Robert Wrigley

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This paper reviews and discusses the poem "News" by Robert Wrigley. According to the paper, one of the most interesting things about this poem is that in just four stanzas, it tells a story. The paper further discusses how the use of juxtaposition makes the poem so effective.

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"Rather than rhyme, Wrigley uses a natural rhythm that goes well with the jazz music by such blues singers as Billie Holiday. It is melodic with different paces, given the varying number syllables in the lines. Although there is not exact alliteration, the words move and wave together, such as the metaphors "the static, a kind of extra-tempo air-drum percussion," and "its eyelash/ legs sprawled left and right, indecorously."
"Mood is very important in this poem. It combines sound or lack of it(music and chirping and silence of the outdoors), vision (the bird flying in the garage, the man bending down and cupping the bird in his hand, the bird flying free), and touch (the stroking of the bird's soft down). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Interview with Robert Wrigley. Fugue. University of Idaho. Retrieved January 12, 2007http://www.uidaho.edu/fugue/robert_wrigley.htm.
• Wrigley, R. (2006). Earthly Meditation. New York: Penguin Books.

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