for school. middle school. i like poems with love & broken hearts.
2007-04-04 14:10:19 · 4 answers · asked by crunch_n_munch12 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
No theme can possibly be worn out. Not even love. Its the magic of modern poetry. Here is a simple tip on how to construct a very original poem, out of such a cliched theme.
Make use of a message, and a device.
You device is the means of which you deliver the message. An example? A rose, you depict the rose as love (really cliche'd).
'If the rose were your love then let my humble self be your stem'
The problem is that line is too damn corny. The device is too close to the message, which creates this sense of cliched madness. The solution is the create a device which distances itself from the message in such away that when the message is delivered the audience is in awe. An example?
'I had lept to find the roof top escaping me. The winds perilous, the sky abounding, Thus I knew that the concrete and I had this date to come. Though not so suddenly did I see your face in the crowd, and the conrete did shun.'
See? Love is still the message, but the device is a dude jumping off a building. The two are completely seperate but still convey the same thematic presence.
2007-04-04 14:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by Angelo G. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't say I admire your choice in poems. The best idea for writing anything is: GO NUTS! Some of my best stories and poems from just sitting at my computer and deciding 'I'm going to write today!' Then I spend a couple hours typing a poem until it makes sense and looks good.
2007-04-04 14:16:37 · answer #2 · answered by Goofball 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as most middle school girls do ... and if I may say so, that's the problem. You are writing about something that takes a great deal of knowledge about and if you want to succeed, you have to say something new about love that no one has ever said or thought of before. Probably almost impossible at any age.
A far better idea ...w rite about something you find in your local newspaper. Probably no one has written a poem on the tragedy of a local car accident that someone died in, or an illness that is killing people, or write about a problem with poverty, homelessness or drop-outs from school.
Trust me on this one, if you write about something I suggested your teacher will be wowed! If you write about love, they will yawn.
2007-04-04 14:17:14 · answer #3 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
e.e. Cummings writes a lot of poems like that.
2007-04-04 14:23:07 · answer #4 · answered by Sadie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋