The first poem I wrote for this collection was Depression. Originally, it was very narrative so it took a while for me to decide whether to make the basic concept into a poem or story. Eventually I decided on writing a poem as I didn’t have much experience with writing poetry so I saw it as a personal challenge.
I realised the original concept was not very cohesive, so I wrote a rough storyline to work through in order to make the piece more cohesive. An early difficulty I had was with perspective, as I sometimes switched between first and third person, but I eventually decided to focus on direct address.
In the original poem, the first letter of each line in every stanza began with the same letter of the alphabet, the letter used changing …show more content…
Underneath all the makeup lies a face that they’re embarrassed by, a face they only see as correct when it falsifies …show more content…
I took my key inspiration from First Hour by Sharon Olds. In this poem, Olds writes from the unusual perspective of a newborn baby. I decided to use this concept, but continue it on through the different stages of development from the unusual perspective of a baby, eventually moving up to the less unusual perspective of a teenager- baby, toddler, child, older child, teenager. One change I made from Olds’ concept was that she had intricate language to describe the innermost thoughts of a baby, and I decided to use incredibly simple language for my Baby stanza as I felt that it was more appropriate for the image I was trying to portray. The language moves from incredibly innocent language to not-so-innocent language as my message was that naivety gradually disappears throughout the years as people become more self-aware and less self-centred. A late concept I decided to incorporate into the final piece was the gradual lengthening of the lines. I felt that this worked in conjunction with the increasingly complex language; as time passed and the child grew up, the lines got
I realised the original concept was not very cohesive, so I wrote a rough storyline to work through in order to make the piece more cohesive. An early difficulty I had was with perspective, as I sometimes switched between first and third person, but I eventually decided to focus on direct address.
In the original poem, the first letter of each line in every stanza began with the same letter of the alphabet, the letter used changing …show more content…
Underneath all the makeup lies a face that they’re embarrassed by, a face they only see as correct when it falsifies …show more content…
I took my key inspiration from First Hour by Sharon Olds. In this poem, Olds writes from the unusual perspective of a newborn baby. I decided to use this concept, but continue it on through the different stages of development from the unusual perspective of a baby, eventually moving up to the less unusual perspective of a teenager- baby, toddler, child, older child, teenager. One change I made from Olds’ concept was that she had intricate language to describe the innermost thoughts of a baby, and I decided to use incredibly simple language for my Baby stanza as I felt that it was more appropriate for the image I was trying to portray. The language moves from incredibly innocent language to not-so-innocent language as my message was that naivety gradually disappears throughout the years as people become more self-aware and less self-centred. A late concept I decided to incorporate into the final piece was the gradual lengthening of the lines. I felt that this worked in conjunction with the increasingly complex language; as time passed and the child grew up, the lines got