Meghan JohnssonHip, Hop, the Hippie to the Hippie, the Hip Hip a Hop, and You Don’t Stop…This infamous hip hop song was one of the first of its kind in 1979. Since the Rapper’s Delight, the genre has exponentially evolved, as…Oct 31, 20222Oct 31, 20222
Meghan JohnssonFeeling BlueThe blues is much more than the Apple ringtone sound makes it seem. Uniquely American, the blues is a musical form of poetry that often…Oct 24, 20221Oct 24, 20221
Meghan JohnssonMortal, yet Vital: a SonnetMarilyn Hacker is correct in her analysis of the typical American student’s exposure to sonnets, being limited and reduced one pretty…Oct 10, 20222Oct 10, 20222
Meghan JohnssonA Chain-Letter TragedyThe poem, Chain-Letter Pantoum, by Vince Gotera, follows the rules of the pantoum form of poetry, while simultaneously displaying what the…Oct 3, 20222Oct 3, 20222
Meghan JohnssonThe Haiku and ImageryThe Haiku, created by Matsuo Bashō in the seventeenth century, is a short, three line poem consisting of five syllables in the first line…Sep 19, 20222Sep 19, 20222
Meghan JohnssonThe Ghazal and RepetitionThe Ghazal is a type of poem thats roots step from seventh-century Arabia. It can be described having “formal disunity”, arranged in…Sep 12, 2022Sep 12, 2022
