Date of Award
5-2024
Degree Type
Creative Project
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Committee Chair(s)
Benjamin Gunsberg
Committee
Benjamin Gunsberg
Committee
Jennifer Sinor
Committee
Christine Cooper-Rompato
Abstract
This thesis is a collection of poetry that mixes formal and free verse in order to convey the speaker’s spiritual journey in content as well as form. The work introduces a speaker who is deeply religious and who expresses her spirituality in the form of formal poetry such as sonnets as she adheres to certain principles of faith. The use of form in the thesis represents her adherence to those principles, while breaking form is symbolic of her breaking away from those principles. Through the work, the speaker experiences a shift from frustration with the world and its apparent obfuscation of God—and thus an obstacle to her ability to attain perfection—to a broader realization of God’s presence and the joy life brings that enables her to reach and hope for an exalted or transcendental state.
Recommended Citation
Edwards, Sandra, "Teleios" (2024). All Graduate Reports and Creative Projects, Fall 2023 to Present. 22.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports2023/22
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