Modern Poetry 1: Initial Response

My first response to the articles was that they were in debt and informative concerning poetry. I highly respect H.D. and Lowell simply because they’re women following their passion for writing in very sexist times. Their dense lives outside of poetry was impressive and interesting. This gave a face behind the writing. Usually knowing aContinue reading “Modern Poetry 1: Initial Response”

Rhetorical Situation

Bitzer refers to rhetorical situation as natural context of persons, events, objects, relations, and exigence. Rhetoric involves changes in reality that leads to persuasion. This means that in response to rhetorical situation, there is rhetorical discourse. Key terms used to define and explain rhetorical situation are exigence, audience, and constraints. Bitzer also used examples toContinue reading “Rhetorical Situation”

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