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Skylark2 A Sequel To A SF Novel from Australia Since: May, 2012
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#1: Aug 2nd 2012 at 9:27:53 PM

School got me thinking, with all the varying kinds of poem what makes a poem part of poetry rather than say, a short story?

Was Once Zolnier Also a cowboy, and a Doctor.
Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#2: Aug 2nd 2012 at 9:53:34 PM

A lot of people will likely tell you a lot of different things about this one, some well reasoned, and some not. My thought is that, in reality, all hair splitting aside, it's mostly a matter of presentation.

cityofmist turning and turning from Meanwhile City Since: Dec, 2010
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#3: Aug 3rd 2012 at 2:58:36 AM

The easiest way is probably to think about what prose and drama are, and then define poetry as...you know, the other stuff.

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Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
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#4: Aug 3rd 2012 at 3:51:14 AM

I've submitted to the hell of "Whatever the hell people declare it to be". Other wiki says this: Poetry (from the Greek poiesis — ποίησις — with a broad meaning of a "making", seen also in such terms as "hemopoiesis"; more narrowly, the making of poetry) is a form of literary art which uses the aesthetic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.

Which sounds fancy.

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Skylark2 A Sequel To A SF Novel from Australia Since: May, 2012
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#5: Aug 3rd 2012 at 6:03:22 PM

[up][up]What's the difference between prose and drama?

Was Once Zolnier Also a cowboy, and a Doctor.
cityofmist turning and turning from Meanwhile City Since: Dec, 2010
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#6: Aug 4th 2012 at 4:46:35 AM

MAN WITH CAT: Ah, I've been expecting you.

'Ah, I've been expecting you,' said the man with the cat.

Scepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. - Clarence Darrow
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#7: Aug 4th 2012 at 5:16:09 AM

Poetry is arranged into lines and stanzas. Prose is arranged into sentences and paragraphs.

TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#8: Aug 4th 2012 at 9:59:50 AM

Poetry is whatever the poet who is writing it says it is.

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