03-04-2015, 06:48 PM
I think that they can be used but only in certain circumstances and as with many aspects of poetry like for instance, when to give haiku a title, it is very difficult to define the circumstances as such and is probably best left as "you'll know when it is necessary." Possible reasons for me would be when using some local dialect, colloquialism or slang that may be difficult to find the meaning of, although saying that I've just tried a few out on Google and it got them all straight away so what do I know. I'm sure there are reasonable circumstances sometimes.
On the other hand there are uses of the footnote like this http://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-16487.html where I am fairly certain that the footnote is fictitious. If so then this is an acceptable circumstance in which to use a footnote, but then is it a footnote or part of the poem itself. I'm just talking myself into smaller circles, whoever started this thread is a *reet workyticket.
Footnote *reet workyticket - North Tyneside slang meaning someone who is very mischievous.
On the other hand there are uses of the footnote like this http://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-16487.html where I am fairly certain that the footnote is fictitious. If so then this is an acceptable circumstance in which to use a footnote, but then is it a footnote or part of the poem itself. I'm just talking myself into smaller circles, whoever started this thread is a *reet workyticket.
Footnote *reet workyticket - North Tyneside slang meaning someone who is very mischievous.
wae aye man ye radgie