Art & Identity in New Orleans

For the final draft of this project, I decided on the villanelle poem based on its form and style. After fiddling around with multiple types of poems and their forms, I found that the villanelle style worked best for me. The rhyme scheme adds a level of difficulty that makes the end process more rewarding. The limitations set by this form force me to control the flow of the poem in a way that I think reads the nicest and generates the greatest success. Through these poems, I reflect on my initial thoughts and feelings about the main characters and showcase the level of understanding that I have for their inner workings. Based on the text, I chose to further develop the main characters and wrote them as to how I perceived the narrative to be, focusing on themes I found important to the stories and characters. I found that the books gave a limited view of the characters, so I chose to expand on their inner dialogue and feelings to give a different perspective of said characters.

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