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* [[composing poetry]] |
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Poetry by and for non-geniuses |
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I found that the most accessible 16th C poetry was William Shakespeare, and he's a genius and therefore a bad model for the rest of us. No matter how much you try, you cant write stuff as good as he does ... |
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Therefore, we need to model our work after people who are less good. |
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Two poets I like are |
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Walter Raleigh (especially his Reply to Kit Marlowe'w A Passionate Shepherd to his Love), and George Gascoigne (NB Certayne Notes of Instruction is your basic 16th C Poetry for Dummies book. Download it at http://leehrsn.stormloader.com/gg/cnoi.html) |
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Plug their name plus poetry into Google, and examples of their work to read and work off will come up. |
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Finally, remember to count the syllables ... |
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Anton de Stoc |
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Politokopolis |
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Revision as of 21:48, 11 November 2003
Pretty much every culture wrote poetry in one form or another during period. Different styles include
