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Chapter 5: Imagery and its limitations We have discussed in previous chapters, the nature and importance of imagery in poetry, and especially from the above experiment concerning originality, we are prone to being convinced of an infinite nature in one's creative possibilities, yet by common sense, we know that we all produce different imagery, differing in style, differing in quality, differing in the words we choose and the correlations we construct. We will now look at the reasons and forces working behind the creation of imagery, and where the limits lie, and what constraints work against the writer's creative process. 5-1: Experienc

Chapter 4: Quality of imagery 4-1: Figure of Speech We have already heard from deviantArt writers about the importance of "figure of speech" within imagery. To make out a clearer picture of "imagery" from the writer's point of view, let us take take a closer look. You may find fyoot (https://www.deviantart.com/fyoot)'s Terms and Techniques a useful guide along the way, and other online resources to complement what we are about to explore. We will not go over the whole gamut of writing techniques here for that is not the main purpose, but here, let us look at how a variety of figure of speech may be used in a single piece of poetry. We will dissect T.S. Eliot's

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5: Can angst poetry be structured?: angst and poetic forms          Because the issue of metred rhyme was mentioned above, we have decided to develop our questions out of curiosity, asking writers if they have ever come across "angst poetry" with a traditional poetic structure on deviantArt, such as an angsty sonnet, or an angsty haiku, or angsty sestina... and if they thought "angst poetry" to be fit for these poetic forms. (For a deeper understanding of definition, variation and other information concerning poetic forms visit http://poetic-forms.deviantart.com and browse through their very informative write-ups.) Though most dA writers ha

1: Introduction          Angst. People admire and despise, protest and support, immerse in and shun, indifferently yawn, while holding very firm opinions as their respective buttons are pressed when they hear the word "angst." As a starting point of Poeticks, we have decided to take up the differing opinions from inside DeviantArt, to lay out those arguments for all of you to read. Please keep in mind that these are "your" thoughts, as they are, and you are completely free to agree or disagree. Our objective is not to push forth an ultimate commandment, but rather to present to you the many (and often times conflicting) opinions we have rec