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How do you analyze a poet?
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I have to write a paper.. I have to analyze a poet..

When I got the assignment I was thinking yeah sure this'll be easy as pie.
But now that I'm sitting here trying to start it I'm wondering what the hell am I supposed to write?

I could analyze a poem.. but an entire poet?
Any ideas? I'm baffled and quite frustrated.

I really just need direction here. Thanks in advance.


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: igwna]
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its best to analyze poets when you are on opiates, you should take some opiates


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"If we could sniff or swallow something that would, for five or six hours each day, abolish our solitude as individuals, atone us with our fellows in a glowing exaltation of affection and make life in all its aspects seem not only worth living, but divinely beautiful and significant, and if this heavenly, world-transfiguring drug were of such a kind that we could wake up next morning with a clear head and an undamaged constitution - then, it seems to me, all our problems (and not merely the one small problem of discovering a novel pleasure) would be wholly solved and earth would become paradise." - Aldous Huxley
:drooling:GIVE ME OPIATES OR GIVE ME DEATH:drooling:

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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: aDoS]
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you have to analyze a poet instead of a poem?
who's the poet?
get a bunch of his/her poems and analyze them first!


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: SampaJasli]
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Hmm that seems like a good place to start.

I chose Robert Frost.. cause I love his stuff..
but sitting here trying to figure out to analyze HIM and not his POEMS, realizing it was a strange request.. Maybe I should just review some of his poems and call it a paper?


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Edited by igwna (11/17/08 09:25 PM)

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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: igwna]
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I hate doing that shit all together. Especially when you get a bad grade when it's your own damn opinion.


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: aDoS]
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aDoS said:
its best to analyze poets when you are on opiates, you should take some opiates


Did you just discover opiates or something?


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: igwna]
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no I discovered opiates 6-7 years ago

opiates makes poetry better you should take some


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"If we could sniff or swallow something that would, for five or six hours each day, abolish our solitude as individuals, atone us with our fellows in a glowing exaltation of affection and make life in all its aspects seem not only worth living, but divinely beautiful and significant, and if this heavenly, world-transfiguring drug were of such a kind that we could wake up next morning with a clear head and an undamaged constitution - then, it seems to me, all our problems (and not merely the one small problem of discovering a novel pleasure) would be wholly solved and earth would become paradise." - Aldous Huxley
:drooling:GIVE ME OPIATES OR GIVE ME DEATH:drooling:

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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: aDoS]
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Alright.. I'll get right on that!






and if anyone else has any ideas.. feel free to share.
I'm sorta stuck.


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: aDoS]
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I smoked an opium spliff and watched 30 Days of Night once. It was fucked up.


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: igwna]
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Analyze things like his childhood (general upbringing/parents), teens, later life, any stylistic devices he uses often, the tone/mood of his works which should relate back to his childhood. As you look into these things you'll probably dig up interesting tidbits and you'll be able to weave a complex web of "analytical bullshit" haha. Some of those topics can actually get very info-heavy, so just remember to relate it back to his 'unique writing style' and possibly the genre of poetry he writes.

Anyways, hope this helps!

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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: igwna]
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Do you have to stay with Robert Frost because Sylvia Plath is a wicked easy one to analyze!

I wrote 2 papers on her in high school. She had a messed up childhood. Tried to kill herself multiple time. Got electron shock therepy and other fun stuff... Ultimately she wrote a lot about dark depression and such and ended up killing herself. Her poetry kind of mirrored her life.


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: junkyardgod]
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Awesome! Thanks, I'll try some of those techniques aswell as reviewing one or two of his smaller works. That should give me a good portion of the body of my paper :grin:


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: Lndrydusting]
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I can do whoever I like.

I sorta want to stick with frost simply because I've analyzed a few of his poems for this teacher and i kinda wanna.. idk, stick with it i guess.


I'm a stubborn bastard.


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: igwna]
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yeah lots of good ideas
im sure you'll be able to write a decent paper

hmm i think ill have to check out sylvia plath out now
and ive been meaning to check out opiates as well :P

i can wait until spring


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: igwna]
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That sounds like an assignment i could definitly get into. I would probably choose Saul Williams, who happens to be this poet/musican/actor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Williams


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: thePatient]
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saul williams is a beast
spoken word is a pretty awesome genre
check out this number i found on youtube by marty mcconnell on def poetry jam:



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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: thePatient]
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thePatient said:
That sounds like an assignment i could definitly get into. I would probably choose Saul Williams, who happens to be this poet/musican/actor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Williams


Mm I am jealous of you. It is rather difficult for me to get into what I'm writing unless I start it well... not stumped :tongue:


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: igwna]
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I'm just going to give this whole thing a HUGE stab in the dark, not entirely SURE what I'm supposed to be doing...

I'll throw it up here when I complete it, but I promise it will be garbage.

I can't very well put EVERY poem into it while reviewing them (i've decided to just review a line here and there from random poems and a couple full poems [short ones])

but as I said I have no idea what I'm doing so I'm REALLY just bullshitting it.


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: destructo_low]
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destructo_low said:
I smoked an opium spliff and watched 30 Days of Night once. It was fucked up.


opium spliff?

sounds like the biggest waste of an expensive substance ever.

chase the dragon man.


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Re: How do you analyze a poet? [Re: igwna]
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Here's a couple facts about RF to help you get started:

-He wrote every poem in the first person
-People in his family (including himself) had bouts of mental illness (his sister was committed young into a mental instiution where she died)
-The Atlantic Monthly originally rejected a bunch of his poems and later (after he became known) when they asked him to submit a few he gave them the same ones they had earlier rejected
-Frost once said" I would have it written on my grave stone:I had a lover's quarrel with the world
-His daughter irma was also commited to a mental institution
-He lived an farmed in NH before his poetry career took off but he was not originally from NH
-His work is usually associated with "life and landscapes"
-His poetry style was that of traditional verse forms and metrics (rhymes and such)


Got all that from a few websites off a google search...
Hope this helps!


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