English 2307E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Philip Larkin, Gothic Architecture, Lyric Poetry
27 Feb 2014
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Rossetti is typically thought of an off the cuff , witty, playful writer. Aesthetics of renunciation: a form of poetry that founds itself on deferral, self-denial, restraint, the term wasn"t used by rossetti, but by sandra gilbert and susan gubar in. The madwoman in the attic (1979) to describe rossetti"s tendencies as a poet. Can it be made into way a poetic strategy: we tend not to value self-renunciation today we see it as a path to shutting down. Song (1490: this poem is an experiment in restraint, the message also seems to be short and holding back. It isn"t a long poem (only 2 stanzas: everything about it seems understated and restrained, but it is the understatement that carries the message. It is often read at funerals: the speaker doesn"t want people to be sad at their funeral, they are promoting the idea that one should not mourn excessively.
