Oh, my fellow poet!
No poem is better,
No poem is worse,
For there is,
Neither a right way,
Nor a wrong way,
To write a poem.
It’s the language,
Few can write,
Many can understand.
Poems can be better,
Poems can be worse,
But there’s just,
The reader’s understanding,
For there is,
Neither a right way,
Nor a wrong way,
To read a poem!
— TUSW
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Theme<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This piece written by TUSW on the 4th day of May, 2025 talks about perception of poems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Background<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The poet (TUSW) has written this piece in response to the comment from another poet that TUSW’s poems were better than her’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Explanation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh, my fellow poet!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This opening introduces the two characters of the poem, the poet (TUSW) and another poet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These two lines set the narrative on which the poem is based on. The poet states that in poetry there’s nothing such as a poem being better or worse than another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These lines explain why the poet says the lines before these. In these lines, the poet says that there isn’t a specific right way or a wrong way to write a poem, in essence, saying a poem can be written in any way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In these lines, the poet compares poetry to a language. He also states that while only few can write poems, many can understand them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These lines contradict the idea the poet establishes at the start – that poems cannot be better or worse – creating a paradox. The contradiction is intentional: while the poet admits that poems can seem better or worse, that judgment depends entirely on the reader. In other words, the \u201cquality\u201d of a poem isn\u2019t absolute; it\u2019s shaped by the reader\u2019s own understanding and perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These lines repeat the earlier structure, but the emphasis shifts. The first set talks about writing a poem, while this one applies the same idea to reading a poem. The repetition highlights how both acts – writing and reading – share the same idea: no fixed right way, no fixed wrong way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Critical Analysis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Language<\/strong>: Simple<\/p>\n\n\n\n Structure:<\/strong> Single Stanza<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rhyme Scheme:<\/strong> none<\/p>\n\n\n\n Poetic Devices:<\/strong> Poetic devices like paradox have been effectively used to put across the message<\/p>\n\n\n\n Message:<\/strong> Poetry has no fixed rules and no poem is better or worse – it all depends on the understanding of the reader<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oh, my fellow poet!No poem is better,No poem is worse,For there is,Neither a right way,Nor a wrong way,To write a poem.It’s the language,Few can write,Many can understand.Poems can be better,Poems can be worse,But there’s just,The reader’s understanding,For there is,Neither a right way,Nor a wrong way,To read a poem!— TUSW Theme: This piece written by TUSW […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[13,10,8],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry-tusw","category-writing","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-tusw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrobytes.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrobytes.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrobytes.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrobytes.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrobytes.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/electrobytes.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrobytes.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrobytes.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrobytes.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}No poem is better,
No poem is worse,<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\nFor there is,
Neither a right way,
Nor a wrong way,
To write a poem.<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\nIt's the language,
Few can write,
Many can understand.<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\nPoems can be better,
Poems can be worse,
But there's just,
The reader's understanding,<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\nFor there is,
Neither a right way,
Nor a wrong way,
To read a poem!<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n