Barbour Final

“I have measured out my life in coffee spoons”

T.S Eliot, The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock

“April is the cruelest month, breeding

     Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing

     Memory and desire, stirring

     Dull roots with spring rain”

T.S Eliot, The Waste Land

“Her wonders are humble and improbable, but as necessary as the spectacular marvels worked by cathedral saints.”

Isabel Allende, Clarisa

“If space is infinite, we may be at any point in space. 
If time is infinite, we may be at any point in time.”

Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand

Subjective

Centered in the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought

Formalist

The meaning is in the form and content

Eclectic

Attempts/has internal unity but comes across as a myth

Free Verse

No consistent pattern. Written how you would speak it.

Post-Modern

Literary movement in 20th century poetry.

Magical Realism

Incorporates magical elements into a realistic setting.

Stream of Consciousness

Technique aiming to depict the unfiltered stream of thoughts from a character.

Grand Narrative

Narrative asserting a universal truth.

Meta-Narrative

Same as grand narrative

“We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we start

And know the place for the first time.”

T. S. Eliot, “Little Gidding” The Wasteland