ENG140Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Internal Rhyme, Freeverse Inc., No Freedom
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Tutorials start next friday: room of ta and contact info in bb. Outside poem:vehicle: comparing something to poem and casting light onto it. Freeverse: poetry that doesn"t susbribe to regular rhyme or meter. Something pleasurable in rhyme: hardwire in humans to enjoy rhyme, meter, repeting of sound, etc. Contrast in eliots poem: thouroughly convential genre, dramatic monologue, lyric poem, three main feature. Single person (not poet) speak whole poem in single ta. Despite foreign name, doesn"t have to do with drama (more about character) reveals something about him/her self usually by accident/critical. Prufrock blatantly modern poem moment: absolutely insane howard monroe familiar and traditional poem, use of the refrain. Had to know the poets that came before you eliot. Eliot is not a surrealist: influenced by it though. Title: j. alfred prufrock: name makes you think of a pompous, pedantic, self-loathing, british, uptight, conservative, etc. individual.
