The music of life in Galway Kinnell's poetry

• Main Author: Leong, Jia En
• Other Authors: Neil Murphy
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152062
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In Galway Kinnell’s poetry, the musicality of words is central to his artistic process of shaping poetic form. In many of his poems, various soundful dictions and poetic devices are utilised to enhance the rhythm of the piece which in turn generate deep engagement with topics such as love and mortal...