03-23-2014, 06:46 AM
I am sure people switch from emphasis on one, to emphasis on the other, with different poems.
Perhaps, though, we begin with an idea of some sort, even if provoked into life by dreaming up some neat phrase, no more. The idea shapes itself, and lives in a rather raw confused state, until we get going, and then we perceive that with the best will in the world, some words just don't 'go' or any rhyme will be forced. We start to tinker, turning words around, and in the process get a clearer idea of what the idea actually is, and also, why it seemed, in its way, to appeal to some hidden part of us. As words offer themselves, we see opportunities for producing the more nuanced, refined, idea, and in this way, the new set of words do not come as forced, and nor has meaning been sacrificed.
There is nothing like a bit of refinement....
An interesting topic!
Perhaps, though, we begin with an idea of some sort, even if provoked into life by dreaming up some neat phrase, no more. The idea shapes itself, and lives in a rather raw confused state, until we get going, and then we perceive that with the best will in the world, some words just don't 'go' or any rhyme will be forced. We start to tinker, turning words around, and in the process get a clearer idea of what the idea actually is, and also, why it seemed, in its way, to appeal to some hidden part of us. As words offer themselves, we see opportunities for producing the more nuanced, refined, idea, and in this way, the new set of words do not come as forced, and nor has meaning been sacrificed.
There is nothing like a bit of refinement....
An interesting topic!