Reading Series: Listen to "Astral," "To Burn with a Low Blue Flame," and "Slow Burn" from "Duende"
This week, listen to readings of three of Tracy K. Smith's poems from Duende.
Astral:
To Burn with a Low Blue Flame:
Slow Burn:
Poetry Workshop: Alliteration
Poetry Workshop #2 Welcome to the second poetry workshop! In this series, you will be introduced to a myriad of poetic techniques and styles and discover how Tracy K. Smith in particular employs such tools into her own writing. Today, let’s dive into Smith’s use of alliteration. What is alliteration? According to Merriam-Webster, alliteration is “the use of words that begin with the same sound near one another.” For example, the phrases b abbling b rook and w ild and w ooly use alliteration due to the fact that there is the occurrence of the same letter – in the first case the use of “b” and in the second case the use of “w” – at the beginning of closely connected words. Generally, in alliteration, the words should follow in quick succession as they do in the previous two examples. In addition, the key to alliteration is that the words must begin with the same sound , not necessarily the same letter. That’s why “ g ym j unkie” is alliterative while “green gin” is not. How does t...
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