03-22-2016, 01:45 AM
I would agree with Nester on the grammar idea, adding only that we stopped using Latin grammar when we discovered that English was devolved from the Germanic language branch and retained the Germanic structure. In it's simplest form subject->verb, as oppose to the Romance languages which are verb->subject. The confusion occurred because of the invasion of the Norman French in 1066 and then further re-incursions, so that about 60% of the words in English are of French or Latin origin. This was due to Latin, or a dialect of Latin called Old French being spoken in the high courts which were of course compose of the Norman French.
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Form: Accentual verse. Approximately four accents per line with the exception of the last line in a stanza which has only three and one truncated stanza. Usually the line opens with two, sometimes three unaccented syllables. As there is no consistency between the number of unaccented and accented syllables, there is nothing to suggest any sort of meter, thus, accentual verse.
To say a poem is epic and long is to repeat oneself, as by definition an epic poem is long. This is not an epic poem as it covers too little ground and although there are many words, it says little.
Both Tennyson and Coleridge introduced similar elements of magic into some of their poetry: "Christabel" and "Idylls of a King" are two such examples, and no one has ever felt the need to make up a category called "Fantasy Poetry" to describe these examples.
Most poems of note are not classified in any way by the writer, this is the job for the academician; when the writer does it, it is though he is trying to justify the poem by putting on airs, so to speak. Most probably a habit one would wish to stay away from outside of the area of parody and satire.
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As said before, the poem uses many words, but says little and what it does say could be condensed into much less space. A synopsis:
guy and girl have sex
magic sex spell bonds them, could have a happy ending but,
guy doesn't want to be bonded wants sex with other girls
can't have sex with other girls because of spell
somehow his heart is opened, explanation nonsensical
girl feels betrayed, destroys home, no insurance
vague reference of other life
everybody loses
the end.
The poem does not describe who the man or the woman are, so they are generic and the reader has no reason to care about them, or about what happens to them.
Epic poems generally draw upon a myth or create one, this does neither.
As this is in mild I have already far exceeded the limit of critique for this forum, despite the fact I feel, as always, that I have been overly terse in my explanations.
Best,
dale
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Form: Accentual verse. Approximately four accents per line with the exception of the last line in a stanza which has only three and one truncated stanza. Usually the line opens with two, sometimes three unaccented syllables. As there is no consistency between the number of unaccented and accented syllables, there is nothing to suggest any sort of meter, thus, accentual verse.
To say a poem is epic and long is to repeat oneself, as by definition an epic poem is long. This is not an epic poem as it covers too little ground and although there are many words, it says little.
Both Tennyson and Coleridge introduced similar elements of magic into some of their poetry: "Christabel" and "Idylls of a King" are two such examples, and no one has ever felt the need to make up a category called "Fantasy Poetry" to describe these examples.
Most poems of note are not classified in any way by the writer, this is the job for the academician; when the writer does it, it is though he is trying to justify the poem by putting on airs, so to speak. Most probably a habit one would wish to stay away from outside of the area of parody and satire.
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As said before, the poem uses many words, but says little and what it does say could be condensed into much less space. A synopsis:
guy and girl have sex
magic sex spell bonds them, could have a happy ending but,
guy doesn't want to be bonded wants sex with other girls
can't have sex with other girls because of spell
somehow his heart is opened, explanation nonsensical
girl feels betrayed, destroys home, no insurance
vague reference of other life
everybody loses
the end.
The poem does not describe who the man or the woman are, so they are generic and the reader has no reason to care about them, or about what happens to them.
Epic poems generally draw upon a myth or create one, this does neither.
As this is in mild I have already far exceeded the limit of critique for this forum, despite the fact I feel, as always, that I have been overly terse in my explanations.
Best,
dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.