08-10-2013, 06:35 AM
Poetry has all sorts of mechanisms in addition to punctuation marks
to convey how it should be read/spoken, where phrases/sentences/stanzas/etc.
begin/end/are broken, and what the damn thing means. So stuff sans punctuation
doesn't necessarily mean it's uncontrolled.
Some I can think of right off:
Space: Spacing within lines, length of lines, spacing of lines,
number of blank lines.
Breaking: short/long/confusing words, odd positions of words
(including enjambleramblement [oddly spelled/combined/new words
work as well]).
Meaning: Alterations in meaning that cause various forms of
confusion/re-thinking (see#8 below).
etc. etc. etc.
Punctuation be only tiny little parts of whole damn thingee.
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