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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand 
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5084 Poetry or Fact 14 February 2006 Being the poet does give reason to write and style can be but an objection For who was in control of the pen the might of the sword Or those who never will understand As if Browning - Frost and Wilde were never poets at all Such was the true observer to what poetry did mean An entertainment - a way of life more just boredom to strive For one was good to an other Only Shakespeare could write his own everything else was but imitation What was poetry, poesy, verse - (literature in metrical form) a writing style, literary genre, genre - (a style of expressing yourself in writing). In another way poetry was (any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling) an expressive style, style - (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; (“all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper”) Conformity or to conform - certainty that was what poetry never was. a poet who cares |
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