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Adherents of this movement typically do not demonstrate the erudition of such Modernist poets as W.B. Yeats, W.H. Auden, or T.S. Eliot,<ref>https://sites.udel.edu/britlitwiki/allusions-in-eliot/</ref> as including allusions to previous literature written by the dead white male figures who collectively comprise the Western Canon would be seen as contributing to an oppressive society.

Adherents of this movement typically do not demonstrate the erudition of such Modernist poets as W.B. Yeats, W.H. Auden, or T.S. Eliot,<ref>https://sites.udel.edu/britlitwiki/allusions-in-eliot/</ref> as including allusions to previous literature written by the dead white male figures who collectively comprise the Western Canon would be seen as contributing to an oppressive society.

Practitioners of progressive poetry emphasize using simple language and a lack of traditional forms, as this is erroneously correlated with promoting equality in socioeconomic or cultural status. In the rare event that they use traditional forms, this also ostensibly contributes to promoting social equality. Commenting on her sonnet “Slurret,” a sonnet “comprised mostly of slurs used against black people,” progressive poet Ashley M. Jones told National Public Radio that use of rhyme and iambic pentameter represent the “trappings of the oppressor.” Although Jones herself uses rhyme and meter in her poem, this is not perceived as constituting an oppressive tactic, since it is not about “the fair maiden, or a rose, or any of the other non-political white subjects,” but is instead “attacking racism.”<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/04/28/700903340/a-bouquet-of-poets-for-national-poetry-month</ref>

Practitioners of progressive poetry emphasize using simple language and a lack of traditional forms, as this is erroneously correlated with promoting equality in socioeconomic or cultural status. In the rare event that they use traditional forms, this also ostensibly contributes to promoting social equality. Commenting on her sonnet “Slurret,” which is “comprised mostly of slurs used against black people,” progressive poet Ashley M. Jones told National Public Radio that use of rhyme and iambic pentameter represent the “trappings of the oppressor.” Although Jones herself uses rhyme and meter in her poem, this is not perceived as constituting an oppressive tactic, since it is not about “the fair maiden, or a rose, or any of the other non-political white subjects,” but is instead “attacking racism” by stringing together derogatory terms that have been obsolete since the 19th century. <ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/04/28/700903340/a-bouquet-of-poets-for-national-poetry-month</ref>

==Education and status of progressive poets==

==Education and status of progressive poets==