Classic Vs. Modern Poetry (Part One)

» pamela_saint - Poetry Forms

I like the poems you chose to illustrate your discussion. Morning Song is one of my favorite Plath poems. Looking forward to part 2!

-- posted by pamela_saint

» SamAJPillay - Classic Vs Modern Poerty (Part One)

You play an unintrusive midwife to the poets.

In Cullen's Yet Do I Marvel you remind me of a timeless human pursuit; that of the search for relevance in a transitory terrestrial state. Perhaps, therefore, Cullen's use of 'if' and 'yet' are apposite?

You pose a question (rhetorical?) on Plath's Morning Song: Is it a departure from traditional thought as well as from its perception of the maternal role? I wonder if the 'sea [that] moves in my ear' is not also the unfathomable alienation that portends from a 'mouth . . . clean as a cat's'?

Emerson's verse takes me back (forward?) to Cullen in Harlem.

For me, while the one poses the issue of transitory relevance, the other tackles the question of relevant morals.

Thank you for your essay. I look forward to Part Two.

Regards,
Sam

-- posted by SamAJPillay