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- Persona poetry is poetry that is written from the perspective of a 'persona' that a poet creates, who is the speaker of the poem. Dramatic monologues are a type of persona poem, because "as they must create a character, necessarily create a persona". The editors of A Face to Meet the Faces: The Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry state that “The literary tradition of persona, of writing poems in voices or from perspectives other than the poet's own, is ancient in origin and contemporary in practice.” Furthermore, a wide range of characters are created in persona poems from a variety of sources, including, "popular culture, history, the Bible, literature, mythology, newspaper clippings, legends, fairy tales, and comic books.” Stock characters of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, such as Pierrot, have been revived by twentieth century poets such as T. S. Eliot and Giannina Braschi, and by singer-songwriters such as David Bowie. Modernist poets Ezra Pound, Fernando Pessoa, Rainer Maria Rilke, and confessional poet Sylvia Plath also wrote a personae poems. (en)
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- Persona poetry is poetry that is written from the perspective of a 'persona' that a poet creates, who is the speaker of the poem. Dramatic monologues are a type of persona poem, because "as they must create a character, necessarily create a persona". Stock characters of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, such as Pierrot, have been revived by twentieth century poets such as T. S. Eliot and Giannina Braschi, and by singer-songwriters such as David Bowie. Modernist poets Ezra Pound, Fernando Pessoa, Rainer Maria Rilke, and confessional poet Sylvia Plath also wrote a personae poems. (en)
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