#The Other Side

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next birch
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whats the message the writer is intending?

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also how is it cliche?

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is that the only messages you see?

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u think "follows his illicit desire" is choking the chicken?

deep nebulaBOT
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*u think "follows his

illicit desire" is

choking the chicken?*

- racer7488339
next birch
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its more than that

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like smoking and doing drugs

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i have to add one more stanza to this piece

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lightly dimmed refers to a small nightlight

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like its night

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interesting perspective tho 💀

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writing is basic? how so?

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i like ur criticism it helps me improve

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no

mint finch
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OOF

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Well, I have been asked this question so many times that I've pre-prepared a response for it.

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@next birch
So look, like atoms are the smallest part of anything irl, the smallest part of a poem is a syllable. Syllables can be stressed or unstressed when you speak them out. Consider the word "across". It gonna be read as "a-CROSS". Thus, it has 2 syllables; first is unstressed and second is stressed. A poem will be made of words, and those words are gonna have syllables. However, if my syllables follow a certain 'order', then my poem is in a 'meter', and every small part of the poem is a metrical foot.

You got your:

  1. Iambs (unstress-stress) - This is how most conversational English is spoken. It is used to give a dignified or grounded view on whatever is being talked about in the poem.
  2. Trochees (stress-unstress) - This is highly unnatural irl, and hence this is gonna be used when you wanna convey something 'out of this world'. Royalty, Splendor, Opulence, etc.
  3. Dactyls (stress-unstress-unstress) - After 1 stress, there are 2 unstresses. This is called a 'rolling motion' and usually invokes a sense of sadness or disturbance. Used in dinged and elegies.
  4. Anapests (unstress-unstress-stress) - 'Galloping motion'. If done right, evokes a sense of hope and righteousness. Used in those kinda poems.

But, you dont have to make a poem 'pure' by keeping it only in one meter. You can break meter for dramatic effect, give different meters to different stanzas, etc.

There are also Spondees (stress-stress) and Pyrhhics (unstress-unstress), though they are mostly 'filler' meters. You can't write a full poem with them. There are many more, but they're not immediately useful.

next birch
mint finch
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But srsly tho, I'll find one and lyk.

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Its not like I dont know any, its only that I dont have a proper example to give just yet.

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Yep.
Another battle for another day.

mint finch
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Wait. I'm really slow. Just to confirm, what do you mean by structures? Are you referring to poetic structures (Different types of Sonnets, Odes, etc)?

mint finch
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Hmm? Where's the poem?

I was gonna do an in depth review, but it says the original message was deleted @next birch?

mint finch
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Imma leave ig. @next birch tag me if you update this.