11-20-2012, 09:07 PM
''It helps to set the meter in your head well in advance. If you've got daDUM daDUM going through your mind already, you'll usually find yourself fitting words into the pattern''
I think this is one of the most perceptive and straight-forward pieces of advice I have heard. It is an explanation, in a way, of why 'formal' poetry does not have to be forced: the structure is sitting there, waiting the thematic blocks to drop onto it. Or words even.
I think this is one of the most perceptive and straight-forward pieces of advice I have heard. It is an explanation, in a way, of why 'formal' poetry does not have to be forced: the structure is sitting there, waiting the thematic blocks to drop onto it. Or words even.