E.g. thus, thy, o'er.
I can't stand them. I think that we should use the language of the time, not stuff from another time period and a culture that is not ours.
Poetry doesnt equal rhyme and old words.
2006-12-07 08:46:45 · 5 answers · asked by lady_s_hazy 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It makes me curious as to where the word comes from and helps me better understand yesterday's poets. So I guess I do enjoy them somewhat. Though if I were going to write a poem I hardly think I would do it entirely in a language gone by and which no one would either want to read nor understand.
2006-12-07 08:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by john h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, these words fit better than others in the meter of the poetry, but it is absurd for people to use them just because they are "poem words."
2006-12-07 08:49:02 · answer #2 · answered by Adriana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old words are good in old poems.... Old words in new poems are bogus, and if thou writest them, thou shalt be lash-ed without mercy....
2006-12-07 18:44:24 · answer #3 · answered by Ms. Switch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like modern poems with them- you're right, it's trying too hard. Old poems with such words are all right though. ^-^
2006-12-07 08:49:41 · answer #4 · answered by delusionalenigma 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I like them because they let us look into the past. its kinda like there television. but that ok if u dont i understand.
2006-12-07 08:52:54 · answer #5 · answered by madeleinedowns 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋