Monday, February 7, 2011

On "Hard" Poetry - Robert Francis (Wed 2/8)

Read On "Hard" Poetry by Robert Francis on page 808.

Explain in your own words the distinction between "hard" and "soft" poetry?  Base your answer on the essay by Robert Francis and provide textual evidence.

4 comments:

  1. Hard poetry is poetry that makes you think what eh meaning of it.It goes into deep details about the subject.Hard poetry is not difficult to read it is just the meaning of the poem thstd whst mske it hard. Just like they got hardcore rock & roll they have hard poetry. Robert Frost does not like soft poems"I dont like them soft i want them to be little pebbles." Soft poetry is easy to find the meaning. Soft poetry is like sentimental thing like roses and puppies. Soft poetry is poetry that touch the feelings.

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  2. Hard poetry is the type of poetry that makes you think about what your are reading. It makes you go in to detail about what you are reading. Soft poetry is easy to figure out ok the meaning because it doesnt take much to figure redaing to understand what you are talking bout. "I dont like them soft i want them to be little pebbles." Basically hard poetry is like a lil wayne verse in a song because it takes you a minute to get what he means in a verse after he says it, and soft poetry is like a waka flocka verse in a song easy to figure out because he doesnt use much vocabulary.

    CORINTHIANS BROWN

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  3. I think soft poetry is gives more like a soft vibe and feeling. More sentimental and softer language included in the poetry. Hard poetry may give more meaning to the poetry. As explained in the text, it states that hard poetry doesn't necessarily mean it is harder to understand but it may bring some difficulty to interpret.

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  4. I do agree that hard and soft poetry are signifigantly diffrent. I think that hard poetry uses vivid and signifigant words to convey a message to reader. Hard poetry and may be as easy to understand as soft poetry but in some cases it may take more analyzing to understand hard poetry. Soft poetry reminds me of nature and probably simple things going on around you. Soft poetry seems to be more artistic than hard poetry.

    Shaneal Simpson

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