While not entirely evident in this quotation, Brooks’ essential argument is that a piece of art – a poem specifically – cannot be synopsized as this synopsis would omit the essential elements of the work, which often contrast and are antagonistic to one another. It is a pattern of resolutions and balances and harmonizations, developed through a temporal scheme”. At the risk of sounding like a total asshole, know-it-all college student, Kendrick Lamar’s surprise release “untitled unmastered.” can be understood best in the context of Cleanth Brooks’ seminal essay, “The Heresy of the Paraphrase”: “It is a pattern of resolved stresses… the structure of a poem resembles that of a ballet or musical composition.
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