Jail Poems (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Bob Kaufman
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Prisoners, Prisons, Crime or criminals, Class consciousness, Loneliness
The Poem
“Jail Poems” is a collection of thirty-four numbered lyric strophes (irregular stanzas) that vary in length from one to fourteen lines and function together to convey a series of related though disparate images for the reader. The title of this poem not only sets the mood but also reveals the setting in which the poem is reported to have been written and serves as a recurrent theme throughout. From his perspective inside the jail, the narrator describes the various sensory and reflective perceptions of an inmate, variously turning his eye toward his surroundings,...
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