Script
1. Introduction
Organic form- uses nature as a model for personal interpretation of the poet’s life while also
showing some expression of power something we don’t see in the Poem By George Oppen but
can be seen throughout other poems.
2.(Christina)Who is George Oppen
-Oppen was born in 1908 into a pretty wealthy family and later in his life, he was expelled from Warren Military Academy. In 1929 he moved to France with his wife Mary and two years later he began working. His editor at the time was Louis Zukofsky
Segue(Adrianna)Now to move onto one of the research questions that we have decided to look further into it opens your mind to look at the poem from the poet’s perspective and how it can often lead us to believe how the text conveys a specific message
3. (Adrianna) Main Point 1-In the poem, the tone often leads us to convey this specific meaning of lost love where in the text is this being shown, and how does the organic form differ from that of performance poetry?
The organic form is meant to use varying perceptions in which it tries
to get into the thinking and understanding process which can help later down the road when trying to get to the overall value of the poem.
Comparing organic form to performance poetry we see the key
difference in the forms when we know performance poetry is written to be performed to an audience. It is meant to be an oral performance for a crowd where it can explore a range of other themes. One is hip-hop poetry.
Whereas organic form sticks to a personalized message from the poet’s own life We can see this clearly when looking at “The Forms of Love” by
George Oppen. His poem uses the first person almost as though he is talking about himself. He repeats the phrase “I remember” as if he is remembering a memory he has had with someone else. His opening line starts as though he is reliving his past bringing in a sense of loneliness and lost love thinking about a past relationship. When you listen to the tone in his voice it feels more as though he is upset. He sounds kind of monotone while he reads the poem. His reading it out loud makes you think about how he can sound a bit upset and as if he is relieving what he went through in that relationship.
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Evidence Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZMqcm9R9tA
(Christina)Oppen reading it out loud gives off the sense as though the poem is about his personal life. Remembering a romantic date with someone. Since his tone is very monotone it creates this sense of sadness and lost love which can be his way of remembering what he once had and now all of a sudden it is over and now all he has is that memory. For example at the end of the poem when he states “we saw our heads ringing under the stars we walked to where it would have wet our feet had it been water”
(Adrianna)That gives a sense of remembering because of his choice of using “it would have wet our feet” because it seems as though it is in the past tense.
Segue(Christina)As we continue to our second point we will still keep our attention on
how he conveys romanticism and how he still uses tone but adding on to it showing that
he also uses Imagery to help his message come across.
4. (Adrianna) Main Point 2- How does “The Forms of Love ‘’ use imagery in the poem to represent the romantic language by repeating phrases showing that romantic language? And how does the organic form contribute to form constraint by using imagery and repetition?
(Christina)At times the form uses free verse along with reputation to detach the poet from the poem but uses their individual personal experiences to create a poem specific to their life this is mostly done by doing something with nature. This is represented in the book called “an Escalation of forms which states “the tendency of free verse to a fairly regular repetition of stresses creates a sense of relative detachment from the poet’s own experience of discovery. The free verse poem becomes individualized largely in terms of pace.” (326)
(Adrianna)often the organic form is compared to the free verse which uses
the idea of taking a personal experience and turning it into a poem. It uses
imagery to help the reader paint an image in their head as to what the author is trying to say George Oppen uses the words “leaving that ancient car” in that You can imagine someone getting out of one of those older-looking cars. This can be seen throughout the poem. He also creates a sense of romantic language using the tone of his voice because in the clip previously shown when he is reading out loud you can hear him remembering what happened because he uses his feelings to say what he wrote.
(Christina)The image of water comes up toward the end of the poem. He is
remembering them sitting at a lake. Maybe it was a first date or one of the first times they were together. This could have been important to him and it is a good memory that he associates with this person. He uses water in a romantic way. The way he is explaining the water and where they were and what they could have done if they were still at this place.
(Adrianna)how he also repeats “together” as though he is thinking about
someone he is with. They both have created this memory together. It’s kind of like we can picture each moment when he describes them as together. Like when he says “leaving the ancient car together” we can paint that image in our head of them leaving the car, and how they “grouped our way together downhill.”
(Christina)The connection between light and bright and how it could be his
moments remembering how in love he was with this person, and they were a bright person in his life, and they brought him joy.
Evidence Clip
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZMqcm9R9tA
8. (Christina)- Check out our linguistics architectural page on the medium website where we have all our research and the process we went through including thoughts on other class poems. Thank you guys so much for listening.
