Confessional versus Lyrical Poetry
- Emily Bilman
- Sep 7, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 9, 2020
Confessional poetry deals with the poet's apperception
or the assimilation of her life-experience whereas lyrical
poetry concentrates on her immediate feelings and
sensations. The former allows the poet self-reflexivity
which can also be termed self-consciousness. This quality
opens up a meta-dimension in the poems which can lead
to the discovery of new words and new forms of poetry.
Perhaps confessional poetry can be considered to be
deeper whereas lyrical poetry can just scan the surface
of the poet's inner life. Perhaps the lyrical self is closer
to Nature which it celebrates whereas the former
analyses the inner workings of the mind.
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