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Confessional poetry

Meaning in literature, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In literature, confessional poetry means: Poetry associated with frank treatment of intimate personal experiences.

In Turkish: itirafçı şiir

How it is used

Use for a poetic mode and historical tendency; do not assume every speaker is identical to the poet.

Example sentences

  1. The seminar on confessional poetry examined how private shame becomes a public voice.

    The discussion concerns the shaping of intimate material for readers.

  2. Her essay on confessional poetry distinguishes the crafted speaker from biographical evidence.

    The analysis avoids treating a poem as an unedited personal document.

Common collocations

  • write confessional poetry
  • confessional poetry movement
  • literary personaA constructed speaking identity in a literary work, separate from the real author, through which feelings, attitudes, or observations are presented.
  • lyric poetryPoetry that expresses personal feeling, mood, or thought, often in a musical and concentrated form rather than telling a long story.

More terms: Poetry

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