From the Voluntariness of the Pen to the Seduction of the Electronic Letter on the Screen Reading in the Interactive Poem “In the Garden of Recounting” by Robert Kendall
Keywords:
: Interactive poem, technology, In the Garden of Recounting, Robert Kendall.Abstract
Digital poetry is born from the pollination between poetry and informatics. The computer becomes the holder of the poem which is designed for its screen. It is an interactive poem with a hyperlink. The text maker invests the computer screen in both its dimensions, and publishes his text with sound and image. It is only manifested in the electronic medium by relying on the techniques provided by modern technology, and taking advantage of multimedia in creating different types of poetry. We will take the poem (In the Garden of Recounting) by the American poet (Robert Kendall) as a material for study. This poem is one of the first Western digital poems which moves from the voluntariness of the pen to the electronic letter temptation, and which is based on the system of linguistic and non-linguistic encryption that is mainly based on text bifurcation through interconnected nodes and hypermedia by introducing audio-visual media into the text of the poem through a total destruction of known poetic rules.