This is true-- In fact, plenty of well-established poets like e e cummings (among MANY others) have thrown grammar to the wind. To play with grammar is a choice that poets make. But they have to stick with it.
Poetry is an art, though. A poet, like an artist, never feels like his poem is done. It only becomes "presentable." Just as visual art is the mastery of colors, verbal art (fiction, essays, plays, and poetry) is the mastery of language. A poet uses all the nuances of his native tongue to convey the color of truth to his reader.
I'm not sure I understand where this affirmation of yours stems from. If you're simply stating that grammar and punctuation are not absolutes in poetry, then I agree. If you are saying they are irrelevant, I disagree. Because they are part of the language, and clever punctuation/syntax in a poem can add new levels of meaning.
Poetry is an art, though. A poet, like an artist, never feels like his poem is done. It only becomes "presentable." Just as visual art is the mastery of colors, verbal art (fiction, essays, plays, and poetry) is the mastery of language. A poet uses all the nuances of his native tongue to convey the color of truth to his reader.
I'm not sure I understand where this affirmation of yours stems from. If you're simply stating that grammar and punctuation are not absolutes in poetry, then I agree. If you are saying they are irrelevant, I disagree. Because they are part of the language, and clever punctuation/syntax in a poem can add new levels of meaning.
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