ENGL 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Free Verse, Robert Frost, Lorna Crozier
18 Apr 2017
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Devices such as repetition, rhyme, alliteration, or meter them- selves contribute to a poem"s meaning (in addition to actual words and structure) Whatever form you choose the emphasis is to create strong, unique, concrete im- ages to show your reader/audience the narrative, meaning, and feeling of your poem (rather than to convey an idea ). What is abstract language: it"s intangible words have multiple meanings; they"re ideas. What is concrete: language is tangible we can vividly see what is being written; things that are re- latable for many people. Aren"t any verbs poem is almost like a snapshot/photograph (it"s motionless) . Clark suggests that verbs are perhaps the most important word choice in poetry; they create a certain kind of momentum, action, movement. Aren"t adjectives more important: could make it too flowery; too abstract, they could slow down the poem, make it static. Poetry isn"t meant to be a direct retelling of an event/story; it"s about the feeling or tone/mood.
