The Grief You Can Swallow and the Rage You Can't

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dc.contributor.authorDorrah, Kapreeceen
dc.contributor.committeechairJoseph, Janine Alissandra Fernandezen
dc.contributor.committeememberTerazawa, Sophia Emien
dc.contributor.committeememberPatel, Soham Sureshen
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-04T09:01:28Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-04T09:01:28Zen
dc.date.issued2025-01-03en
dc.description.abstract"The Grief You Can Swallow and the Rage You Can't" investigates the evolution of elegiac form through a collection of interconnected poems exploring contemporary loss. The manuscript develops new poetic architectures for expressing grief, employing multiple formal strategies including clinical studies, psalms, concrete poetry, and variant realities. Through the lens of personal loss the collection examines how traditional elegiac containers strain to hold modern experiences of mourning. The work engages with established forms like the ghazal and tanka while simultaneously developing experimental structures that challenge conventional approaches to grief poetry. Central to the manuscript is the metaphor of mutation, both in its exploration of cancer and in its formal innovations. The collection's structure moves from a communal invitation to a private dreamscape, ultimately ending without punctuation to suggest grief's resistance to closure. By integrating clinical language with raw emotion, developing rage as a distinct poetic dialect, and creating hybrid forms that bridge presence and absence, the manuscript proposes new possibilities for elegiac expression in the contemporary era.en
dc.description.abstractgeneral"The Grief You Can Swallow and the Rage You Can't" explores how we process the loss of loved ones in today's digital age. This collection of poems follows a son's journey through grief after his mother's death, using various poetic forms to capture different aspects of mourning - from clinical hospital reports to dream sequences. The poems explore how grief changes shape over time, much like cancer cells mutate, and how rage becomes its own form of remembrance. Moving between childhood memories in convenience stores, imagined alternate realities, and surreal dreams where the mother still lives, the collection suggests that modern grief refuses simple resolution. Instead of trying to "move on," these poems propose that loss becomes part of our DNA, constantly evolving but never truly ending. Through both traditional poetry forms and experimental approaches, the manuscript examines how we carry grief in an age where our loved ones leave behind both physical and digital echoes.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Fine Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:42427en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/123903en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcontemporary elegyen
dc.subjectgrief poetryen
dc.subjectrageen
dc.subjectexperimental formsen
dc.subjectmutationen
dc.subjectclinical poetryen
dc.subjectmemoryen
dc.subjecttraumaen
dc.subjectcancer metaphoren
dc.subjectvisual poetryen
dc.subjectpsalmsen
dc.subjecttankaen
dc.subjectghazalen
dc.subjectAfrican American poetryen
dc.subjecthip-hop poeticsen
dc.titleThe Grief You Can Swallow and the Rage You Can'ten
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCreative Writingen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Artsen

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