I think poems can be therapeutic. Poems can get your feelings out through writing. It's another form of art and it can be extremely expressive. Writing symbolist poetry can be difficult, especially if you don't completely understand the concept well. As for my own writing, I did struggle with writing the symbolist poem and I don't think I fully grasped the concept that well. When I write I mostly write in rhymes and to a certain rhythm. A lot of my "poetry" I consider to be songs. I like to write music and when I do write I write from past experiences or something I'm going through or have gone through recently. It's hard for me to write in a certain way or with a certain thing that I am unfamiliar with because I believe my best work comes from things I know well. That being said Is always great to learn new things and experiment with my writing. Challenging yourself in any form especially in art can be a great way to find new things you enjoy and didn't know you would be able to accomplish.
An “Image” is that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time. I use the term “complex” rather in the technical sense employed by the newer psychologists, such as Hart, though we might not agree absolutely in our application. It is the presentation of such a “complex” instantaneously which gives that sense of sudden liberation; that sense of freedom from time limits and space limits; that sense of sudden growth, which we experience in the presence of the greatest works of art. -EZRA POUND When I decide where to put line breaks in my poems I normally go by rythym. A lot of my poems double as songs, as I like to put the words to music. Therefore most of my breaks are every four lines, as to keep up with each verse. Although if I were not writing a song I would put the break where is seems natural, like a pause or conclusion of a topic. Where your breath naturally ends. Edward Hirsh talks about the latter in an artice about the line and when to create ...
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