Speaking with Authority

Speaking with Authority

What does he claim is happening to speech?

Taylor Mali is an extremely famous slam poet and out rightly criticizes the apathy of American citizens and the individuals' world over through his sarcastic poetry. In his poem speaking with poetry, he is referring to the speech of modern day teenagers. Taylor argues that we, as a nation have become overtly emotional in speaking. First of all, Americans have long lost their interest in conveying speech or ideas with conviction and authority. He further notes that post-modern teenagers speak in a superficial manner, because the conversation lacks beliefs. With ...