Depletion. It sure exhausts my energy to write a sestina. On the other hand, it is like writing rhymed metrical verse in that the end words, repeating in pre-arranged order but without the benefit of chime, do require the poet to treat them like a front-wheel drive vehicle which pulls into conscicousness other images necessary to make sense of the line and the poem. Thus, it takes him or her out of himself and leads him into a new clearing of perception and awareness. It helps us, as Pound recommended, to "make it new." And it works a lot better if we stick to William's dictum, "no thoughts but in things." And if this is reqwarding, how much more rewarding to write in rhyme!
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Depletion. It sure exhausts my energy to write a sestina. On the other hand, it is like writing rhymed metrical verse in that the end words, repeating in pre-arranged order but without the benefit of chime, do require the poet to treat them like a front-wheel drive vehicle which pulls into conscicousness other images necessary to make sense of the line and the poem. Thus, it takes him or her out of himself and leads him into a new clearing of perception and awareness. It helps us, as Pound recommended, to "make it new." And it works a lot better if we stick to William's dictum, "no thoughts but in things." And if this is reqwarding, how much more rewarding to write in rhyme!
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