01-21-2021, 09:59 AM
The 'technique' of writing rhymed verse that scans appropriately is trite, about as much of a challenge as solving a pair of simultaneous equations is to a maths graduate. That's because we are mostly all educated today, and can spell our names.
The issue is not free verse per se (because it's perfectly easy to write bad poetry in free verse just as it is easy to write terrible poetry in rhymed verse) but bad writing.
About Amanda Gorman's piece - as a poem, it's terrible. But apt for the intended audience, no doubt.
The issue is not free verse per se (because it's perfectly easy to write bad poetry in free verse just as it is easy to write terrible poetry in rhymed verse) but bad writing.
About Amanda Gorman's piece - as a poem, it's terrible. But apt for the intended audience, no doubt.