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Analogy
One live meeting, one to one. The time is arranged with you. One concrete thing has to carry the other. If you remove it and the poem loses nothing, it was decoration.
If you remove it and the poem loses nothing, it was decoration.
Ground
A 'like' at the end of a line, added to sound poetic, is not an analogy. The link has to work.
Aim
- Separate an analogy that shows from a comparison that explains.
- Find the hinge: the word that joins the two things.
- Keep one, short, and be able to say what it carries.
It trains
Join two things and test whether the link is needed.
Contents
1Two things
1.1Not decoration
A “like” at the end of the line, to sound poetic, is not enough.
1.2One can be seen
One of the two things has to be pointable.
1.3The other works
It is what that thing is doing inside the poem, not a synonym.
2The hinge
2.1The join
There is a word that joins the two fields. If it is not there, there is no analogy.
2.2The test
You remove it. If the poem stays the same, it was not working.
2.3Short
In the laboratory exercise it fits in a few lines. It is not a development.
3Three tries
3.1One scene
One thing seen, not an abstract subject.
3.2Three links
The same scene, three different analogies.
3.3One stays
The one that shows. The ones that explain go.
Questions
Is it the same as the poetic image?
No. An image builds a scene. An analogy joins two things that are not the same.
Is it a video?
No. It is live, one to one. The time is arranged by email.
What do I bring?
Something you have seen. Not a named feeling.
What if I don't think of myself as a poet?
You don't have to. The work is a text of yours. A short draft is enough. If there is no poem, one sentence is enough.
It is live, one to one, on Zoom. The time is arranged by email.
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