words & poetry
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Words & PoetryUsage of Words in writing poetry
ByShriram S
What is Poetry?
music in words
curvaceous ordering of alphabets
'juxtaposition'-ing of wordsto achieve the desired effectto drive home a point
'Poeting' prowess
Poeting - an artistic invention means to 'fable'-ize the elements of his poetry into living characters that can speak, emote. to make these characters impersonate, if possible so as to convey X to the reader. to make sure this X is neither subtle nor blunt.
Poeting (continued...)
painting an 'emotional hue' to the canvas 'free form'-ical attitude (of the poet?) - pouring of thoughts into words to qualify the underlying emotions in a free flowing fashion (not to confuse with the 'free- form' structure) gradation in the narration structure leveraging the effectiveness of phonetics
What is this X?
Is it the narrator's experience? Is it the narrator's feelings or opinion? Is it the voice of the situation? YES YES YES NO NO NO It is actually what & how the reader senses and perceives when he/she reads the poem...
Sounds and X
If X has an aural property associated with it, then auralize the following: touch vs touchhhhhzzzzzzzzzzcling, thugscreammmm vs screaaaaamMetallicrain drops and pondNo vs No!
Picture and X
If X has a visual property associated with it, then visualize the following: blue vs bluishgreen vs tree greencrayon redcolourful tearscold coffeepearl white vs whitish
Smell and X
If X has an aromatic property associated with it, then aromatize the following: moist soilspicy loverosy lipsNostalgicopening old novels
Reading Poetry
A poem [good to mediocre] can do different things to different people. •A Mediocre Poem is like watching an artist painting a picture on a canvas.
•A Good Poem is like being the canvas on which the artist paints the picture.
All It Needs
to weave a good poem is
• creativity• emotional sensitivity • listening skills - wide open ears • clear thought process• good command of language• words, words and words...
since words can help a poet transform a deep thought into strong verse
Author Info
I am Shriram from Chennai, India. I would like to call myself as a budding poet, who is learning this art called Poetry. For any Suggestions/Comments, reach me email-id: [email protected]
Thank You!!!