Reading Poetry: How to Avoid Monotony All of us have heard Poetry readings where the speaker has fallen into a ramble of monotony. Factors such a rhyme, rhythm, and general uninspired reciting tend to be the culprits behind this torture. Poetry is meant to be moving, and not in the sense where you have a strong desire to move away from the speaker. A poem being read aloud should conform to the rhythms the poet has deliberately and...more
Is this Poetry or Prose? This question has been posed to me quite a few times in my experience with forensics, so if this thought has ever formed in your mind you are not the originator. If you are new to forensics, and have a creative mind, you may have already realized that genre bending adds a unique twist to your piece. For example, a selection that has a few meters of song can help elevate you above other performances just because you...more
Poetry and Singing The event of Poetry lets competitors capture the musicality of language through verse. Did you know though that Poetry allows for speakers to literally sing for a limited amount of time during the round? Check local league rules for a specific time restraint; thirty seconds seems to be the norm. What a direct method to express the lyrical quality of verse. In an event where competitors can actually choose to use lyrics from actual songs this does seem appropriate. Or is it?There is the possibility that singing during a Poetry round for thirty seconds can become tacky. If using song lyrics does the audience really need to hear a rendition to be reminded? For that matter, will your singing match or enthrall the audience as much? To be fair, not everyone's vocal chords were designed for singing. Harsh. But this is a fact, and these are all considerations to think of if the idea of singing appeals.Although, the opposite could be true. Singing might add poignancy to your piece. Poetry is about emotion and good singing effects us profoundly. If placed properly, timed well, sung beautifully, and fully appropriate for the atmosphere of...more
Poetry Displays The Emotional Vulnerability Of The Human Condition "[Henry David] Thoreau is a keen and delicate observer of nature - a genuine observer - which, I suspect, is almost as rare a character as even an original poet; and Nature, in return for his love, seems to adopt him as her especial child, and shows him secrets which few...more
The Emotional Life of Adolescent Abuse - A Daughter's Poetry The following words and poetry were written by Kallel Hunter. She has graciously allowed me to share them with you. My name is Kallel and I am 13 years old. I live in the U.K. and have Irish, Jamaican and Barbadian in me. I also have two sisters and 3 brothers. I am...more
Perhaps the first association you ever get when hearing the word poetry is a boring lesson where your teacher of Literature ecstatically recites some verse. Indeed, it would hardly occur to an average person to choose poetry as an extracurricular activity. However, it appears that you can spend your pastime quite enjoyably engaging in various forms and genres of poetry. Playing with words and rhymes can be an exciting challenge that brings pleasure both to you and to your audience. Depending on your personality and individual preferences, you can choose from some of the following ideas on poetry as an extracurricular activity.Matching Poetry with Personality1.If you consider yourself a kind of person who perceives the world critically, you can engage in writing pamphlets and satirical verse. As for the focus of your criticism, you are free to choose from a widest possible range of topics: starting from your neighbors annoying behavior to the major global problems like violation of human rights and corruption in politics.2.A romantic personality would find pleasure in creating lyrical ballads about noble knights and dames in exotic unexplored lands. Let your fantasy flow in a...more
AFZAL SHAUQ's Poetry Changed The Course of My Life . Sahar AFZAL SHAUQ's Poetry Changed The Course of My Life / Sahar Sahar NY.HumanityThe world is never devoid of, milk of humanitarian affection, Hearts find, Eternal attraction, We find...more
Understanding Urdu Poetry Urdu has always been considered as the sweetest among languages. It's the language that invokes myriad emotions, and hence the preferred choice of poets and linguists. Urdu Shayari is an important part of Pakistani...more
POETRY, POETRY, POETRY, POETRY, POETRY, POETRY, POETRY, POETRY, POETRY The flesh was putting up a brave dialogue. I was willing to play the game. Stunned, shocked, pleasantly sore basking in heat of silk throat, I asked the needles to go...more
Quotes about Life - Secret Strategy to Share Poetry of My Conscious Life My conscious life is poetry in motion. The negative actions of my life are the product of desires in mind. Cruelty actions sow evil thoughts in mind, the goodness of...more
The terms of Hopkins's idealised recitation clearly relate to the faculty of 'perfect recitative' that he found in the delivery of plainsong. 'To take breath and read it with the ears' as he says when discussing The Wreck of the Eurydice Possibly no...more