is it proper for the beginner to pay attention to the rhythm of poems?
i mean...when i am writing...i don't care so much for the "iambic" or
something....so i don't know whether i should stick to the rule...
Or should i just check the rime?
just a small question..^^..thanks...
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作者: chansaowan (傻笑 傻傻地笑了) 看板: poetry
標題: Re: question...
時間: Mon Aug 5 19:51:53 2002
※ 引述《chansaowan (傻笑 傻傻地笑了)》之銘言：
: is it proper for the beginner to pay attention to the rhythm of poems?
: i mean...when i am writing...i don't care so much for the "iambic" or
: something....so i don't know whether i should stick to the rule...
: Or should i just check the rime?
: just a small question..^^..thanks...
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surprised to see my own poems~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!
.....i thought....they have been forgotten~(almost by myself,too)
thanks~
kind of embarrassed...:P
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作者: skyhawk (冰城城主) 看板: poetry
標題: Re: question...
時間: Mon Aug 5 20:27:41 2002
※ 引述《chansaowan (傻笑 傻傻地笑了)》之銘言：
: is it proper for the beginner to pay attention to the rhythm of poems?
: i mean...when i am writing...i don't care so much for the "iambic" or
: something....so i don't know whether i should stick to the rule...
: Or should i just check the rime?
: just a small question..^^..thanks...
yes and no.
i think, instead of thinking about what you should be doing,
it depends more on what you want.
the magical thing about poetry
is that you can never be wrong. ;)
however, i would suggest beginners to have
a very rough idea of what they want.
ask yourself the questions listed below
(don't try to remember these questions --
you'll think of them if they're important to you):
1. will this poem have a form?
2. will i employ rhymes in this poem?
3. what sort of rhythm will i choose?
4. why?
poems without forms are still poems, but their lack of form
should have a reason, just as you will need to have a reason
to use a form (note that the importance resides on the fact that
there is a reason -- not what the reason is).
forms, rhythms, and rhymes are three different things though.
almost all poems have rhythms -- because the tool is so powerful
that most poems cannot survive without. not all poems have forms,
but amongst those that do, most of them rhyme -- this is a mere touch
of coincidence. there are poems with forms that do not rhyme.