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Discussion: The Worst Habits

Essorant
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0 posted 2004-07-18 09:19 PM

What do you think are the worst habits in writing that all (critical) poets should try to avoid?

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Essorant
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1 posted 2004-07-18 11:39 PM

Here is one I will mark.

Ellipses

King and Queen are there...
Majesty... fills the air...

Never use ellipses in a poem. They are much mischief!

Not A Poet
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2 posted 2004-07-24 04:01 PM

I agree in the examples you have given. I do think elipses have a valid place in poetry though. I would not say never but only when it is appropriate and certainly sparingly.

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3 posted 2004-07-24 04:09 PM

Note to Sunshine
*use sparingly...

Essorant
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4 posted 2004-07-25 12:41 PM

If your poem is abridged, then it is missing something so you may put ellipses to indicate missing content. But otherwise, they are grammatically and poetically incorrect.

hush
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5 posted 2004-07-26 10:16 PM

Overkill. I say this because it's something I do a lot... I'll feel so strongly about something that I can't tell when enough is enough.

Essorant
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6 posted 2004-07-27 06:40 PM

For sure. That's something we all commit sometimes, poets and critics alike.

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longte
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7 posted 2005-04-10 06:41 AM

Very new and only educated by life not school

But if the use of ellipses lets for a greater pause or interlude between sections I think they are great tools

poetic lisence???

longte

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netsky
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8 posted 2005-04-10 11:31 AM

yes. I strongly agree and could say -why- if challenged in discussion. I like discussion.

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