Cultural Patterns in the Poetry of the Tramps

Abstract

Poetry of the Tramps is characterized by special features in its construction and cultural composition. Cultural analysis reveals the textual structures, their nature, meanings, and symbols; Therefore, it is distinguished by great importance from other types of analysis of literary texts in literary criticism. Since the texts in the poetry of the tramps contain in their deep structure implicit patterns related to the poet’s outlook, culture, and nature, the need came to reveal these patterns and interpret them culturally. To know the deep culture that characterized the tramp poets, and the nature of life, thought, and philosophy, their dimensions and facts. This research was divided into two sections, the first: a reading of cultural criticism and cultural patterns. The second includes the analytical aspect of a number of patterns, including: (rebellion, alienation, fear, ego, loss, poverty, and adventure). He concluded with several results, the most notable of which are: - The rebellion in the poetry of the Tramps is linked to the psychological and social state of the poet, and he resorted to it for many internal and external reasons, including: poverty, marginalization by the collective system/tribe, feelings of isolation and loneliness, and rejection of the tribe’s laws. - The individualist/poet/tramp talked a lot about himself and his adventures, which played a major role in expressing fear and anxiety in a hidden, implicit way, as he tried to look down on this fear or ignore it by mentioning his heroic deeds. - The poetic text of the tramps includes in its deep structure implicit patterns that elevate the status of the “ego” and make its creation a dominant pattern despite its secondary or marginal status.