Author’s Comments:
The striking feature of this poem “Love” is that, it is written in the form of an Acrostic. At first glance, it looks like metered poetry but it is not. It is written in Open Form. Open Form allows the poet to stray away from the formal rules associated with metered poetry. In other words, the poet is free to juggle with the rules of metered poetry in whatever shape or fashion that pleases. From share necessity, poets experiment with many variants and irregularities whether in stanza allocation, verse length, punctuation, placement on the page or rhyme scheme. Open Form poets do this very well because they have a firm understanding of the rules that govern traditional forms of poetry. Open Form poetry came on the scene in America during the 19th century. To hear or read the poem click on the link
The striking feature of this poem “Love” is that, it is written in the form of an Acrostic. At first glance, it looks like metered poetry but it is not. It is written in Open Form. Open Form allows the poet to stray away from the formal rules associated with metered poetry. In other words, the poet is free to juggle with the rules of metered poetry in whatever shape or fashion that pleases. From share necessity, poets experiment with many variants and irregularities whether in stanza allocation, verse length, punctuation, placement on the page or rhyme scheme. Open Form poets do this very well because they have a firm understanding of the rules that govern traditional forms of poetry. Open Form poetry came on the scene in America during the 19th century. To hear or read the poem click on the link
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