There's something about good poetry that always makes me emotional and sniffly, and I could describe what it is but that'd be a page-long paper nailing down what makes it good. Although there's so much bad poetry out there that I've kind of given up trying to find more cool stuff.
Now, I'm not sure you'll like this, since our tastes in pretty much everything are opposites, but here is one of my favorites. I did an analysis of it for an english class of some sort, I forget whether it was Poetry Writing or Writing I
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oh why oh why must I?firefly_galaxyAugust 19 2009, 19:09:56 UTC
If this were facebook: *thum-up* LIKE! It's incredible how some poems, like this one you posted (who's the poet btw?), are more emotionally powerful and convey more of a narrative than a full lenth movie. Sometimes a word is worth a thousand pictures.
Re: oh why oh why must I?zephyrus4096August 19 2009, 19:19:53 UTC
I know! Poetry is amazing that it conveys so much pure, concentrated emotion in such few words. I wish I was better at it, but I always use too many words to say too little. Alas.
The poem's by Wilfred Owen, and it's one of the most famous ones about World War I.
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I liked this poem, a lot... for strange, dark ways. Surely, it is decorous to die for one's country--especially like that.
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*thum-up* LIKE!
It's incredible how some poems, like this one you posted (who's the poet btw?), are more emotionally powerful and convey more of a narrative than a full lenth movie. Sometimes a word is worth a thousand pictures.
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The poem's by Wilfred Owen, and it's one of the most famous ones about World War I.
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