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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
> Even when the rules of composition were much
> stricter than they later became, there seemed no limit on the production
> of fresh and original works. (That's my point, but I confess I don't
> quite remember what I thought I was replying to, originally - that's
> what happens when tangents beget tangents long enough.) ;-)
Strict rules can actually provide a kind of freedom. Back when I also
taught English(as well as German) I used to use haiku as part of a
poetry unit. Teenage boys and poetry? All they were required to do was
fill the 5-7-5 syllable form with words. Some of their results were
noticeably better than some girls in the class who were normally much
better writers.
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Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)
You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov
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