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Originally Posted by LottoX Remember to take advantage of the form and power of poetry.
That's pretty much all I can think of right now. Just remember to emphasise and use the aspects of poetry which make it so powerful.
Yeah, way to be specific, huh? |
good advice all the same
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Originally Posted by dreamer7 It's quite frustrating because my concept keeps metamorphosising, but that's the whole creative process I suppose. The research is going to be quite difficult. Stress! |
You're completely right about the 'metamorphosis' thing... especially with poetry, because one or two lines can have a thousand different meanings. It's easy to go off onto tangents and find something new to toy with
As for research, I'm just getting a whole different bunch of poets who write in different styles, working out which style I like, and going with that. Also, you may want to investigate the ways in which the themes you are using are represented. Check out this page, there's heaps of great poems here:
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Originally Posted by whyjonathan Aestheticism is the theme/concept bouncing around at the moment. all about how ugly the world is, and how our senses are so dulled we are content with that uglyness. |
I'm not entirely sure, but my class is currently studying 'Romanticism in relation to Coleridge's poetry'. I quote Wikipedia, on 'Romanticism':
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Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism It stressed strong emotion as a source of aesthetic experience, placing new emphasis on such emotions as trepidation, horror, and the awe experienced in confronting the sublimity of nature. |
So, yeah, you might want to take a look at romanticism, and the romantic era of poetry. Coleridge, Byron, and everyone else mentioned on the Wikipedia article. lol.
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Originally Posted by shimmy&shine you have no idea how to poem-ify?
just brainstorm. |
Yeah exactly! I'm doing a music themed set of poems, and as such, I just did this:
- Make a CD with music appropriate to your theme.
- Listen to the CD for 40-odd minutes and just write whatever comes to mind. WHATEVER. and, it may be advisable to do it without stopping, but if you get on a really good thread, just run with it. In my experience, poetry's kinda unpredictable like that.