A well-turned phrase
Captured sound of sense
Perfect expression of a truth
Wanting to be told
Clarity through word choice: diction
Sentence construction arrangement
Of ideas architectural development
Meaning made through artistry
Word play alliteration assonance
Rhythm rhyme resonance meter beat and feet
Imagery symbol simile metaphor
Epic, Allegory, Lyric, Ode, Elegy
Truth-telling when there was truth
If there ever was truth
Language scripting reality thought
Feeling words substance signification
When there was something to say
To grasp, ponder, moved sonorous sentiment emotion
Sad melancholy somber pleasure ecstasy
Pathos passion feeding and watering cultivation content
Transmission of wisdom, speculation, ideation of mood
Tradition taught sought lived into
What matters to be a human
Telos of poesis making humanity
When capricious arrangement of words
Wasn’t calculated to obfuscate deconstruct plot sequence
Rearranged syntax disjunct
Verbs subjects objects meaningless
David Fekete 