Lyric address and the problem of community
Investigation of the contribution of address to a wide variety of lyric communities begins with songs sung at sporting events, before moving to lyric poems from Petrarch to Ashbery. Direct address to readers is one possibility, but the ambiguous...
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Investigation of the contribution of address to a wide variety of lyric communities begins with songs sung at sporting events, before moving to lyric poems from Petrarch to Ashbery. Direct address to readers is one possibility, but the ambiguous 'you' in many poems may be more effective. 'We', by contrast, seems either presumptuous or merely wishful. Finally, the assumption that the formation of lyric communities is necessarily a good thing is challenged.
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