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Read and annotate "Robert Lowell 101" by Benjamin Voigt (Links to an external site.) on the Poetry Foundation website, along with all of the Lowell poems that are linked in the article.
Write a short Discussion Post in which you define the following terms from Voigt's essay and provide examples from Lowell's poetry. Don't just quote Voigt's use of the term - look at the poem he is referring to, and provide your own quotation from the poem. Use a dictionary and/or Wikipedia (or other encyclopedia) to help you define the terms.
Prosody
Allusion
Sensibility
Meter/Metrical
Confessional poetry
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Prosody
Prosody refers to speech intonation, stress, and rhythm that help provide a deeper
meaning of information than literal words. For example, in the poem 'I’m an Avid Skier’ by Jill
Magi (2019), the persona changes the tone while reciting the statement ‘when I was young, I’ve
enjoyed helping mom… As I grew old… I desired to help others as well’ The prosody here
signifies that the speaker is compassionate, caring, loving, and mindful. The emotional and cool
tone speaks louder than words can express the desire.
Allusion
An allusion is an indirect reference to something or someone. That is, referring to
something without necessarily mentioning its real name. In the poem 'I, Too,' Langston Hughes
(2019) says, 'I am the darker brother. they send me to eat in the kitchen.’ ‘Darker brother’
means ‘different from others’ and ‘to eat in the kitchen’ means 'to discriminate.'
Sensibility
It is the ability to appreciate artistic works and respond to emotions. They enable the
poetic to choose the correct words that best describe feelings and tone. The title itself is
sensibility in the poem ‘As serious as a heart attack’ by Kalamu Ya Salaam (2020). 'Seriousness'
has been symbolically compared with ‘...