English 2308E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Blank Verse, Free Verse, Trochee
18 Dec 2016
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Examine positions and evaluate usefulness of claims. Welcome debate/disagreement as a source of opportunity inconsistencies. Giving credit to a conversation that has already happened. Use a scholarly debate to intervene (rather than aligning with a position that"s. Develop a rhetorically complex argument that"s willing to engage with. Let it extend the margins of what you"re thinking. Paradox: oppositional thinking in the text, explain or unify. Paradigm analysis: show how theory would enable deeper understanding of primary text. Mistaken critic: acknowledge previous scholarly tradition and offer your new perspective. A preachily aspect that is comparable to winthrop. Don"t be confrontational or in your face about it. One of first poets to experiment with free verse. Look for parallel structures that join lines together (echo quality) Blank verse: metrical pattern present but theres no rhyme scheme. Free verse: no consistent metrical or rhyme pattern. First published in 1855, revised many times. Song of myself probably his most famous and recognized works.
