GRAHAM SWIFT’S POEMS: SIMILARITIES WITH HAIKU
GRAHAM SWIFT’S POEMS: SIMILARITIES WITH HAIKU
Author(s): Irina-Ana DrobotSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: lyricism; culture; ellipsis; juxtaposition; mere-exposure effect
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyse Graham Swiftřs poetry technique in comparison with Japanese haiku. The theories by Corneliu Traian Atanasiu (the haiku professor of the Romanian Haiku Group) will add insight to the way Swiftřs poems both resemble and differ from Japanese haiku. Concrete imagery, brevity, and allusions are features which are found both in haiku and in Swiftřs poems. Swift combines another culture with his own by adapting haiku techniques to Western poetry. The comparison with haiku helps us gain insight into understanding Swiftřs particular poetic style.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 08
- Page Range: 619-628
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English