Abstract
The simplicity of Louise Bennett's prosody defies lengthy consideration, or so it would seem. She always uses the same form, the ballad, and nearly all her poems take the same shape: four line stanzas with an abcb rhyme scheme. The majority are dramatic monologues of between 5 and 13 stanzas. Her technique appears to be consistent from her first poem until her last. What is there to discuss?
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 19-34 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of West Indian Literature |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 45323 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- poetry
- folklore
- Bennett, Louise, 1919-2006