Playing with Form to Create Meaning
Lyric essays, according to Suzanne Paola and Brenda Miller in Tell It Slant, favor fragmentation and imagery; they use white space, other genre/medium structures, and juxtaposition as structural elements. Whether prose poem, a collage, a hermit crab, or a braided essay, a lyric essay focuses using a unique structure as grounding. The best way to understand any lyric essay form is to read about it. Then, experience an example or two of each form.
Lyric Essay Forms
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Click on the titles of the forms/structures listed below to learn more about them.
Example Lyric Essays
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Collage Essay Example
Braided Essay Examples
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Hermit Crab Essay Example
Prose Poem Example
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Lyric Essay Writing Prompts
Collage Essay Prompts/Ideas
Braided Essay Prompts/Ideas
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Hermit Crab Essay Prompts/Ideas:
Prose Poem Prompts:
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Header photograph, "Lighthouse Reef, Belize," by Matt Gunnar titled.