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From: Elsa Marston <elsa.marston_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:42:21 -0500
I second Ruth Gordon's request (plea?) for some explanation of just what makes a "novel in verse" poetry. I'm sure the ;literary challenges become clear when one actually tries to do it, much like ice skating. But I agree--it often *looks* as though a sentence has just been chopped up for no particular reason.
Carol Saller (EDDIE'S WAR) mentioned somewhere that it was extremely difficult to tell her story in that form and it took her a long time to get it right. And I'm certain that Helen Frost puts untold hours and exacting effort into her novels-in-verse.
Can anyone explain some of the considerations that, to put it simply, can determine which words go in one line and which in another?
Elsa www.elsamarston.com
Received on Fri 13 Apr 2012 09:42:21 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:42:21 -0500
I second Ruth Gordon's request (plea?) for some explanation of just what makes a "novel in verse" poetry. I'm sure the ;literary challenges become clear when one actually tries to do it, much like ice skating. But I agree--it often *looks* as though a sentence has just been chopped up for no particular reason.
Carol Saller (EDDIE'S WAR) mentioned somewhere that it was extremely difficult to tell her story in that form and it took her a long time to get it right. And I'm certain that Helen Frost puts untold hours and exacting effort into her novels-in-verse.
Can anyone explain some of the considerations that, to put it simply, can determine which words go in one line and which in another?
Elsa www.elsamarston.com
Received on Fri 13 Apr 2012 09:42:21 PM CDT
