2. Nobel-Prize winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney once stated that “No lyric ever

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2. Nobel-Prize winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney once stated that “No lyric ever stopped a tank.” And British poet W.H. Auden stated that “Poetry makes nothing happen.”Considering the poets we’ve read this semester, are there poems, interviews or statements by our poets that argue against the views of Heaney and Auden, two well-respected giants in the field of poetry? What is your position in this debate, and can you use works by our poets to support your position?Discuss in your paper 3-4 poems in depth to support your argument, but feel free to use individual lines from other poems by a poet to support the overall picture of the poet’s stance in this debate. Be sure to also include critics’ views on this issue and on the selected poems/poets you choose to discuss.You also need to consider the contexts in which Heaney and Auden made their statements, yet the perception of poetry as useless that their comments fueled. Do not use blogs or .com sites.Have there been changes in the literary canon that affect this debate? Note the move of poetry off the page, i.e. its presence as performed poetry and poetry on social media; how do those factors weigh in on the debate?Here’s an expanded way to also state this topic (but note that you shouldn’t try to answer all these questions as a way to organize your paper! Instead you might find addressing some of these questions enriching to your argument): Does poetry change the world? Does it make anything happen in our society? If so, how? Does poetry matter in contemporary America? Where is its presence (and its shapes and forms, if applicable) in our consumer society? Where do you see it in your daily life (not counting this class)? Has poetry’s presence in American society increased since the advent of spoken word poetry and the advent of social media? Have the range, shapes and modes of poetry, or the very definition of what can be included in the category of poetry changed or expanded since Heaney and Auden made their claims.So my poets are gonna be danez smith and joy harjo. The three poems I want you to discuss and argue for by danez smith are… dear white america,Dinosaurs in the hood and scene: portrait of a black with flowers. The poems I want you to talk about and argue for joy harjo are an American sunrise, broken heart and how you do write a poem in the time of war your job is to argue why the statements are wrong with these poets and there poems all through the paper