural references. Eliot: you"ve got to understand the ideas behind the references. Stevens: the obscurities are the words themselves that are seemingly impenetrable: a good poet would utilize the ambiguity of words, sometimes he means to be obscure. There is always something outside of the text. Personalize criticism: you can use anything in your criticism that works, how to bring your personality to bear in your criticism. Poets are critics too: some ode writer super sensitive to reading odes and stuff.
