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Select at least two poets who depend on the features of spoken language to achieve their effects. Discuss and illustrate some of the different ways spoken language is used to establish persona and develop the themes of the poets.
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Ashley Hilsdon Div 3 Select at least two poets who depend on the features of spoken language to achieve their effects. Discuss and illustrate some of the different ways spoken language is used to establish persona and develop the themes of the poets. The features of spoken English are often incorporated into poetry. The fragmented, layered and sometimes chaotic features that characterise Metaphysical poetry also conveniently describe the features of spoken English. However, the features of spoken English do not only extend to Metaphysical poetry. I have examined two ballads that were originally spoken as opposed to being written. Finally, a surprising source of the aforementioned characteristics is found in a poem from the Elizabethan period. As I mentioned, the first two poems, which group naturally together, are both Ballads. Due to the very nature of the form, both are of an anonymous source; we cannot make any assumptions as...
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