Ferrick Gray
The Yellowed Page
Volume 1, Issue 6
Scott-James commented on Pound’s work that he us ed unfamiliar meters whilst scorning the limitations of form and meter. However, this was what Pound was all about. One needed to practice the adaptability of meter to mood. Not only this, one required a trained ear and to use a variety of meters with the original use of language.
Ferrick Gray
The Yellowed Page
Volume 1, Issue 5
It is without a doubt that the riming couplet has been a useful construct in formal (classical) poetry. It has been altered and adapted over the centuries, but today there is a tendency not to give a great deal of praise or time to this once popular form.
Of course, there is still the push from the vers libre 1tribe that the formalist we may say, are no longer required and should be put out to pasture. The most common reasons are that the verse is archaic and unoriginal.
Regardless of ill-informed comments, it is with great confidence that we can say the perfection of the riming couplet (also referred to as the heroic couplet) finished with Dryden and Pope. The two were not identical in their method of composition, but Pope was inspired by the work of Dryden and so learnt a great deal to perfect his own style.
Ferrick Gray
The Yellowed Page
Volume 1, Issue 4
In all honesty, this is the age-old question for which there is no answer. Many people have tried, but no-one has succeeded. Yes, all have failed. The point where failure begins is when personal opinions come into the discussion, debate or in some cases argument.
What poetry is to you or me is what we may call a personal taste. But is this taste something that is naturally acquired or fed to us from an early age? Perhaps it is that we learn to feed ourselves later in life with a more palatable diet. For some that would be no poetry at all.
Ferrick Gray
The Yellowed Page
Volume 1, Issue 3
Eliot's essay concerning vers libre is extremely important. One may even say that it is ground-breaking because it puts to rest the so-called free verse movement. At least I would have thought so, but the believers still push on in their ignorance, thinking that if you make enough noise then someone will listen.