Prose And Poetry Poem by Aniruddha Pathak
Prose And Poetry
While prose limits, posits, pretends,
To narrow mundane meaning binds,
Fails to touch heart’s deepest core,
Frozen snow blocking freedom’s shore,
Fails when to explore new crests, finds
No rainbow shades, comes to dead ends,
We know why caveman chose to sing
Ere used speech communicating.
Yet, today’s cut-and-dry world speaks—
Prose to touch base, a mundane need,
Poems to reach rarefied peaks,
Oft failing still poorly indeed,
Whilst imitating a dull prose,
The rose forgets when it is rose.
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This unusual sonnet is set in tetra metre. The
octave is rhymed: abccbadd, and the sestet
efefgg.
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- Sonnets | 05.09.12 |
The poem delineates the essential difference between prose and poetry. As I am not a student of literature, I am not acquinted with different forms of poetry.I think Rhyme soothes our emotions.Still unrhyming poems can be touching as they have more freedom and not necessarily bound by any rhyme sceme.Please read my poem 'How about writing a story' which I wrote on this theme.
You've raised a very relevant point. Without having to rhyme a poet is bestowed with more freedom, and he tends to be more natural, his thoughts and emotions come to play uninterrupted, other things being equal. But often they are not. Yet, when there is natural flow and rhyming lines as well, and poetic norms are also observed, the poetry shines out even more. Thank you Bharati Nayak, I'll read your poem.
Cut-and-dry world! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/25/2024 12:39:00 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Prose to touch base, a mundane need, Poems to reach rarefied peaks.... //.... Lovely sonnet succinctly taking position with regard to two different flanks of literature- prose and poetry, their scope and reach through a sweetly rhymed poetic approach. Thanks a lot, Sir.