Poetry and Pandemic: A Study of Two Viral Social-Media Poems during COVID 19 Lockdown
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| contents | Poetry and Pandemic: A Study of Two Viral Social-Media Poems during COVID 19 Lockdown Sreejata Roy Lengua y Literatura Viral Poetry Pandemic Social Media Covid 19 Poems The need for poetry and poets in society has been debated since Plato’s age. But at no time perhaps, its significance can be questioned as much as it has been during a crisis that demands immediate and concrete solutions and aid, like a pandemic. However, on the contrary, the current coronavirus pandemic necessitating social isolation and countrywide lockdowns has witnessed a sudden surge in the production of ‘social-media poetry’. The legitimacy of such poetry has often been debated but their popularity has proved that they are far from irrelevant. This paper intends to study two such viral poems, ‘Lockdown’ By Richard Hendrick and ‘The First Lines of Emails I’ve Received While Quarantining’ by Jessica Salfia. Unlike the poem-posts by popular Instapoets, these unembellished poems are by persons from ordinary walks of life with no aspiration to be a professional or famous. The objective is to explore the kind of sentiments readers are falling for at such an epoch shifting time as this and the new directions such poems indicate for contemporary poetry. The study also emphasizes that poetry as a genre is not just relevant but is perhaps more ‘essential’ than it has been in recent history in the wake of such viral poetry during the uncertainties of a pandemic. 2020 artículo científico 2582-0400 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=689074315008 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6890/689074315008/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6890/689074315008/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6890/689074315008/689074315008.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6890/689074315008/movil 10.47365/litinfinite.2.1.2020.44-53 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6890 Litinfinite application/pdf Penprints Publication Litinfinite (India) Num.1 Vol.2 |
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| spellingShingle | Poetry and Pandemic: A Study of Two Viral Social-Media Poems during COVID 19 Lockdown Sreejata Roy Lengua y Literatura Viral Poetry Pandemic Social Media Covid 19 Poems Poetry and Pandemic: A Study of Two Viral Social-Media Poems during COVID 19 Lockdown Sreejata Roy Lengua y Literatura Viral Poetry Pandemic Social Media Covid 19 Poems The need for poetry and poets in society has been debated since Plato’s age. But at no time perhaps, its significance can be questioned as much as it has been during a crisis that demands immediate and concrete solutions and aid, like a pandemic. However, on the contrary, the current coronavirus pandemic necessitating social isolation and countrywide lockdowns has witnessed a sudden surge in the production of ‘social-media poetry’. The legitimacy of such poetry has often been debated but their popularity has proved that they are far from irrelevant. This paper intends to study two such viral poems, ‘Lockdown’ By Richard Hendrick and ‘The First Lines of Emails I’ve Received While Quarantining’ by Jessica Salfia. Unlike the poem-posts by popular Instapoets, these unembellished poems are by persons from ordinary walks of life with no aspiration to be a professional or famous. The objective is to explore the kind of sentiments readers are falling for at such an epoch shifting time as this and the new directions such poems indicate for contemporary poetry. The study also emphasizes that poetry as a genre is not just relevant but is perhaps more ‘essential’ than it has been in recent history in the wake of such viral poetry during the uncertainties of a pandemic. 2020 artículo científico 2582-0400 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=689074315008 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6890/689074315008/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6890/689074315008/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6890/689074315008/689074315008.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6890/689074315008/movil 10.47365/litinfinite.2.1.2020.44-53 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6890 Litinfinite application/pdf Penprints Publication Litinfinite (India) Num.1 Vol.2 |
| title | Poetry and Pandemic: A Study of Two Viral Social-Media Poems during COVID 19 Lockdown |
| topic | Lengua y Literatura Viral Poetry Pandemic Social Media Covid 19 Poems |
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