01-15-2013, 07:14 AM
I'd go ahead and say "no."
Yes, it is your poem so you have that artistic license. Poems are different than prose, so they follow different rules. But you're not thinking about what grammar really is.
You might see some really awkward sentences in poetry. In almost every case, those have to be changed. You don't think about that as grammar, because it just comes naturally to most people.
But here's another example of how important it is for everyone to know proper grammar:
"It's" = "It is."
"Its" = Possessive neuter pronoun.
These are often confused for each other. But they have two different meanings. Now, you might just say that it doesn't matter to know them.
But it does. Especially if there is another issue with the sentence, and you have to use "its/it's" to figure out the context.
It's important that there are as few confusing words like these in the English language.
Something I do, if I want to take artistic license with as good grammar as possible, is use an apostrophe. That's the reason for contractions. You use the apostrophe in place of missing letters.
'Cause grammar isn't there to so rich white assholes can sip tea while laughing at the quaint speech of those outside the country club's hedge.
It exists for the sole purpose of minimizing the confusion of a surprisingly complex language.
Most other languages have, to put it bluntly, better ways of speaking. But English simplified, and so it can have more confusing sentences than others. Real shame, to be honest. I actually kinda like Old English...
Yes, it is your poem so you have that artistic license. Poems are different than prose, so they follow different rules. But you're not thinking about what grammar really is.
You might see some really awkward sentences in poetry. In almost every case, those have to be changed. You don't think about that as grammar, because it just comes naturally to most people.
But here's another example of how important it is for everyone to know proper grammar:
"It's" = "It is."
"Its" = Possessive neuter pronoun.
These are often confused for each other. But they have two different meanings. Now, you might just say that it doesn't matter to know them.
But it does. Especially if there is another issue with the sentence, and you have to use "its/it's" to figure out the context.
It's important that there are as few confusing words like these in the English language.
Something I do, if I want to take artistic license with as good grammar as possible, is use an apostrophe. That's the reason for contractions. You use the apostrophe in place of missing letters.
'Cause grammar isn't there to so rich white assholes can sip tea while laughing at the quaint speech of those outside the country club's hedge.
It exists for the sole purpose of minimizing the confusion of a surprisingly complex language.
Most other languages have, to put it bluntly, better ways of speaking. But English simplified, and so it can have more confusing sentences than others. Real shame, to be honest. I actually kinda like Old English...
Won't be seeing you through the field of tears I left behind