Lyric: A traditional form, brief, song-like narrative, concentrated, usually no more than one subject (once was given to lyre accompaniment), often 1st person voice.ĭramatic: A traditional form, demonstrates a conflict, often in 3rd person voice. 1 BROAD CATEGORIES OF POEMS (WITH OVERLAP) 1 In writing poetry, the poet should avoid excessive glitter and weight which sacrifices the energy of the poem. that wild, silky part of ourselves without which no poem can live?." 1 All poems exist in a historical context and none are timeless. and the learned skills of the conscious mind." 1 ".The part of the psyche that works in concert with consciousness and supplies a necessary part of the poem-the heat of a star as opposed to the shape of a star, let us say-exists in a mysterious, unmapped zone, not unconscious, not subconscious, but cautious. is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart. Literature is the apparatus through which the world tries to keep intact its important ideas and feelings" 1. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry." 1 "Poetry is a serious business. The writer must take care of and nourish the sensibility that houses the possibility of poems. The poem is not an exercise, not wordplay-it has a purpose other than itself. And yet, how can the content be separated from the poem's fluid and breathing body?" 1 "There is no satisfactory definition of poetry." 2 The emphasis in poetry may be on recreating an experience, taking delight in the sounds of language, etc. Moreover, poems are not language but the content of the language. "Poems must, of course, be written in emotional freedom. Poems are written in lines (a line art), whereas prose is written in sentences. WHAT IS POETRY AND WHAT DISTINGUISHES IT FROM PROSE Rembrandt: Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (detail)Īcknowledgement: These notes are based in part on Frances Mayes' The Discovery Of Poetry 1 and Mary Oliver's The Poetry Handbook 2. The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon,Īpparent queen unveil'd her peerless light,Īnd o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. Set by the men of Troy, bright against their walls. The boundless bright air and all the stars shine clearĪnd the shepherd's heart exults- so many fires burnedīetween the ships and the Xanthus' whirling rapids Īll the lookout peaks stand out and the jutting cliffsĪnd the steep ravines and down from the high heavens bursts When the air falls to a sudden windless calm. Round the moon's brilliance blaze in all their glory Hundreds strong, as stars in the night sky glittering By Michael McGoodwin 2000, amended 2009-10Īs they took positions down the passageways of battleĪll night long, and the watchfires blazed among them.
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