The rebel prince!
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- Posted: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:33:01 +0000
I used to believe wholeheartedly that creating images through the use of flowery language was all that a poem needed to be "good", something that still hinders me today. I was so convinced that it was superior to a piece that had little imagery because it was so visual, even though it was intangible for the reader to gasp what the ******** was going on. Now in a sense feel it was even weaker because it couldn't tell enough to show what was going, if that makes any sense. I believe in order to be an effective poem there needs to be a comfortable harmony based on what the writer wants to say to the reader which brings me to the other aspect I feel is vital to a successful poem, relationship readers have with your work.
Not whether they like or dislike it, poorly written or genius technique, that it resonates emotion within them. Obviously you can accomplish this easily with someone who doesn't know the mechanics or has a taste not beyond what you read in English in high school. Maybe then we get closer to what I feel is the center this maze that's impossible to find a clear path out of: is it as simple as a "good" poem just resonates something in the reader making them feel, thus making technique secondary to consider or saying that poetry is subjective is just an excuse for people to write poorly who don't understand the mechanics thus making their opinions about what's good less valid?
Maybe that's too black and white....but that's subjective.
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Not whether they like or dislike it, poorly written or genius technique, that it resonates emotion within them. Obviously you can accomplish this easily with someone who doesn't know the mechanics or has a taste not beyond what you read in English in high school. Maybe then we get closer to what I feel is the center this maze that's impossible to find a clear path out of: is it as simple as a "good" poem just resonates something in the reader making them feel, thus making technique secondary to consider or saying that poetry is subjective is just an excuse for people to write poorly who don't understand the mechanics thus making their opinions about what's good less valid?
Maybe that's too black and white....but that's subjective.
emotion_awesome