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Originally Posted by Matt Q
I guess what I most like about ghazals, what I think makes them work when I think they work, is the non-narrative -- or at least the non-linear/non-sequential approach, in which a series of facets of something are presented, that though connected and suggesting a narrative also seem to function independently.
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If I do another ghazal, and I’d like to, that advice will be very much on my mind.
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Originally Posted by Matt Q
Actually, it might be worth playing with changing the order of all the shers not just those -- assuming you haven't already done so -- and see what happens. You could even print them, cut them out and rearrange them even, maybe even face down (the paper, not you!).
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That’s what Cally suggested. She even did it, she said, and got some interesting results, so I’m curious, but I’d rather let the poem blur a little in my mind before trying it.
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On S1, each time I've read it, I've wanted it as two sentences. … I think because it makes the second sentence more emphatic.
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I’ll have to let that sink in, but I may well decide you’re right. I generally do.
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