As a 53 year old Atlanta native I can attest to you there's no one here under the age of 80 anymore who speaks like Dickey nor these students. What a shame, that loss of a smooth and lilting accent. Even in 1970, Dickey was speaking of Atlanta perpetually tearing itself down to build anew. It still hasn't abated and never will. Dickey's work will endure, though. And he was right about Milton, or at least I agreed. Maybe in the last 35 years our high schools have ceased requiring the study of Paradise Lost. Let's hope. Funny. Atlanta seemed like a paradise and it is lost in all ways except in our memories.
I'm a 54 year old Atlanta native and don't know many Atlanta natives. Whenever I hear someone say that people from Atlanta can't drive, I respond, "8 out of 10 people here learned to drive somewhere else." That's usually met with, "I've never thought of it like that." I've tried hard to lose my strong accent that I got from my south Georgia father, but any time with him and his family, and it comes right back. Even in the late 70s/early 80s, there were so many children from up north that I was teased awfully because of my accent. The Atlanta accent is not quite a patrician Virginia accent, but it's much more like that than a south Georgia or Texas accent. I believe the Texas / south Georgia accents are closer to one another in part because a lot of people from Georgia migrated to Texas from what I've read. Either way, the true southern accent is going away. Such a shame. My 3 daughters have almost no trace of a southern accent.
@@Architectureguy My father was from Shellman, GA (SW) and mom from Moreland, GA (grew up with Lewis Grizzard). I know all about those beautiful accents that made their way to Atlanta for a long time then disappeared. I'm in NW Georgia now and here it's double-negatives and a totally different dialect and accent, and even that is disappearing. The ones over, say, 40 years old, still say baw-ull for ball and WEE-yur for we're, and he done, she done, I done. I've never spoken remotely like that but I still don't want to see it gone, you know?
There are some tapes of Dickey's teaching but they are hidden in an archive somewhere. But there is this book which is a collection of transcripts from some of his classes: www.amazon.com/Classes-Modern-Poets-Art-Poetry/dp/1570035288/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=2BKLO3J829NZM
Also, here's a playlist of videos featuring Dickey. Several are from his time as poet laureate at the library of Congress. ruclips.net/p/PLHVWDXwhfdxktNcg3C31VXnNjD2YgFT6P
As a 53 year old Atlanta native I can attest to you there's no one here under the age of 80 anymore who speaks like Dickey nor these students. What a shame, that loss of a smooth and lilting accent. Even in 1970, Dickey was speaking of Atlanta perpetually tearing itself down to build anew. It still hasn't abated and never will. Dickey's work will endure, though. And he was right about Milton, or at least I agreed. Maybe in the last 35 years our high schools have ceased requiring the study of Paradise Lost. Let's hope. Funny. Atlanta seemed like a paradise and it is lost in all ways except in our memories.
Thanks for your comment.
Funny it's name is Atlanta, further proofing your exact point.
I'm a 54 year old Atlanta native and don't know many Atlanta natives.
Whenever I hear someone say that people from Atlanta can't drive, I respond, "8 out of 10 people here learned to drive somewhere else."
That's usually met with, "I've never thought of it like that."
I've tried hard to lose my strong accent that I got from my south Georgia father, but any time with him and his family, and it comes right back. Even in the late 70s/early 80s, there were so many children from up north that I was teased awfully because of my accent.
The Atlanta accent is not quite a patrician Virginia accent, but it's much more like that than a south Georgia or Texas accent.
I believe the Texas / south Georgia accents are closer to one another in part because a lot of people from Georgia migrated to Texas from what I've read.
Either way, the true southern accent is going away. Such a shame.
My 3 daughters have almost no trace of a southern accent.
@@Architectureguy My father was from Shellman, GA (SW) and mom from Moreland, GA (grew up with Lewis Grizzard). I know all about those beautiful accents that made their way to Atlanta for a long time then disappeared. I'm in NW Georgia now and here it's double-negatives and a totally different dialect and accent, and even that is disappearing. The ones over, say, 40 years old, still say baw-ull for ball and WEE-yur for we're, and he done, she done, I done. I've never spoken remotely like that but I still don't want to see it gone, you know?
Thank you so much for uploading this! You made my day
You're welcome. I've got a few other Dickey videos on my channel.
‘This random thing that makes you think, if you could find a form for and the words for, you could make a new heaven and a new earth.’
Yes!!!
Wonderful.
Awesome, everything he says make sense. My father used to drink with him in Washington DC
The greatest teacher any student could ever have!
Priceless
This is why we love RUclips!
I'm trying to find more Dickey video to upload
Great and entrrtaoning teacher
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for uploading this.
You're welcome. I've got more Dickey on my channel.
Thank you so much.
Thanks for this upload! Does anyone know where Mr Dickey's college lectures can be heard?
There are some tapes of Dickey's teaching but they are hidden in an archive somewhere. But there is this book which is a collection of transcripts from some of his classes: www.amazon.com/Classes-Modern-Poets-Art-Poetry/dp/1570035288/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=2BKLO3J829NZM
@@behelton thanks Bryan, I'll get a copy - still would be a treat to hear him speaking more teachings!
Also, here's a playlist of videos featuring Dickey. Several are from his time as poet laureate at the library of Congress. ruclips.net/p/PLHVWDXwhfdxktNcg3C31VXnNjD2YgFT6P
@@behelton sensational, thanks mate! I'll keep this one handy!
Thats his home on Leilas Court in Lake Katherine...
Seems the ladies love him, like they did Ed Abbey.
good teacher ? should have been a good dad