What is a poem good for?
Poems, depending on how they're written, can be used to express a lot of things. They can be a reference to history, a criticism on the current society or a hopeful statement of the future. It can also be a lot more personal; a way to express an emotional or a psychological state. Whatever is expressed, it's a story tool that can be used in order to understand ourselves and the world around us, with the use of imagery and association.
When writing a symbolistic poem it can be challenging to avoid being cliché. Finding visual imagery that can be both universally interpreted, and that also carries a personal and unique resonance can be very difficult. Writing the poem for last week was hard, not only because it was symbolistic, but because we also needed to think about including other linguistic tools, such as antithesis and alliterations. That made the natural flow a bit stifled. However, the more I practice using these tools, and more importantly the more I become an active consumer of other peoples poetry, that more naturally I think that flow will come. Or at least the more knowledgeable I will be in what works and what simply does not engage.
As for the poem I wrote at the beginning of this week, I'm not happy with how it came out. Though I personally can resonate with the symbols I chose, the wording is uninteresting and the structure makes the flow choppy and awkward at times. However, it was a good exercise and I enjoy doing these writing assignments.
When writing a symbolistic poem it can be challenging to avoid being cliché. Finding visual imagery that can be both universally interpreted, and that also carries a personal and unique resonance can be very difficult. Writing the poem for last week was hard, not only because it was symbolistic, but because we also needed to think about including other linguistic tools, such as antithesis and alliterations. That made the natural flow a bit stifled. However, the more I practice using these tools, and more importantly the more I become an active consumer of other peoples poetry, that more naturally I think that flow will come. Or at least the more knowledgeable I will be in what works and what simply does not engage.
As for the poem I wrote at the beginning of this week, I'm not happy with how it came out. Though I personally can resonate with the symbols I chose, the wording is uninteresting and the structure makes the flow choppy and awkward at times. However, it was a good exercise and I enjoy doing these writing assignments.
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