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What makes a poem a poem?

ThirdMan · 2014-04-10 13:44:05

I'm reading Heaney's translation of Beowulf at the moment, and if it was written in normal paragraphs it would be all the same to me. I have a 'prose poetry' of the The Illiad at home somewhere, but to me it reads the exact same as any of the 'verse' translations that I've read. I suppose in the grand scheme of things it…

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ThirdMan

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I'm reading Heaney's translation of Beowulf at the moment, and if it was written in normal paragraphs it would be all the same to me. I have a 'prose poetry' of the The Illiad at home somewhere, but to me it reads the exact same as any of the 'verse' translations that I've read. I suppose in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter. The important thing is to enjoy them, but I'm just curious as to what exactly is going on.

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#2 14-04-2014 2:49pm

Niall Keane

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What differentiates the poetic from the prosaic!

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For me, a poem is a poem when the writer strives to say as much as possible in as few words as possible.

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#4 22-04-2014 8:02pm

Rory Gallagher

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SamAK wrote: »

For me, a poem is a poem when the writer strives to say as much as possible in as few words as possible.

That's actually a good definition.

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