Louder! Drama! Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Louder! Drama!

Rating: 4.5


In a poem, a! ! (a 'loudest')
and a! (a 'louder')
can appear after a word
in any part of a sentence.

Appearing in Marlowe's erotic 'Hero and Leander'
is 'but alas! too late.'
Four lines later, there's another example.
It reads: 'On this feast day, oh, cursed day and hour!
went Hero thorough Sestas from her tower to Venus' temple.'

With louders internal
was Coleridge practised too,
(some would prefix 'over-') :
'A savage place! as holy and enchanted
as e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
by woman wailing for her demon-lover! '

A wide view is a panorama.
In Coleridge,
a 'louder' is a 'drama'.

Louder! Drama!
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: excitement,language,poetry,writing
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
26.10.20. My renaming of 'exclamation mark'.
Coleridge quote from Kubla Khan. Cartoon by Leigh Rubin
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
ha ha 26 October 2020

Cartoon is really funny

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Kumarmani Mahakul 26 October 2020

Four lines later, there's another example. You are an amazing analyser of word and language. This poem is very amazing and brilliantly penned with beauty.

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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