Yesterday I received feedback from my tutor on Assignment 3. Dear Rachelle, thank you for submitting your third assignment for this course. This is a good submission and it’s great you’re experimenting with forms such as heroic verse, syllabics and rhyme. I do want to sound a note of caution though - whilst these aspects … Continue reading Reflection on Assignment 3
Category: Assignment 3
Onto the Next One
Assignment 3 is now with my tutor and I feel relieved that I met my deadline without having extra time to complete it. I will endeavour to meet all deadlines from now on; it's important for me to have structure when completing an assignment. I have read through Part 4: language and construction and the poems … Continue reading Onto the Next One
Thoughts on Assignment 3
Baked first came to fruition during an exercise from The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry. It is an attempt at heroic verse. The exercise itself was to try a short dramatic monologue, à la Browning, in which a young man in police custody, clearly stoned off his head, tries to explain away the half-ounce … Continue reading Thoughts on Assignment 3
Pressure and Prose
Gah! I am frustrated this week as I haven't kept up with my blog and my poetry isn't forming as I would like. I managed to write two poems yesterday which is unusual - my deadline is approaching and I'm feeling the pressure. My tutor recommended a poetry book by Wendy Cope called Serious Concerns. This has provided me … Continue reading Pressure and Prose
Poetry in Motion
Poetry can't be that hard, I thought to myself. How wrong I was. I found this part of the course a struggle. My main problem was trying NOT to make it rhyme. I tried to pay attention to alliteration and assonance, hoping that I would transform my notes into beautifully mellifluous lines, but I'm not … Continue reading Poetry in Motion
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