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Post by Reilley on Mar 7, 2011 11:35:15 GMT -6
Two young girls, divided by the attentions of one boy, find competitive depths and layers of guile will triumph over honesty.
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Post by Brigid Briton on Mar 7, 2011 16:37:55 GMT -6
Uh, Reilley, apparently this is a genre previously unknown to me. The American sentence? This actually strikes me as less poetry, and more something you'd find in a Chinese fortune cookie! Perhaps you'd be so kind to enlighten us about this form---something you've started? Something someone else started? Thanks a lot.  Brigid |
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Post by Fire Monkey on Mar 7, 2011 17:00:38 GMT -6
I've seen the form before on other sites - don't know what the rules are though. I'm afraid that I likewise don't see what makes it poetry rather than prose but I'm willing to learn.  |
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Post by dustandwater on Mar 9, 2011 9:08:54 GMT -6
Yeah, can seem somewhat prosaic to those unfamiliar.
It is in fact a rather challenging form. Runs with 17 syllables, if I'm not mistaken, and should include a juxtaposition between two ideas somewhere, much like in a Haiku.
The American sentence however, should be based on observation.
To Reilly, I would say that this example is maybe lacking that juxtaposition; that element of surprise. It is certainly a difficult form to master, though.
Keep it up!
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