The two poets that we discussed in class today were Li Po ("Li Bai") and Tu Fu ("Du Fu"), who both wrote during the T'ang Dynasty (618-907 AD). With a narrative poem, the writer is concerned about where the bullet came from and where it is going conversely, lyric poems are more concerned with where the bullet is at a specific point in time. A narrative poem is like a film or novel that is long and tells a story, whereas a lyric poem is shorter and pertains to one specific moment with consideration of that moment. To better understand the differences between the two, an analogy was drawn between the term "bullet time" and the two styles of poetry structure. Today in class we discussed the difference between the "narrative" and "lyric" styles of poetry.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |