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When Starkey started me out on teaching me the fundamentals of poetry I found that the first mistake that I would surely make is the use of cliches. I do not consider myself a connoisseure of poetry, but when I ever tried to write one I would always think of the style first then I would think of words to fit into the certain style I was using. After reading about meter and rhyme I knew that my style was that of iambic hexameter. I loved the rythym of the iambic style, and the hexameter gave me just enough space to put my thoughts on paper without sacrificing too much white space. I learned in this lesson that there are many interesting ways to write a poem. My favorite being the sonnet. I have come to the conclusion that my interests lie in the more customary for of poetry versus the abstract. I view free verse as too abstract, but see it as a free flowing of ideas without the constraints of rigid styles where rhyming at the end of a line is the only way. I began to start seeing rhyming patterns in the meat of the poems. Not just at the ends. This did make my reading of them more interesting.
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One of the things that I like about the intro to this unit is the emphasis on just how varied poetry can be. It can be incredibly structured and follow an incredibly strict and rule-driven form that holds wiggle room, such as sonnets, or poetry can be free. The rule is that there sort of are no rules! Just be creative, write something that sounds pleasing to the ear, and you have poetry!
ReplyDeleteThe neat thing about this chapter is that is further delves into the vocabulary and the complexities of poetry-- properly specifying what sounds good and what can make a poem successful. It is a common misconception that poetry is about rhyming, but that is so far from the truth! It is about meter, about be clever about how you stress and unstress sounds, about alliteration, consonance, or my favorite, assonance.
Poetry is such a wide medium, and I can not wait to delve into this unit in class.
-Hannah Daniel
I have never been a fan of poetry and i am actually really excited to go into depth in poetry because i would like to enjoy reading it. As i was reading Starkey's work, i understood the different fundamentals of poetry. I learned that poetry doesn't have to rhyme. It needs to be meaningful and there are different ways of doing that through poetry. It introduces the importance of alliteration and I just enjoy how it informs us about ways to understand how to write poetry. I am looking forward to learning about poerty and the fundamentals on how to write a good poem.
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I have always found that Poetry is something that I enjoy doing, but that doesn’t mean that I am great at it. It is very therapeutic and satisfying for me to actually complete a poem that I am satisfied with. When it comes to stories, I seem to always try to do some research on what the author meant, but with poetry, I really like to leave it to myself to interpret it in my own way. I don’t want to ruin my idea of what a specific poem can mean to me by trying to find someone else’s elucidation of what they think the poem means to them. Unless I can’t find a meaning that I can relate to or make a connection with, I usually avoid other interpretations.
ReplyDeleteI am more into a free verse poem because you aren’t restricted to certain rules that a closed form poem. However, I am a big fan of some type of rhyme being included in any way. What I didn’t know before reading this is that there is such a thing as “masculine” and “feminine” rhymes, which was then changed to “falling rhyme.” I found that to be slightly confusing, but overall interesting.
Angela Milan
In the beginning, Starkey mentions how when writing a poem, one must go off an idea or hunch while never having a set outline which is where I think I struggle the most since I feel like all my poems end up being so cliche. I feel like I overthink to much about a poem since I want it to sound lyrical and smooth and it made sense when John Keats said, "'if poetry come not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all.'" It is interesting reading how writing poems can leave a lot of spaces for more and how there's always room for error. I am one who focuses mostly on rhyming since I believe that's what would make my poem be good, and even though it is important, the poem doesn't always have to rhyme to be good. Even though I did learn a lot I still am not a huge fan of poetry even though now I respect it more.
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We get to learn a lot about the structure of poems in these readings. The music of poetry is something that interested me the most. I’ve never used internal rhyme which the book alluded to being used in hip hop or rap. I liked the show don’t tell idea that is presented. It’s something we’ve been developing all this time in imagery. “Students often believe that if they use generalities rather than specific concrete examples, more readers will be able to “relate” to the poem.” Starkey here writes that using words like “she’s beautiful” will allow the reader to see that image but it actually doesn’t evoke much from the reader. We would simply just read these words and move on with the next stanza. “If you don’t provide those pictures, your reader will probably tune you out.” Again, just like at the beginning of the semester, the use of senses is an important factor is poetry. We want to be able to see the image the author is writing with the descriptions used. Just having beautiful doesn’t really do much to stimulate our senses. Starkey doesn’t seem to like the use of clichés in poetry. Both “heart” and “soul” should be avoided as they would elicit a queasy feeling. Replace these with concrete details.
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So this part of the book goes over poetry and is a great way to introduce the topic. I remember taking an introduction poetry course my first semester of college and this chapter goes over a lot of the things we went over in that class. One of the most important things about poetry is the structure that allows it to be the way it is. The chapter does a good job at highlighting the importance of meter and rhyme. I forgot how much fun it was to write and read poems with enjambment, it really is a medium that lets the writer have as much freedom as they have but also having so many rules that one appreciates the art that one is able to make even with so many different rules that some might assume limits a writer. Ultimately, I feel like these different rules and structure force writers to be creative, in this medium there are many different ways you can express poetry but they all follow some sort of rule. It is accordingly that poems are often the most technical yet rewarding to write. I am looking forward to seeing how we can learn from them and apply them to our own work. - Jesús Iván González
ReplyDeleteI always liked reading poetry and I really enjoyed reading some of the examples the author was able to highlight better some of the things he was mentioning throughout the chapter. I had a better understanding of some concepts by the way he was able to highlight them with the examples. I especially liked the way there was so much information and it was able to be presented in ways that were easy for us to understand. I feel like I counted almost 20 new vocabulary words but I felt like the author did a good job in flushing them out. One of the things that really caught my eye from my survey course was the syllables, the stressing and the unstressing of syllables depending on the style the poet decides. I never knew there was so much to poetry and I feel like we’re not even finished with the poetry section since the chapter still went on quite a bit. I also really liked how you could imbue words with meaning and make references to other works within your poems. The author also does a good job at listing all the different ways we can make our own works unique. Poetry is an extension of how we feel and the rules for some poems are optional. I like that. - Arianna Martinez
ReplyDeleteI liked how to write poetry one can employ such techniques as symbols, and figurative language as Starkey mentioned. I always use rhymes scheme to compose the syntax of my poems and it’s mostly lyric poems the style of my poetry. I enjoyed Gail Whites poem because I can definitely relate to the character of the poem in being considered stuffy and bookish. I liked how in winter the writer employs narrative to describe a recollection of the past. I liked how Duration was short but playful. I really enjoy poems and the different aspects of forming one from stanzas lines the figurative language and narrative styles. I usually don’t follow any format when I write poetry just express the way I feel in a rhyming way, however even if its short when I express myself through poetry I feel like a weight off my shoulders and I can always revisit those feelings every time I read what I write. When I truly express my feelings on a piece of paper through poetry It doesn’t tire me to read it or do, I feel embarrassed I always feel happy-Maria Ramirez Montoya
ReplyDeleteIn this chapter, Starkey is now talking about [poetry, its elements and the types pf poetry that exist. I have never been very fond of poetry and I have not even tried to write poetry by the fear of not being good at it. But actually, poetry is a very creative form of expression, a form of art that is very free. There are many elements included in poetry, and there are also many forms in which someone can write a poem. But this does not mean that the author does not has their own liberty to write. I know people write poems just because they were inspired, and all poetry is accepted as long as it makes you feel something. Poetry can be interpreted in a myriad of meanings depending on the person and their different interpretations. I am actually very curious about this unit, and the chapter made me realize a lot of things I did not know. Also, Starkey provided three models of some short poems. I actually enjoyed reading these poems. I like how Starkey provides the example but also tries to explain along is showing us the poem. This helps in order to better analyze to. Even though poetry is not one my strengths, I think this will be a great opportunity for me to try to write and keep practicing with poems to really be good at it.
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In the chapter that we were to read, Starkey had helped explain what it means to write a poem and the many guidelines that are used when poets have written their famous pieces. I am a very big fan of poetry and written smaller pieces in free time. I am very excited for this section of the course because I believe that it will help in the furthering of me possibly pursuing poetry. In the chapter, it shows all of the things that we often do not know about poetry unless you really have a liking for it. It is harder for people to truly understand poetry because poetry is something that takes a different level of thinking in order for the reader to understand what the author was trying to portray. Starkey’s chapter helped set a ground as to what will needed to be known for understanding the poetry we are about to be learning. Learning the background of some of the poets will also help because you can truly understand what emotions that the poet was feeling at that point in their life. Poetry is often overlooked because of the complications behind the reading, however I am super excited to go over this section to learn more about it!
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In this chapter, poetry is discussed in all of its elements. From reading this chapter, I have learned a couple of things. One of those things is that poetry should flow "naturally". John Keats says, "if poetry come not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better come not come at all." Personally, I always thought poetry was fairly choppy. just fragments of words coming together to try and make sense out of itself. Of course all poetry is different and one poem can't speak for them all, but this was the general observation I've had with poetry throughout the years. I read a couple of good pieces throughout the chapter that really spoke to me and were not choppy at all. The poem "Foothill Road" by Paul Willis was choppy but not in a way where the purpose is indistinguishable. It evokes all of the senses this mysterious things brings to life, yet doesn't keep this "thing" a mystery. It eventually brings name to it which was crucifixion. Another poem I thought was really powerful was an immensely simple poem provided by the author of the book. The poem reads "let's think for a moment about that white space." The idea was that this poem would be left on a full white page with nothing else added to it. This idea opened by eyes to how exactly a poem could have purpose and draw it's audience in without covering every "nook and cranny" with words. So much more in this chapter could be discussed but these are just a couple of thoughts I had whilst reading the book. I've never written a poem before but I hope to do the art of poetry justice in my own way.
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ReplyDeletei am ERIC BRUNT by name. Greetings to every one that is reading this testimony. I have been rejected by my wife after three(3) years of marriage just because another Man had a spell on her and she left me and the kid to suffer. one day when i was reading through the web, i saw a post on how this spell caster on this address AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com have help a woman to get back her husband and i gave him a reply to his address and he told me that a man had a spell on my wife and he told me that he will help me and after 3 days that i will have my wife back. i believed him and today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the power to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my wife. Thanks for helping me Dr Akhere contact him on email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
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i am ERIC BRUNT by name. Greetings to every one that is reading this testimony. I have been rejected by my wife after three(3) years of marriage just because another Man had a spell on her and she left me and the kid to suffer. one day when i was reading through the web, i saw a post on how this spell caster on this address AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com have help a woman to get back her husband and i gave him a reply to his address and he told me that a man had a spell on my wife and he told me that he will help me and after 3 days that i will have my wife back. i believed him and today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the power to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my wife. Thanks for helping me Dr Akhere contact him on email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
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