 Poetry: October 07, 2009 Issue [#3320] |
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"...the writing of poems....
the call of overhearing music that is not yet made."
Mary Kinzie, in A Poet's Guide to Poetry
Poetry is the lyrical rendition of the rhythm of sight, sound, touch, taste; of living, seen through the eyes of a poet and consigned to paper and laptop and keyboard until it can be read aloud. Yes, all poetry needs to be read aloud, to savor the rhythm in the words, and revive the images the poet conscribed to the pages of a book or computer.
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Greetings,
Previously we explored together the 'little song' that rings through the ages, connecting poets and their listeners past and present in a lyric symphony, the sonnet; and the villanelle, another lyric form of poetry that focuses on an idea or image with lyric repetition; each of which began as oral presentations. That's the only rule I subscribe to in poetry - whether it be a fixed form or free verse, that one read all poetry aloud. And, when you do, you will find that along with imagery and vision in all its variation, there is lyric repetition.
The poet seeks a balance, when embracing the words he/she is using to convey an image, idea, story, in verse, between repetition and variation, so as not to evoke somnambulism in the the listener, but to convey the image so that the listener can hear the sounds the poet does, and see, smell and taste the words being used to impart the image.
Repetition in its most obvious is repeating whole lines or phrases, as in the villanelle. But sound can be repeated, and images or ideas or feelings be reinforced in more subtle variations.
Rhyming is a form of repetition. And one find rhyming in fixed and free verse. It's a poetic device that's versatile and creative; affording the poet myrad options for blending repetition and variation.
 End rhyme is what we most often think of when we consider rhyming poetry - where the last syllable(s) of lines rhyme, i.e, vast, cast, repast.
Internal rhyme, or middle rhyme is another device where the rhyme occurs within a line of verse - for example, Hear the sibilant symphony of sunset's twilight serenade - Here's I've use assonance and alliteration (matching vowel and consonant sounds) to create a lyric rhyme within a line. Reading aloud, you will find that internal rhyme is well met in free verse poetry.
Near rhyme or slanted rhyme is the use of words that sound nearly the same. For example, the hammock was taut; until on it he sat
Sight rhyme or visual rhyme is the use of words that look, but don't sound, alike. For example, flood - good.
To augment the lyric sense of poetry, listen for the sound of the letters and syllables of the words; that they convey the image soft or firm that you are seeing and sensing when you write. For example, where but in a poem will you see "starlit cerulean skies" to describe twilight's first blush? Note that I've used assonance and alliteration in not only the quoted phrase but the question itself.
Read poetry classic and new aloud and you will feel the rhythm and hear the varied rhyme schemes evoked by the images the poet is sharing. Write your verse while speaking the words aloud and you will convey the lyric quality of your vision to pencil and paper for others also to see and hear, that they join your lyric journey.
Until we next meet, embrace the journey poetic,
Keep Writing!
Kate
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Thank you for this respite in your virtual home ~ raise your voice and continue the song in lyric verse, metered or not, in lyric symphony.
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