Hi Rajan, Welcome. The sonnet is a form that is, for various reasons, very dear to my heart and practice: writing in it acts as a tight embrace, a safety net, in times of extreme emotional distress. So form is something I take very seriously, as a kind of spiritual vehicle almost, and it would be very good to hear more about yr research into that-- what aspect or part of the continuing evolution of the sonnet are you looking into for yr thesis?
You may be interested for your research to look into this interview with young Ben Lerner about his new book of sonnets: http://www.jacketmagazine.com/26/john-lern.html And some sonnets by Lerner: http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmArticleID=7556 --which begs the question, are they really sonnets? But I see you neglect to mention metre in your list of neglections-- why do so many Indian so-called poets abhor metre? Please do not tell me it is because metre is not authentically Indian, we've already had that discussion here. And of course, form is just the beginning of the possibility of poetry-- just because one has mastered rhyming and counting beats, like a game of precise tennis, it somehow still does not mean that one is a poet yet. In the US, there has recently been a group calling themselves the "new formalists" (as if they were the only ones practising form, as if form had ever been out of style among the best poets) which includes such hopelessly bland and boring-- rhythmically boring, too-- right-wing poets like Dana Gioia. There is such a thing as death by iambic pentameter. Cheers, V. Rajan Barrett wrote: > Well i am Rajan and a student of pune university working on the > sonnet. i am interested in american poetry, british poetry and also > some of the iWE poets besides carribean , black poets american etc. > i do write poems political mostly have not got them published will do > so and then perhaps put them up. I believe that the indian poets are > missing out on form just like the Nissim Ezekiel group who have a > poetry of Statement - imagery is finee but my m.phil was on a > stylistic analysis of Shakespeare's soliloquies. So that means i > want good language with all the figures of speech chimes and rhymes. > Most Indian poets i met abhor this - wonder why. Rajan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Free* antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages > Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com > > -- > You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems > circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message > to [email protected] OR post online at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ > > Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by > visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ > > > > ---theZESTcommunity-------------- > > [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ > [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ > [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ > [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ > [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ > [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ > [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ > [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ > --- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "ZESTPoets > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets>" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
