Thanks Dags. I'll try again. When I've tried to look at others' in-line reviews I can't find them. But maybe I'll learn.
77 2014-11-14 02:15:09
Topic: Thank you to Odin (5 replies, posted in Free Verse Poets)
Thank you, Odin, for founding the Free Verse Poets group. Here we are, just the two of us so far. I hope the group will be a place where I can learn what free verse is really meant to be. I sort of invented my own merely by reading a lot of good published poets.
I've been studying Mary Oliver's "A Poetry Handbook" in which she says of free verse, "Rhythm underlies everything." She also says, "Alter the line length or the established rhythm when you want to, or need to, or choose to, to change the very physiological mood of the reader." But she warns: " Change the line length or rhythm arbitrarily, or casually, and you have puzzled and sensually irritated the reader -- thrown him from his trance of interest and pleasure."
So I conclude that free verse is not really free of rules.
78 2014-11-14 00:17:35
Topic: What is an in-line review? (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Basic)
What is the difference between an in-line review and a regular review? And what happens, or is supposed to happen, when I highlight a sentence or word to review in-line? I tried this, and nothing happened. I was able to leave the "summary" or concluding review at the bottom. I assumed I could comment on the highlighted area somewhere in the area of the highlight. But I see that is not the case. I couldn't find a help button, but now I have discovered the forums, so I'll take my learning here.
