03-27-2013, 07:40 AM
we can go to google and search almost everything, why bother with discussion? because google doesn't really interact or put it's own spin on things. it doesn't ponder and then give a slightly slanted answer that could still be right, it doesn't have a point of view.
what google can't tell us, is that in poetry meter is a huge thing, it's naming day was probably the day we strung two words together. it can't tell us how meter puts bumps in a two dimensional piece of text and lift it in places, off the paper.
we could have called it horse shit and horse shit meter and they both would still represent what we defined them to represent.
ps, all argument is facetious
discussion on the other hand brings forth understanding.
what google can't tell us, is that in poetry meter is a huge thing, it's naming day was probably the day we strung two words together. it can't tell us how meter puts bumps in a two dimensional piece of text and lift it in places, off the paper.
Quote:Giving meter a name and making a list of all the ways to manipulate it seems like another of these desperate and doomed attempts.the reason for giving it a name is simple, we give everything names. it less confusing than calling everything this or that
we could have called it horse shit and horse shit meter and they both would still represent what we defined them to represent.ps, all argument is facetious
discussion on the other hand brings forth understanding.