Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe following collection contains a mixture of semi-autobiographical verse, persona poems, and dramatic monologues. My main objectives in this thesis were to capture a balance between autobiographical details and fiction, narrative and lyric modes, and difficulty and accessibility in order to demonstrate how poetry is not need not be confined to the reductionist labels which many contemporary American poets and critics use to teach and conceive of poetry. I found that poems move easily between such binaries and are often comprised of a blend of these seemingly exclusive elements.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts in English
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Year
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Dale, Allyson Page
- Contributors dc:contributor
-
- Sara Burge
Subjects
dc:subject × 9Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
-
- © Allyson Page Dale
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/1146
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-2147