Of course having an explanation for a decision is all well and good and I'd never put a stopper on that. However, I think a lot of people might...
That's the theory at least, though I find too many people make excuses based on artistic license - i.e. every point of criticism is refuted by...
Hi again, No worries, we all have days when we’re being testy. I greatly appreciate your apology & embracing the argument – all of these topics...
No need to get touchy, mate, I was merely taking your thoughts into different directions with nudges to other writers than the ones you mention....
Hey Xoic, Some interesting ideas here, but I think we can take it deeper. You make a lot of points, most of which are sound but there are some...
There are actually endless numbers of poems which have been set to music. Schubert and Schumann practically made careers out of it... and that...
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The combination of them being young and non-native speakers is a tough one. Perhaps Ezra Pound's Cathay? It's fairly cheap to find on amazon, and...
Yes - see here https://www.wordnik.com/words/tact - in music it refers to the beat (tbf, beat would have been a more common term to use)
Just a brief note on this post - "The Death of the HIred Man" is in iambic pentameter, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" is iambic...
Writing in metre isn't as difficult as you might think; you may very well become thrown off by insignificant details, Greek terms and the such -...
Sorry, I wasn't being quite clear. I wasn't forwarding Solar as the critic par excellence, but pointing out that his evaluation of the overall...
I think this is one of the main reasons the poetry section is often so quiet. Those who write largely juvenile poetry soon grow out of writing...
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