What Is Poetic Voice?
Dana Gioia explores how poetry captures the unique power of the human voice — both on the page and in performance.
September 29, 2021
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In this video I explore how poetry captures the unique power of the human voice — both on the page and in performance. The examples I use include Louise Bogan’s “Cassandra,” Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son,” Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays,” Weldon Kees’s “For My Daughter,” E.A. Robinson’s “Luke Havergal,” and Erich Fried’s “The Measures Taken.” — Dana Gioia
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