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 PerpetualMotionDeviceTopic: The Good, the Bad, and the SuckyYeah, hey there. I'm a newb to this site, though I like to think myself to be pretty familiar with writing for my age. (still in highschool) There's one aspect of it that never fails to confuse me though: poetry. What makes a poem good or bad? What is it that wins it a nobel prize? I mean, anybody can write this stuff; it's never had any real set definition... (considering the line between it and prose can sometimes be blurred) So who's to say that a nobel-prize-winning poem is better than an obscure, randomly picked one? ...well...unless it's been written in 1337 sp33k or it's a cliche, in which case it automatically sucks no matter what. But putting that aside, what's the difference between good poetry and bad?
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jwil89good poetry makes you think about yourself, whats around you, how you feel or think, and/or whats important to you. Poetry can be funny, dirty, sad, or apthatic; but good peorty is heartfelt and weel expressed. i believe old poetry isn't good just cause shakespear wrote it - like sonnet 56(bad one) but another one of his sonnet 18 is close to me and makes me thin about me and my family. Good poetry is a relative term for each person. Its all up to you wether its good or not - just think about what its really saying and if it effect you
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| sheseesitgood poetry has every poetry color in it, the rhythm and the beauty in the way it sounds when read aloud, it has power, variation, many emotions. i guess a great poem moves people, not just one person. Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. Rita Dove that doesn't tell you much. sounds great though
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 poetic abortionYeah, hey there. I'm a newb to this site...Hello! And welcome to our humble little community. ^___^ What makes a poem good or bad? What is it that wins it a nobel prize? I mean, anybody can write this stuff; it's never had any real set definition... (considering the line between it and prose can sometimes be blurred) So who's to say that a nobel-prize-winning poem is better than an obscure, randomly picked one? Hmn. That is a good question and it really is a rheatoric; it's very much debatable and under a person's own opinion on the matter, so no one can really say who is right or not. But, for the sake of being on topic, I'll throw in my two-cents. What makes a poem "good" is if it can make you feel something, be it anger or sadness, as a lot of poetry is drawn from emotions, from your soul. It also helps that if you are writing a sonnet, that you use Iambic Pintameter. ;) To win a Nobel you have to be a master in your craft; you also, to some degree, have your own unique style incorporated into it. Usually, by the poet's experience in the field/fame is what would set his/her poems apart from a random one. But putting that aside, what's the difference between good poetry and bad? Good poetry doesn't try to be unique. Bad poetry tries too hard. - Noelle PS. I'm sorry if this is rushed and doesn't make any sense; I'm in a bit of a rush.
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essenceflowerA good poem is emotional, it makes you feel things. It is deep and heartfelt. It makes you see and imagine things in a new way. It gives you an inside look at what someone else is feeling, thinking, seeing, and imagining. You see what they see, feel what they feel, etc.
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Midnight In EdenA good poem doesn't use cliches verbatim and is interesting. Even if there are "real" emotions in it, there still needs to be interesting language to make a reader want to keep going. Regurgitating the same crap phrases about love is not going to be interesting no matter how real the emotion behind it.
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