Critical Commentary (Week 11)

This weeks commentary is delving further in the use of oratory aspect of poetry in written format instead of performance. The biggest focus would be the use of the refrain in poetry, Last week I referenced Lucille Clifton as someone I've noticed whose poetry has an oratorical context as well. The use of the repeating word "Move" in the poem we were assigned by her shows a good example of this; Reading it actually makes me question why isn't the refrain used in performance poetry more. Wondering if the reason is because the refrain requires a use of repeating the same word or phrase would it get tiring to the audience or trying to keep the phrase from sounding repetitive in the context of the poem. Something to start thinking about with more poems.