Ecopoetic Agency

Key Points

• The central question addresses whether rhetorical strategies are prioritized over poetics in responding to environmental crises.
• Analysis of literary works discussing the Anthropocene.
• Exploration of rhetorical versus poetic expressions in environmental literature.
• Critical examination of responses to planetary emergencies in contemporary writing.
• Rhetoric may dominate in discussions of urgency, potentially overshadowing the power of poetic expression.
• Ecopoetry can offer unique insights and emotional resonance that rhetoric alone may lack.
• The implications of prioritizing one form over the other affect environmental advocacy strategies.