Murray State Theses and Dissertations
Abstract
The poet Czeslaw Milosz said that "The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person." My thesis introduction explores the use of personae, and how a creative persona can help a poet or writer say things that they either couldn't say or wouldn't have been able to say. The thesis introduction also contends that through the use of personae a writer can, as Brian Brodeur writes, "enlarge their concerns," and that a poet can use personae to find their truer, authentic voice. The creative section of the thesis, "Trying You," includes a selection of poems in which I've employed a number of personae strategies in order to expand my concerns and so reach places where I am more than just one person.
Year manuscript completed
2018
Year degree awarded
2018
Author's Keywords
persona, using personae creatively, persona poems, creative masks, T.S Eliot, "The Three Voices of Poetry"
Thesis Advisor
Blas Falconer
Committee Member
Christina Olson
Committee Member
Jeffrey Skinner
Document Type
Thesis - Murray State Access only
Recommended Citation
Pierzchala, Eric, "Trying You" (2018). Murray State Theses and Dissertations. 78.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/etd/78