04-09-2017, 04:46 AM
Hey Luna,
Thanks for the feedback and question. I have often thought about that myself (the capital I). I have seen it done both ways in poems, and I don't have much of any answer on why I capitalized it. It's something I am definitely going to give some more thought though.
As for why I wrote this poem in mostly lower case letters, it's just where I am at right now in terms of style. I went through a phase when I was focused on rhyming and iambics, and every since then, I have been drifting further and further away from formalized verse. There was even a time I actually gave up a poetry because I had burned myself out on rhyming and following strict verse. My own personal opinion is that modern poetry shouldn't rhyme because it often limits what you are going to say. Furthermore, the English language is such a limited language when it comes to rhyming, I just feel that all the great rhyming has been done. I even think that grammar isn't needed anymore in modern poetry, but again, that is just my own opinion. Poetry should be about expression and anything that limits that (i.e. rhyme, grammar, punctuation, etc.) needs to be removed. I hope this answered your question fully.
Thanks again,
Richard
Thanks for the feedback and question. I have often thought about that myself (the capital I). I have seen it done both ways in poems, and I don't have much of any answer on why I capitalized it. It's something I am definitely going to give some more thought though.
As for why I wrote this poem in mostly lower case letters, it's just where I am at right now in terms of style. I went through a phase when I was focused on rhyming and iambics, and every since then, I have been drifting further and further away from formalized verse. There was even a time I actually gave up a poetry because I had burned myself out on rhyming and following strict verse. My own personal opinion is that modern poetry shouldn't rhyme because it often limits what you are going to say. Furthermore, the English language is such a limited language when it comes to rhyming, I just feel that all the great rhyming has been done. I even think that grammar isn't needed anymore in modern poetry, but again, that is just my own opinion. Poetry should be about expression and anything that limits that (i.e. rhyme, grammar, punctuation, etc.) needs to be removed. I hope this answered your question fully.
Thanks again,
Richard