Anthropology 2250F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Def Poetry Jam, Polysyndeton, Alurista
23 Jan 2018
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Chapter 4: from speech play to verbal art. Forms of speech play that, combined, usually constitute verbal art: A word or sequence of words that are the same whether read forward or backward. A man, a plan, a canal, panama. Rearranging the words of an expression to create a different but related point. A poem whose first letter of each line come together to spell a word related to an idea in the poem. Wandering, through many a year, mongst cumbria"s hills, Plays with the positioning of the words and lines to visually represent an idea from the poem. O"er her wild fells, sweet vales, and sunny lakes, Rich stores of thought thy musing mind distils, Such was thy life a poet"s life, i ween; Thus in the side excursion of thy mind, High thoughts in words of worth we still may find.
