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Jack Kerouac had released the albums Poetry for the Beat Generation and Blues and Haikus in 1959, following the publication of his book The Dharma Bums. Both records featured Kerouac reading his work with jazz-based accompaniment. For Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation, however, Kerouac decided to record a wholly spoken word album. [1]
In 17th-century Japan, Matsuo BashÅ originated haibun, a form of prose poetry combining haiku with prose. It is best exemplified by his book Oku no Hosomichi, [4] in which he used a literary genre of prose-and-poetry composition of multidimensional writing. [5] In the West, prose poetry originated in early-19th-century France and Germany as a ...
Spoken word is a "catchall" term that includes any kind of poetry recited aloud, including poetry readings, poetry slams, jazz poetry, pianologues, musical readings, and hip hop music, and can include comedy routines and prose monologues. [1]
This is the lasting viral component of Spoken Word and one of the most popular forms of poetry in the 21st century. It is a new oral poetry originating in the 1980s in Austin, Texas, using the speaking voice and other theatrical elements. Practitioners write for the speaking voice instead of writing poetry for the silent printed page.
Oral literature, orature, or folk literature is a genre of literature that is spoken or sung in contrast to that which is written, though much oral literature has been transcribed. [1] There is no standard definition, as anthropologists have used varying descriptions for oral literature or folk literature.
Poems and Songs of Middle Earth [a] is a studio album of spoken-word poetry by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien and art songs composed by the English musician Donald Swann. On the first half of the album, Tolkien recites seven poems from or related to his fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
The derived adjective prosimetrical occurs in English as early as Thomas Blount’s Glossographia (1656) where it is defined as "consisting partly of Prose, partly of Meteer or Verse". [7] Works such as historical chronicles and annals, which quote poetry previously composed by other authors, are not generally regarded as "true" prosimetra. [8]
Narrative poems do not need to rhyme. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long, and the story it relates to may be complex. It is normally dramatic, with various characters. [1] Narrative poems include all epic poetry, and the various types of "lay", [2] most ballads, and some idylls, as well as many poems not falling into a ...