Moderated by Margaret Robb. Beginning with readings of modern poetry, the speakers express a sense of loss in the American experience expressing society in tension with idealism. Modern society seems to expect humans to be analytical and temperate in emotions, but the cry of the natural man seeks expression. Differences in older vs. modern poetry include the diversity of poets, who create language with new meanings and interpretations. For example, the speakers discuss several African poets as adherents of the school of "negritude" in modern poetry. Poetry is often comparative, beginning with an observation, then comparison, and then the verse.
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Moderated by Margaret Robb. Beginning with readings of modern poetry, the speakers express a sense of loss in the American experience expressing society in tension with idealism. Modern society seems to expect humans to be analytical and temperate in emotions, but the cry of the natural man seeks expression. Differences in older vs. modern poetry include the diversity of poets, who create language with new meanings and interpretations. For example, the speakers discuss several African poets as adherents of the school of "negritude" in modern poetry. Poetry is often comparative, beginning with an observation, then comparison, and then the verse.
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