BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Poetry@lemmy.world · 3 days agoKerrin McAdden, "If They Mean To Have A War, Let It Begin Here".lemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1imageKerrin McAdden, "If They Mean To Have A War, Let It Begin Here".lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Poetry@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareCallMeButtLove@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoThis might be a really random question, but I don’t know much about poetry and I’m not sure where else to ask. Why do poems like this have stanza breaks in the middle of sentences? Is there some kind of poetry convention for it?
minus-squarepixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI read it like a verbal reader takes a breath there. It changes the timing and the feeling of it.
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoIt allows for shifts in time and emphasis.
This might be a really random question, but I don’t know much about poetry and I’m not sure where else to ask. Why do poems like this have stanza breaks in the middle of sentences? Is there some kind of poetry convention for it?
I read it like a verbal reader takes a breath there. It changes the timing and the feeling of it.
It allows for shifts in time and emphasis.