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My case for rhetorical verse in the
Buffyverse PART 1 (4-sonnet
sequence)
Posted by: forensicpopouri - Mar 22, 2002, 4:42
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(1) ALTHOUGH I'VE LET THE
MISPERCEPTION FLOAT
that I'm attempting
poetry -- that's wrong.
You never
write a poem to win a vote.
True poets
rarely write a hit pop song.
A
poem expresses with great sublety
a
private view with metaphors unique.
Few
readers will agree on what they see.
Great
poetry's beyond a glib critique.
No
-- what I'm writing is pure
rhetoric,
but like a work of art
within constraints
inscribed in sonnet's
format I must pick
the words that fit
"my case," so as one paints . . .
. . .
one's argument, you're always in
suspense
of your conclusion, 'til
you reach the fence.
(2) BUT IF
"THAT'S ALL IT IS," WHAT IS THE
POINT?
There's several, so let's go one by
one.
THE FIRST: though formal verse
seems out of joint
with our computer age,
is that it's fun
THE SECOND
(more important) it's
concise.
Philosophy assumes we
have the time
for a long walk through
reason to a vise
of uncontested Q.E.D. --
but rhyme . . .
. . . is no more
arbitrary than the path
philosophers trace
though their knowledge sphere.
Logicians
think an argument's like math.
But if
most TV-watching jurors hear . . .
. .
. long-winding clarity, they will tune
out.
A sonnet guarantees a short,
quick route.
[END OF PART 1 /
CONTINUED IN PART 2]
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