Poetry is the abundance of life and the most incarnate of languages we use, expressing ourselves in a free and unrestricted form — this is what Ezra Pound means by “Make It New.” However, to create something fresh and unique, we need to look back into the past in order to know what rules and conventions to smash. Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden along with many others are the pioneers of the Modernist era, innovating free verse, intellectual statements, and universal human significance. In this rationale, I will explain how the assigned reading of poems from this semester’s module inspired ex nihilo suum cuique ; it means: ‘out of nothing, to each his own.’ What I aim to achieve with my portfolio is similar, but focusing more on the little,
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However, the original inspiration came from Jojo Moyers’ Me Before You . It is a story about a young woman, Louisa Clark working as a career for a quadriplegic — Will Traynor. The story follows Lou’s determination to give Will a reason to keep on living, and ‘Tell Me Something Good’ was something Will said to Lou. The idea about providing someone a reason to carry on living, despite how isolated and incomplete he feels; I thought fitted with Tonks’ opinions on contemporary …show more content…
Initially, I had “It’s time to learn that pain is gain” which is certainly a cliché, so listening to my peer’s advice, I changed it to “It’s time to learn / Or continue in ignorance”.
Throughout the portfolio, I’ve made quite a few changes as seen in the Appendix as the result of workshops. For example, I cut out almost more than half of ‘Highlights’ which was originally named ‘Yellow,’ only keeping the third, seventh, eighth and ninth stanza as they made the most impact overall. ‘外人’ and ‘我的中国小女儿’ had the fewest changes while for ‘Tell Me Something Good’ I need to make sure I don’t overdo it, not fall back on clichés for ‘Reality Check’ and specification and elaboration for ‘Salt. Swells. Undertows.’ In all honesty, the first four poems in my portfolio I found relatively easy to write, but ‘Salt. Swells. Undertows.’ and ‘Reality Check’ were more difficult to pen. It was written in a style I am unfamiliar with, thus felt awkward trying to step into the shoes of Bobby Parker. I have previous experience with narrative poems, but not confessional. Blue Movie is a combination of the two, utilizing atmosphere and imagery to draw the readers into the world that is traumatic, yet shimmers with raw and bitter-sweetness of
However, the original inspiration came from Jojo Moyers’ Me Before You . It is a story about a young woman, Louisa Clark working as a career for a quadriplegic — Will Traynor. The story follows Lou’s determination to give Will a reason to keep on living, and ‘Tell Me Something Good’ was something Will said to Lou. The idea about providing someone a reason to carry on living, despite how isolated and incomplete he feels; I thought fitted with Tonks’ opinions on contemporary …show more content…
Initially, I had “It’s time to learn that pain is gain” which is certainly a cliché, so listening to my peer’s advice, I changed it to “It’s time to learn / Or continue in ignorance”.
Throughout the portfolio, I’ve made quite a few changes as seen in the Appendix as the result of workshops. For example, I cut out almost more than half of ‘Highlights’ which was originally named ‘Yellow,’ only keeping the third, seventh, eighth and ninth stanza as they made the most impact overall. ‘外人’ and ‘我的中国小女儿’ had the fewest changes while for ‘Tell Me Something Good’ I need to make sure I don’t overdo it, not fall back on clichés for ‘Reality Check’ and specification and elaboration for ‘Salt. Swells. Undertows.’ In all honesty, the first four poems in my portfolio I found relatively easy to write, but ‘Salt. Swells. Undertows.’ and ‘Reality Check’ were more difficult to pen. It was written in a style I am unfamiliar with, thus felt awkward trying to step into the shoes of Bobby Parker. I have previous experience with narrative poems, but not confessional. Blue Movie is a combination of the two, utilizing atmosphere and imagery to draw the readers into the world that is traumatic, yet shimmers with raw and bitter-sweetness of