The Art of Poetry according to Horace, Lucy Maud Montgomery and Janice Oliveira

[ofcatslives]

I am suffering from horrible luck. I visited the library in search of a book I intended on using for this post and it wasn't available. This book featured a poem about Horace's poem, "The Art of Poetry". I thought this would make a very interesting post, because as we discussed in class, nearly every author has been influenced by Horace at some

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Horace is pretty wonderful

[stacilee12]

You’ve sparked my interest, so I did an amazingly extensive search online and found “The Art of Poetry” posted here: http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/horace/horacepo.htm.. This site give a really in-depth look at Roman history and Horace’s poem in both the original format and our English

Re: Horace is pretty wonderful

[ofcatslives]

I am utterly confused by what you have written. It is as if you are commenting on someone else's post, are you? Perhaps I am not understanding what you have written because there seems to be a lot of typos in your comment. I truly apologize if I have offended you with my frankness and I also apologize for not comprehending (perhaps I am the problem afterall).

Although, your point on allusion is a good one. This literary device does indeed force the reader into an expanded knowledge of other texts and historical events. As well, I wanted to point out that Horace's The Art of Poetry is not only about poetry but a variety of other literary and artistic forms as well, such as play writing.

Janice

[tricia_stewart]

Wonderful post yet again Janice :) I have to say that you're going to be a great teacher, when I'm reading your post it's like I can hear you saying th words :) With all that said, I'm afraid I'm guilty of upsetting the ghost of Lucy Maud Montgomery several times. I suppose I should also confess that I'm going to continue to do so in the future as free verse poetry is the only type that I write :) Here's hoping she's not a vengeful spirit, I'd rather not be dragged through a field by my hair ;)

-Tricia

[ofcatslives]

Oh Tricia, you are too kind, but I do thank you.

By the way, good luck appeasing the spirit of Montgomery.

Janice

[may_posa1]

So this Lucy Maud Montgomery really needs to chill out hey. When did she write her little rant on all those free verse, free loving poets? I mean whats her deal with sticking to a tight rule, the woman probably couldn't write her own free verse without cringing. So those points you've posted, are they what you value in poetry if you were to write a Horace-like statement on what makes a good poem? I also have a question, what about those poems that are left untitled? Where does the importance in the title go..or does it go, perhpas the untitled is a title, get what I'm trying to say? If not sorry for the trouble.
Lets hope the Leafs win tonight,
-Lesley-Anne

[kuinr]

Janice, you will find the Montgomery poem here: http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=6572&poem=37094
I will put it up on our section's community blog.
Great fun!

[ofcatslives]

I recently found the poem as well. I would have posted it, but my internet hasn't worked until today. Thanks for posting it for me.

Janice

[roger_kuin]

Good post, Janice.
Three wee language points:
1)"Who would of thought..." read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the "To Of and Of Not" post on THE CD-ROM.
2) It's figurative, not figuritive;
3) A comparison with "like" or "as" is a simile, plural similes: neither singular nor plural takes an "i" after the "l".

[ofcatslives]

I should really think about using the spellcheck option...

[roger_kuin]

Don't! Learn the spelling instead...

I am trying not to be offended by this comment...

[ofcatslives]

I assure you that I am aware of the correct spelling of those words. I type rapidly and unfortunately, my fingers do not always do what my mind tells them to. So, despite reading over my work before I post it, I often do not notice typos. Therefore, I think using the spell check option would be beneficial for me