This Wound is a World by Billy Ray Belcourt is a new poetry anthology. Because its so new, this is a great resource that may not be available elsewhere! Use it to study and understand concepts for ENGL 253.02 at University of Calgary.
2016 Rhodes Scholar
UBC Assistant Prof in Indigenous Creative Writing
2 poetry and 1 essay books
“manifesto” (enraged, provocative) tone from the book
Tone: mood, feeling, atmosphere, overall effect of a poem
Elegy: a formal poem of lament usually mourning the death of an individual
Lyric: a relatively brief poem featuring a single speaker expressing thoughts/feelings
Many forms: sonnet, ode, free verse
In ancient Greece, lyric poems were sung to the accompaniment of a lyre
Dominant form since Romantic period
Ode: lyric poem celebrating and often addressed to a person, thing or abstraction
Elevated, serious tone
3 forms
o Pindaric ode: original Greek ode, rare in English
o Horatian ode: more personal tone
o Cowleyan ode: irregular
Apostrophe: an address to an absent person, thing or abstract idea
Metonymy: figure of speech in which a word stands for an object/concept its related to
EX: crown is a metonymy for the monarchy
Synecdoche: category of metonym where a part stands for the whole
EX: hand is a synecdoche for worker
Negative Capability
Introduced by Romantic poet John Keats in a letter to his brothers in 1817
State in which one is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, w/o any irritable
reaching after fact/reason
Puzzlement and pleasure together – the way to enjoy poetry
Free Verse
Majority of contemporary and modern poetry
No fixed meter or rhyme scheme
Sound & rhythm is of prime importance
Patterns appear, but they are unique/organic to the poem, not pre-determined
Prose Poem
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