Dr. Uncle Jerry University: Poetry 101
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We’re doing something a bit different today! Some conversations have popped up in various comment sections about why Uncle Jerry prefers specific types of poetry, and which lenses we use to dissect those poems, whether we’re talking about Charles Dickens, Emily Dickenson, or Taylor Swift. So Uncle Jerry put together a lecture explaining how and why he views certain poetic styles the way he does, and explains the different criticism styles and theories we use to understand a poem’s meaning and impact.
Hope you enjoy! Please leave any questions in the comments that he can answer either here or in a later episode.
Works Cited:
Is There a Text in This Class? – Stanley Fish – Aff Link
Stephen Greenblatt and New Historicism
Sketches by Boz – Charles Dickens – Aff Link
Shakespeare's Sonnets & Poems – William Shakespeare – Aff Link
Ballad Meter (or Common Measure)
Life Studies – Robert Lowell – Aff Link
The Collected Poems – Sylvia Plath – Aff Link
My Papa’s Waltz – Theodore Roethke
Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture Paperback – Dana Gioia – Aff Link
A Bit Much – Lyndsay Rush – Aff Link
The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix
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