I neglected to write a response to the third poem from class on the 11th. The poem "New Snow" is very descriptive and seems to paint a picture for the reader with the words that the author chose. I get a clear feeling of the stillness of the wilderness after the snow has stopped falling. It seems that the immediate world is frozen in time, and is very peaceful. The only action we get in the poem was the sound of the carriage in the distance, but the fact that the narrator describes the sound so clearly, while being so far away from it only adds to the stillness of the scene. I like this poem as an example of the power of imagery. I can almost see the scene in my mind as a read the poem, and since no specific place was listed it takes me back to experiences in my own life. Perhaps the author intended this effect, which makes the poem applicable to each reader in their own way.
I look forward to trying my hand at the techniques I learned from reading these poems. I am enjoying writing poetry much more than prose because, for me, there is less analytical thought that goes into a poem, and more feeling.
Are you sure? I would argue the other way, that more intellectual thought goes into a poem, for it is so compact and dense and needs to convey in a small amount of space what it takes a whole story to communicate.
ReplyDelete