Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Uluslararası Toplumsal Bilimler Dergisi, cilt.8, sa.1, ss.120-135, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
Robert Creeley’s poetry collection Echoes (1994) includes a series of eponymous
poems that investigate the intricate dynamics of memory and time within the context
of modern poetry. The repetition of the word echoes throughout the collection
suggests a reverberation of memories, highlighting the continuous interplay between
past and present experiences. Through his distinctive language, Creeley steers into
the ephemeral nature of moments, immediate experiences and yields insight into how
memories evolve and shape one’s understanding of the past and the present.
Following in the tradition of modern poetry, Creeley resorts to fragmented syntax
and unconventional grammar structures to put the emphasis on the meditative mood
and moments of hesitation, inviting readers to actively participate in meaningmaking process. His imagination constructs evocative and multifarious realities
which resonate with key themes of modernist literature counting the fragmentation
of experience and the subjective nature of reality. By intertwining images, sounds,
and emotions, Creeley displays how memories permeate the present resonating
within the corporeal space. Through an analysis of Creeley’s use of language and
imagery, this article aims to explore how depiction of time echoes with memories
and experiences in the corporeal setting and to give insight into the
interconnectedness of the past and the present in shaping the human psyche.