/lit/ - Literature

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Here is an example in my own poem. It is by no means special. but structurally (in terms of story, not in terms of say, metering) it is very strong.

the poem uses 'fire' to describe unrequited love, but to simply end it after any of the first four verses makes it just about a guy who loved a girl and then nothing happened. By adding that final note of
>it took all these scars for one man to learn
>so please let the fire... burn out
It completes the story by ending it in a different place than where it started. It's about what you learn from an experience or idea not what you simply had happen and refused to move forward with.

A more mainstream example is 'stopping in the woods on a snowy evening'. by robert frost.
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

The story is all about whether or not to stay there, essentially to let himself die as it would be more peaceful than living. but he finishes the story, making it a true poem, by having himself realize that while it is tempting, the obligation to others must outweigh that.

Poetry thread?

having a rough day. make me feel.