ENGL 146 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Escarpment Blues, Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography, Sarah Harmer
18 Oct 2016
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English poet, born in 1844, died in 1889. Converted to catholicism, became a jesuit priest. Manipulation of prosody (he invented sprung rhythm) and use of imagery established him as an innovative writer of religious verse. Worked not published in his life, but in 1918 well after his death. Often seen as a precursor or bridge to modernist poetry. Volta (turn in thought) second stanza (9th line) Views god as greatest thing in the world. (cid:862)the (cid:449)orld is (cid:272)harged (cid:449)ith the gra(cid:374)deur of god. (cid:863: writer was alive around the time of the industrial revolution. Factories: thomas edison discovered electricity in the late 18th century. (cid:862)the (cid:449)orld is (cid:272)harged(cid:863) electricity, industry. (cid:862)it (cid:449)ill fla(cid:373)e out, like shi(cid:374)i(cid:374)g fro(cid:373) shook foil(cid:863: shine from foil blinding. The world is so great it is blinding. (cid:862)it gathers to a great(cid:374)ess, like the ooze of oil/crushed. (cid:863: (cid:862)like the ooze of oil(cid:863) simile. Very negative sounding: excited about nature/the world, but suddenly reality hits.
