Forum: Writers


Subject: Clarifiying the genres

tjames opened this issue on Aug 06, 2003 ยท 13 posts


tjames posted Thu, 07 August 2003 at 6:43 PM

Poems that fit into the surreal or abstact grnre use symbolic language to transmitt meaning the surreal tends to juxtrapose items that may reflect a positive reflection while dadaism reflects a negative one. The abstact uses symbolic language but doesn't necessarily reflect either a positive or negative meaning. It may, in fact, reflect a reflection. Hair is a primative reflection on a woman's sense of beauty, while losing teeth is a symbol of a loss of power.