I wish...

[leo_tigerman86]

Sigh...I wish I understood poetry...Well, I sorta understand it, but not enough to be able to write it. I could probably write down a simple poem after thinking a lot about it, but that just seems like too much effort. Man...if I only knew more....or if I read more, then I'd understand it more. but then I would need help translating....bleh. I wish

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[sillisagwa]

you could just start with prose. the conversion from prose to poetry is a matter of diction, illustration, and drawing connections. every word and phrase are to have more weight and purpose.

but then, what do i know. i'm a science major. hahaha..
it's rather coincidental, just the other day i was flipping through "perrine's sound and sense", the book we used for eng. honors w/ morris.. and it's actually a pretty good text on poetry.

hope you're doing well!