"The Line" was a very good chapter explaining specific terms about pentameters and going into more detail about properly creating the right sound and rhythm for a poetry piece. It was helpful that Oliver took each different type of pentameter and gave a definition with it, showing how its used, and providing this for each one. On page 43 it goes into detail about how the rhythm and length of lines can turn on and turn off a reader, such as having a five foot line poem and then adding in an obscure lengthly line randomly can frustrate a reader. My question for this chapter is: How can I make a lengthly sentence not awkward? Should I dedicate more time into creating shorter poems or is there a way to fit these lines in more smoothly?
For the "Some Given Forms" chapter it explains the design of poems, meaning the layout and also the rhyme schemes that could come with it. I enjoyed this chapter a lot because I got to learn about different rhythm patterns I hadn't seen yet which made me inspired to look for different ones. For Example: Onegin stanzas: "aBaBccDDeFFeGG" with the lowercase letters representing feminine rhymes and the uppercase representing masculine rhymes
Part Two:
The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali
Hi Ethan, and I'm happy to see you are getting interested and literate on all the different forms and rhyme schemes out there. I am also looking forward to seeing how you guys did with your simple sonnet exercise when I see you tomorrow. Your questions on line length are really only answered with experience and the development of your style. In his post, Aziz asked when do we know where to break the phrase or line, and I have to say, we only know through experimentation and experience, and by finding out what pleases both US and our AUDIENCE. I think once we start workshopping and reading each others poems we can all start to develop our habits. For beginning poets, I think using the normal pauses at the end of phrases, or sentences, is a good idea, because "weird" breaks for the sake of weird breaks usually don't do much for the poem. Ethan, can you write more on your post about the artist and the painting, taken from your research, to share with the class so we call know more about each other's art? Thanks!
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