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Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:26:43 2017 No.9641766 [Reply] [Original]

actually good poetry- where do i start? and where do i go?

and yes, i've already read homer,virgil,most of the greeks/romans

Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:34:47 2017 No.9641784

>>9641766
Just get a good anthology. Norton's, or Harold Bloom's, or even some "100 Best Poems" crap can be useful. If you find a poem you like, get a complete collection from the poet who composed it. Continue with similar poets, or influences of that poet.

Also, do not skimp out of learning about technical matters of poetry such as meter and form. Stephen Frye's The Ode Less Traveled is a fun popular guide. I also found useful Paul Fussell's Poetic Meter & Poetic Form, and Shira Wolosky's The Art of Poetry.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:35:56 2017 No.9641789 >>9641766 Poetry is for faggots. Are you a faggot, anon?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:38:23 2017 No.9641795 Read Harmonium. Wallace Stevens is fucking mindblowing.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:38:56 2017 No.9641797 >and where do i go? back to /mu/

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:39:03 2017 No.9641798 File: 3.93 MB, 2800x2800, poetry.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:40:58 2017 No.9641805 Shakespeare. Yes, he is every bit as good at poetry as he is at writing plays.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:41:20 2017 No.9641807 File: 36 KB, 500x401, AVT_Stephane-Mallarme_8952.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9641766 My nigga Mallarmé

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:43:28 2017 No.9641815 >>9641805 only subhuman anglos enjoy shakespeare

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:45:50 2017 No.9641825 >>9641795 This this this so fucking much

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 19:46:06 2017 No.9641827 File: 168 KB, 428x428, Hans.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9641815 >only subhuman anglos enjoy shakespeare

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 20:15:29 2017 No.9641929 >>9641795 >>9641825 Sell me on Stevens, I'm reading him right now and I am underwhelmed. Why do you think he's so great?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 20:22:50 2017 No.9641953 File: 198 KB, 562x800, william-blake-ancient.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9641766 Start with the Blake

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 15 21:43:41 2017 No.9642205 >>9641766 Kipling

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