A Collection of My Work

<p>The following writing is representational of work created in the past two years. The essays included are very special to me as I often chose to compare or describe things, writers or situations that are not usually thought of in those chosen combinations.</p> <p>During my time at Dominican, I discovered Adelaide Crapsey, who invented the poetic form of the Cinquain. I found it a challenge to master the form; I have included forty-eight of my attempts – good, bad and excellent – along with a short introduction to Adelaide and her work.</p> <p>After the Cinquains and four essays, I present an analysis of an original poem entitled, “The Maiden and the Horse or How the Horse got its Boots”, a poem written in blank verse. The analysis was presented at a week-long intensive at Dominican in January 2022.</p> <p>After the analysis of the poem, I present a copy of a workshop given at Dominican in October of 2021, entitled “The Iambic Heart”, discussing various applications of iambic meter for various styles of writing. I felt it was an important workshop for awareness of meter, as iambic meter closely resembles the beat of the human heart. I thought it was particularly important for those writers studying a medical tract application in writing, which I am not.</p> <p>I close with favorite poems written in free verse just to show that, even though I compose much poetry adhering closely to traditional form, I can and do write in free verse.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Creative Writing

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• White, Sandy

Contributors dc:contributor

• Robert Bradford, MA
• Joan Baranow, PhD

• Poetry
• Creative Writing

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.dominican.edu/creative-writing-masters-theses/11

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.dominican.edu:creative-writing-masters-theses-1010