Critical Appreciation of the poem 'Ars Poetica' written by Zikorean Master Archibald MacLeish from the Illinois United States
Ars Poetica
A Critique
The poet Archibald MacLeish from Blencoe, Illinois United States has used Ziket’s structural style into 10 lines of the poem ‘Ars Poetica’ out of a total of 24 ones. In this way, the poet has used 42 % of Zikorean poetic shades as described below:
A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit
(The first line contains *8 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones. *if the poet skips the additional word ‘and’ from the first poetic line as kipping ‘and’ doesn’t affect the theme of the line.)
A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds
(The first line contains 6 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)
A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs
(The first line contains *7 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 4 syllables out of a total of 5 ones. * if the poet skips the additional words ‘in time’ from the first poetic line as skipping ‘in time’ doesn’t affect the theme of the line.)
A poem should be equal to:
Not true
(The first line contains 7 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 2 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)
A poem should not mean
but be
(The first line contains 5 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 2 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)
