- Main characteristics of the carmine attitude
- Main elements
- 1- Use subjective language and the expressive function of language
- 2- Merge the lyrical speaker with the lyrical object
- 3- Write in prose or poem
- 4- Focus on the self
- 5- Find a topic that touches the feelings of the lyrical speaker.
- References
The carmine attitude is one of the attitudes that lyrical poetry can take. Lyrical texts can have three attitudes: the enunciative, the apostrophic and the lyrical. The carmine attitude is the most lyrical of all.
The carmine attitude comes from the word carmen, which in Latin means "song." The lyrical speaker or the voice of the poet expresses his deepest feelings, emotions and impressions. The carmine lyrical speaker uses the poem to express his inner world.
In the carmine or singing attitude the first person language and expressive function are used.
Main characteristics of the carmine attitude
In the carmine attitude the lyrical speaker expresses his deepest and most intimate feelings. For this reason, the first person singular or plural is used in verbs and pronouns.
An example of a carmine attitude in the first person are the following verses by Pablo Neruda:
"I'm scared. The afternoon is gray and sadness
the sky opens like a dead man's mouth.
My heart has a princess cry
forgotten in the depths of a deserted palace ».
The second person can also be used in the carmine pose. This occurs when your inner expression is directed to the lyrical object.
To exemplify this attitude, a verse by Federico García Lorca is detailed below:
«If you are my hidden treasure, If you are my cross and my wet pain, If I am the dog of your lordship ».
In these verses, García Lorca expresses what he feels about the lyrical object. In this case, the feeling is love.
Main elements
To construct a poetic text with a carmine attitude, the following considerations can be taken into account:
1- Use subjective language and the expressive function of language
The language should express the state of mind of the speaker or poet. Their feelings, which can be joy, sadness, melancholy, disappointment and love, must be known.
Also, within the same poem many feelings can be found, even contradictory feelings.
2- Merge the lyrical speaker with the lyrical object
The lyrical object provokes the feelings or emotions that the speaker wants to express. In the carmine attitude, the focus is on the feelings of the poet.
3- Write in prose or poem
As for the poem, the elements that compose it must be taken into account, such as the verse, the stanza, the meter and the rhyme.
Prose can achieve expressiveness using literary figures. These help make the language more emotional.
Examples of literary figures are metaphor, personification, comparison, hyperbole, antithesis, and hyperbaton, among others.
4- Focus on the self
You seek to focus on your own feelings, emotions, mood, and body sensations.
You must use the first person singular and dump all those feelings that arise.
5- Find a topic that touches the feelings of the lyrical speaker.
The options are practically endless. You can choose to talk about friendship, love, death, or other topics that are meaningful to the author.
References
- Juan Villegas (2001) Theory of Literary History and Lyric Poetry. 12/18/2017. Editorial Planeta. Madrid Barcelona
- S. Cella (2007) Lyrical contemporaneity. 12/18/2017. Analecta: Journal of Humanities. dialnet.unirioja.net
- Lihn, Enrique. Essential moments of Chilean poetry. Havana. House of the Americas 1969.
- MG Blanco (1953) The praise of the city in the lyrics of the songbooks. Romance Philology. Search.proquest.com
- Fernando Cabo (2002) Theory of the poem: the lyrical enunciation.