Here's another poetic theory that appears in POETIC STATEMENT AND CRITICAL DOGMA, the book I referred to in my last contest.
"...the poem is experience, not mediated statement about experience...the poem is itself the object of the knowledge it contains...the poem is not an assertion of thought but a 'dramatic enactment' or
'presentation' of the process of thought. As T.S. Eliot put it, the poet does not advocate certain beliefs but enacts 'what it feels like to hold certain beliefs.'"
"Art for art's sake", to put it a little more concisely. So, you can enter a poem which expresses this theory in some poetic form or you can enter a poem which is an example of the theory.
Here's another prompt, taken from the work of John Keats:
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty.
That is all ye know and all ye need to know."
Good luck.
"...the poem is experience, not mediated statement about experience...the poem is itself the object of the knowledge it contains...the poem is not an assertion of thought but a 'dramatic enactment' or
'presentation' of the process of thought. As T.S. Eliot put it, the poet does not advocate certain beliefs but enacts 'what it feels like to hold certain beliefs.'"
"Art for art's sake", to put it a little more concisely. So, you can enter a poem which expresses this theory in some poetic form or you can enter a poem which is an example of the theory.
Here's another prompt, taken from the work of John Keats:
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty.
That is all ye know and all ye need to know."
Good luck.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 19, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 150, Bronze: 75, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: I've enjoyed reading the entries in this contest. Thanks for all of you.
Contest Winners
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i need to ring a taxi
but the phone box has no phone in it
just a big nestby myron 114 lines, 81 comments, on Dec 19 6:21 PM 2007. In love; surrealism, metaphor, images.
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When day comes to its end
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Pulls free of the maelstrom
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It is for them, I beg partake
of poetry for po'try's sake.by Trinity Dragon 22 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 5 8:20 PM 2008. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
How can I fathom it?
Death. Loss. Gone. Forever. Forever. Gone.by QuarryGirl 31 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 19 1:31 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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