97 0 Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I must study poetry at school now and I really hate it. What is it for? Why don't they just say what they want to say! Link to post Share on other sites
emptyworld 0 Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Poetry used to drive me mad too - think of it as part of growing up Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Good luck with it dude, it used to be a burden for me too. Bunch of crap if you ask me. I'm hoping that someone can come up in defence of poetry to hear their side! Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I did a bit of poetry at school as well. I think everyone must have. I did enjoy some of the poems that we studied but for the most part I didn't enjoy it that much. Although I always got an odd sense of satisfaction in exams when there was a poetry essay question that I knew I had nailed. Other than that I don't really see the point of it either. Link to post Share on other sites
DrEvil 0 Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Actually I used to be good at poetry so I've nothing against it - one of my most successful subjects. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Writing it? Or analysing it? Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 Poetry! Aaaarrrggghhh! I couldn't understand it then, still can't. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 I must admit that I was quite handy at the old poetry myself, even though I didn't actually like it as such. Twas much easier than silly things like Physics et al. Link to post Share on other sites
BigSausage 0 Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I always found the poetry parts of Eng Lit fairly easy and did well on the tests. Not to say I liked them Link to post Share on other sites
Antonio 0 Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I really like poetry. There...i'm out of the closet. I used to write quite a bit when i was younger but haven't done much for a while. I never really liked the material we studied at school simply because i didn't find it entertaining. I like poetry that tells a story and entertains the reader. The great Australian bush poets are the bees knees as far as i'm concerned. Unfortunately, not many people consider this type of poetry to be "good" from an academic perspective and hence you don't get a chance to study it at school. Shame really. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 So whats it good for except subjects in a test Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by 97: Why don't they just say what they want to say! they do young fella, they do. You have to interpret and use your imagination. Imagination is something seriously lacking everywhere these days. Playstations and braindead TV shows require no imagination they require stale stagnant minds to to entrance like a moth to a bright light. Poetry forces you to think. Try reading poetry written by Wilfred Owen, a young soldier in World War One. He tragically and profoundly described the indescribable, the horrors of trench warfare. Here is one of his poems that is amazingly descriptive. Try and understand that poem young master 97. Can you understand it? Considering you are 13 and hate poetry I guess not. Thats why your teachers are teaching you this stuff, to increase your intellectual thinking, create a critical thinker, allow you to appreciate fine work. Anthem for Doomed Youth "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? -Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,- The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds." Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 97, post your poetry homework here and I'll do it for you. I have a degree in Eng Lit, so I might be able to do a tolerably good job of it. Remember that if you listen to pop music, you're listening to popular poetry of one sort. Do you not enjoy the lyrics of songs? Just because Van Morrison or Snoop Dogge are excluded from the canon of 'English Literature' doesn't mean their poetry is any less powerful than that of say, Dylan Thomas. Also, seeing as you have to study it anyway and might as well enjoy it if you can, I recommend shutting yourself in a room and reading it out loud in as theatrical voice as pleases you. It can help you to 'get it', and if you don't, you can score extra marks for noting that the poem 'reads poorly'. Link to post Share on other sites
Ms Zoidberg 0 Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 I love poetry, especially the stuff that Mr Zoidberg writes for me Link to post Share on other sites
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