I've had this debate on numerous occasions and it really makes me quite sad About the qualities of poetry, you know, the good and the bad I think the most important thing about poetry is the subject of rhyming The second most important is the words you use; the third is all about timing Put them all together and hey - tell me what have you got? You've got the rhythm and the rhyme of a subject that hits the spot!
You see, it's not so much the subject as what you say about it You can dress it up or dress it down, recite it but definitely don't shout it Because the fourth most important thing about the poem, is that when it's been writ Is the art of delivering it to other people who really want to hear it The seventh rule is to include your grammar so people will know how to read They establish the rhythm, like a piece of music; hear the silent beat and the speed
I maybe slightly obsessional about my passion for verse But I will maintain my rules to the death, and I will continue to curse When I see a passage of non-rhyming verse that one dares to call the same When they've not carefully plucked the words they use to fit into the frame You see, when all's said and done, it's simply not on, to finish a line incomplete Just because you cannot be bothered to think of another word that rhymes with the one on the next line up.
Get my drift?
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Advantages: 2 completely different poems on war and its views Disadvantages: not many that i can think of but then agian i love looking at history and the wars
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Advantages: This is poetry that sings. TS Eliot was a master of the language. Disadvantages: Eliot was often purposely obscure, showing off his education
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