Quote (Hanmin @ Tue, Feb 17 2009, 08:40pm)
Edgar Allan Poe's To Hellen and To My Mother
Slyvia Plath's Daddy and Lady Lazarus.
Ann Bradstreet's Upon the Burning of Our House
All these writings were very personal, in the case of some, like Poe, they released some of their poems under pseudonym. Some authors such as Bradstreet didn't expect their writings to be released. They weren't intended to anyone but themselves...a few of her poems are about her daily chores and tales of motherhood. The less of her famous ones would ONLY appeal to her. For Poe, a good chunk of his writing is him obsessing over previous and lost lovers..."to Lenore," to his lost wife Hellen, etc. You can't get more personal than that.
I dont really care. I was just correcting an ignorant statement.
I read the works you listed, and see clearly that our context of personal is different.
In juxtapose, in the ones by Sylvia Plath the tone is very different. I recall hearing of Plath; many poems she wrote were about her father, as she was a victim of incest rape. She often uses second, and first person, bold and accusing. I read 'Daddy' a long long time ago and the name of the author slipped my mind. Upon rereading it, I shivered with elation, yet trembled with constrict.
Thank you for reminding.
By all means, in retrospect I can see how what I said may show signs of ignorance, but to my perspective I mentioned what I felt restricted his poem.
I'm an amateur writer, but I don't intend to criticize anothers work while hiding behind detachment.
I've posted a couple pieces of my own actually, but I guess they weren't even worth criticizing.
http://forums.d2jsp.org/index.php?showtopic=27887346&f=266 This post was edited by Holland on Feb 18 2009 02:02am