Issues of First World War English poetry
19 Outubro 2020, 09:30 • Luísa Maria Rodrigues Flora
Issues of First World War English poetry.
The need for a new poetical language and a few examples.
Edward Thomas, 'Rain' - acceptance of death as the natural outcome for all the living, rain as cleansing element and making everyone dissolve into the natural world. Sadness but mostly acceptance and a feeling of delivery from suffering.
Reading of a few short poems by Sassoon in the context of the creation of Wilfred Owen's poetical voice.
Reading of a few short poems by Sassoon in the context of the creation of Wilfred Owen's poetical voice.
Note: only roughly half the expected students were able to access the Zoom meeting. Some of these were at the Faculty and wrote me about the difficulties of having a proper internet connection while there.