Meta Poetry: Poetry about Poetry

Question 1

Why would poets choose one form over another?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Poets use form to reinforce the overall effect of the poem.

Question 2

Why would modernist poets stray from formal poetry?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Breaking form rules is a way to make poetry look and sound different from past poetry.

Question 3

Which two structural elements does this excerpt from a free-verse poem contain? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

patterns of similar line lengths; organization

Question 4

How does rhyme enhance the meaning of the poem?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Rhymes show that free verse and poetic structure can exist together.

Question 5

Read the poem. What is the poem about? ✔ poetryfruitnatureX meaning

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ poetry

Question 6

How does the structure of “Ars Poetica” reinforce the poem’s theme?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The lack of traditional structure illustrates MacLeish’s idea that a poem shouldn’t be confined by rules.

Meta Poetry: Poetry about Poetry Answers