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billiegail New Member
since 2002-10-17
Posts 8East Texas, USA! |
What makes a person qualified to critique a poem. I have written poetry for years, but never studied the types of poetry or read much on the subject matter. I just love to write. I don't care for alot of poetry, because it does not hit home or make much sense to me. Should I just give an opinion of the poem or let them know how it flowed with the way it was put together? I don't want to jump in here and start doing critiques and look like an idiot. Thanks BillieGail Jesus is The Only Way, The Only Truth, and the Only way to having Eternal Life! |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
It's important to have critiques from people that only know their gut responses to a poem, really. I do consider myself well-versed in the terminologies and formats and whatnot, which means I usually use a lot of specific terms in my critiques. However, much of poetry is meant to incite some sort of response, and if you can give a critique based on your own knowledge simply ofi what you felt in the poem... then you don't really need to know any terminology, do you? Plus, the best way to learn is to just try it out. Nobody's going to get mad if your critique is "wrong" or something. I think you should keep critiquing, based on your reaction to the poem, if not on your knowledge of poetic terms... don't be afraid to show what you do know. Hope this helps.  Parasite Learn to place poetry before people |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Jump on in there with whatever you have in your knowledge base Billiegail - whether that is gut reactions; how you think lines, verses etc might work better and why; your interpretation of a poem etc. Why don't you browse through the Critical Analysis forum, if you haven't done so yet, to familiarise yourself with how other's are critiquing - in case you're feeling uncomfortable about just leaping in... Note added: just seen that you have a poem in CA So there you go...you'll have noticed that everyone in there has different ways of speaking, different things to offer. That's all you have to do really...be yourself.. K[This message has been edited by Severn (10-18-2002 09:02 PM).] |
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