06-24-2019, 04:01 AM
I've essentially been a formalist / metrical poet my entire life. As mentioned in the previous thread, which we are going to let continue on a different vein, my definition of prose and poetry depends on the craft of poetics: understanding how the English language is constructed, meter, rhythm, rhetorical devices, etc. How do we achieve the 'heightened language' which Rowens first - IIRC -mentioned?
I also realize my opinions are not fact. They are always open to questioning and revision on my part. I think that's called 'learning' lol.
Does anyone have a place where they would like to begin the conversation, or would like to continue a thought or discussion on from the previous thread?
I also realize my opinions are not fact. They are always open to questioning and revision on my part. I think that's called 'learning' lol.
Does anyone have a place where they would like to begin the conversation, or would like to continue a thought or discussion on from the previous thread?
There is no escape from metre; there is only mastery. TS Eliot