Breaking (Down) the Sound Barrier: Explorations of Sound Patterning as a Distinct and Disparate Layer of Meaning
type: CreativeWork
description: This paper is an exploration of how sound and sound play create layers of meaning and complexity in poetry in relation to and alongside semantic meaning. Employing Stephen Burt's description of the nearly Baroque, Baroque Baroque, and rococo to categorize kinds of poems, techniques such as syntax, alliteration, assonance, and rhythm are identified and addressed in various contemporary poems from Karen Volkman, Lucie Brock-Broido, and Jorie Graham. The study concludes by identifying how the techniques may affect the writer's creative work.
abstract: This paper is an exploration of how sound and sound play create layers of meaning and complexity in poetry in relation to and alongside semantic meaning. Employing Stephen Burt's description of the nearly Baroque, Baroque Baroque, and rococo to categorize kinds of poems, techniques such as syntax, alliteration, assonance, and rhythm are identified and addressed in various contemporary poems from Karen Volkman, Lucie Brock-Broido, and Jorie Graham. The study concludes by identifying how the techniques may affect the writer's creative work.
author: Pollokoff, Abigail
language: en_US
keywords: Jorie Graham, Karen Volkman, Lucie Brock-Broido, Poetry, Sound, Sound play
date published: 2016-07-14
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:58:01Z
provider: University of Washington
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Washington

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