Using one of his early pieces, Daniel Paul Marshall discusses the nuts and bolts of poetry, and the importance of reading and studying what’s been done. A fascinating, insightful piece.
Of rhyme & reason No1- both short & long feet skip the line
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i recently sent a sample of my juvenilia to a blogger particularly interested in my poetry. For this reason i thought the person in question might be intrigued to read my early poems. i am not interested in any flattery for my old poems, they served a purpose at the time: my juvenilia is largely written in formal, traditional poetic meters. For this reason, aforementioned blogger in question, recommended i write something on traditional forms. i was hesitant at first, however, i started to coagulate thoughts & as they curdled more n’ more i figured why not take it as a challenge & plunge the mind into the idea utterly.
The majority, perhaps all of my juvenilia is essentially my working out of techniques, the mechanics of poetry. i’d liken it to showing how you calculated…
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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? 😉
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Perhaps the rough winds…
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Nah.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate!
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I’d read the first & third beats as a trochees SHALL i. THEE to.
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I’ll counter that with some Spanish medieval music played on mandolin. 😐
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