Date of Award
4-26-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
English, MA
First Advisor
Khem Aryal
Committee Members
Kristi Costello; Michael Spikes
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2019 M35
Abstract
Throughout this creative thesis, I explore multiple themes such as love, sex, family, identity, mental illness, and loss in free verse form. Most of these poems are derived from personal experience, but I combine fantastical and/or surreal elements with my memories to distort them. Due to my academic background in analyzing modern and postmodern literature, my own work draws from similar manipulations of structure, language, and symbolism. I hope these opposing images and ideas come together to create simple but unique texts. In my critical introduction, I explore the history of free verse poetry and the nature of configuring lineation and rhythm. I also refer to major Imagist poets T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, magical realist poet Pablo Neruda, and Ellen Bass, connecting specific pieces to their work and those traditions.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
McNeely, Talena Michele, "The Shadow and the Song" (2019). Student Theses and Dissertations. 447.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/447
