tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post5504956280820314247..comments2024-03-28T12:15:10.659+00:00Comments on More than Writers: Poetry emotion, by Ben Jeapesauntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-15499324743325532432016-07-17T16:36:01.358+01:002016-07-17T16:36:01.358+01:00As a reflective, non-fiction writer leaning toward...As a reflective, non-fiction writer leaning toward the poetic more often than not, I was intrigued by the idea of a degree of poetic structure being evident in parts of the New Testament. The Psalms are pure poetry in many places. Their repetition and cadence lend themselves well to phrases becoming embedded in our memories. <br />And I could ponder for hours on your closing words: "Beauty is truth, truth beauty, and that is how a piece of written work becomes real." A challenge and an inspiration all in one. Thanks, Ben! Joy Lentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486637586238798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-66060310141830861122016-07-10T11:21:52.482+01:002016-07-10T11:21:52.482+01:00That's a challenge - sounds like you need to b...That's a challenge - sounds like you need to befriend a Syrian! I remember my French teacher telling me that I didn't make mistakes like an English person - all my mistakes were French. I took it as a compliment...A(me)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06407417460797812800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-46324049492138352392016-07-10T08:14:39.450+01:002016-07-10T08:14:39.450+01:00Interesting post. I'm trying to recreate the v...Interesting post. I'm trying to recreate the voice of a Syrian boy who's not been learning English for long, but without knowing precisely what kinds of errors might be likely for a Syrian (such as verb endings/tenses/plurals etc) it's guesswork. I may need to do further research. Thanks for the post. Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-2485690404581550522016-07-10T07:51:46.654+01:002016-07-10T07:51:46.654+01:00That's interesting about transcribing accents....That's interesting about transcribing accents. A while ago, I reviewed a book of Suffolk folk tales, and one of my complaints was that I couldn't hear the Suffolk accent while reading it. It wasn't that I wanted the author to somehow transcribe the long vowel sounds, more that there's a turn of phrase, a cadence, a choice of one word over another that was noticeably missing.A(me)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06407417460797812800noreply@blogger.com