\"Babelogue\" and \"Seventh Heaven\" by Patti Smith notes PDF

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Notes on "Babelogue" and "Seventh Heaven" by Patti Smith from Professor Uche Nduka's Intro to Poetry class...

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October 24 - Patti Smith Tuesday, October 24, 2017

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4:48 PM

Poet, singer-songwriter, visual artist, memoirist Called "Punk Poet Laureate"; "Godmother of Punk" Influences: Genet, Artaud, Rimbaud, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix Statements: ○ I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female, I'm an artist ○ I don’t consider writing a quiet, closet act. I consider it a real physical act. When I'm home, writing on the typewriter, I go crazy. I move like a monkey. I've met myself, I've come in my pants writing" what the fuck I just realized what that meant

Babelogue: - first line: live in the moment, not caring about anything - Issa prose poem - Pretty sexual, erotic references - Embracing herself as a woman - Democratic embrace - Seeking the future "I am lying peacefully and my knees are open to the sun" - Rebellious "one who has not sold her soul to god nor any other" ○ Outrageous that she said this during the time it was written (1970s) ○ Wont let anyone tell her anything about herself - Accepts who she is "we worship the flaw. the mole on the belly of an exquisite whore" - Defiance against society - If you know your enemies, fight them - If you know the source of the problem, fix it. Don’t let there be more victims - Radical openness - An artist doesn't retire ○ If you can still move your limbs, you can still work - "one who has not sold her soul to god nor any other" -> "the mole on the belly of an exquisite whore" ○ Doesn't want to patronize the whore, but society does

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Prose poem, no capitalization

Seventh Heaven - Stereotype is that we should all be innocent but we're really not - Eve was minding her business, Satan comes over and starts to stir things up (the snake and the apple), Eve is getting the blame for Satan's doings - "it killed the pussy" goes hand in hand with "curiosity killed the cat" - "One bad apple spoiled the whole shot" = Eve Poem's style and features: -stream of consciousness -raw, energetic -questing -nimble -romantic -lyrical -mystical -sexy, erotic -political -liberatory -empowering -empowering prosody -biblical allusion -historical allusion JOURNAL ENTRY: What is oppositional in Patti Smith's "High on Rebellion" and "Amelia Earhart"? Countercultural fishures Themes Styles...