The document provides an overview of poetry concepts like poems, lines, line breaks, stanzas, form poems, and free verse. It discusses poetic techniques like rhyme schemes and iambic pentameter used in sonnets. The document compares programming concepts like language, syntax, white space, and design patterns to poetic forms and techniques. It argues that both code and poetry require balancing functionality/meaning with readability/imagery. The document suggests workshops and silence can help teach the contextual aspects of creating good code and poetry.
5. Poetry Run-Down
⢠poem
The Poem
by George Oppen
A poetry of the meaning of words
And a bond with the universe
I think there is no light in the world
but the world
And I think there is light
6. Poetry Run-Down
⢠poem
⢠line
The Poem
by George Oppen
A poetry of the meaning of words
And a bond with the universe
I think there is no light in the world
but the world
And I think there is light
7. Poetry Run-Down
⢠poem
⢠line
⢠line break
The Poem
by George Oppen
A poetry of the meaning of words
And a bond with the universe
I think there is no light in the world
but the world
And I think there is light
8. Poetry Run-Down
⢠poem
⢠line
⢠line break
⢠stanza
The Poem
by George Oppen
A poetry of the meaning of words
And a bond with the universe
I think there is no light in the world
but the world
And I think there is light
9. Poetry Run-Down
Form Poems
⢠set structure or
pattern
⢠eg: sonnet,
limerick, haiku
⢠SOMETIMES
have a rhyme
scheme
vs Free Verse
⢠no constraints
⢠no rhymes
required!
⢠most poetry
written today
11. Heat
Here in the electric dusk your naked lover
tips the glass high and the ice cubes fall against her teeth.
Itâs beautiful Susan, her hair sticky with gin,
Our Lady of Wet Glass-Rings on the Album Cover,
streaming with hatred in the heat
as the record falls and the snake-band chords begin
to break like terrible news from the Rolling Stones,
and such a last lightâfull of spheres and zones.
August,
youâre just an erotic hallucination,
just so much feverishly produced kazoo music,
are you serious?âthis large oven impersonating night,
this exhaustion mutilated to resemble passion,
the bogus moon of tenderness and magic
you hold out to each prisoner like a cup of light?
by Denis Johnson
19. i have found what you are like
the rain,
(Who feathers frightened fields
with the superior dust-of-sleep. wields
easily the pale club of the wind
and swirled justly souls of flower strike
the air in utterable coolness
deeds of green thrilling light
with thinned
newfragile yellows
lurch and.press
-in the woods
which
stutter
and
sing
And the coolness of your smile is
stirringofbirds between my arms;but
i should rather than anything
have(almost when hugeness will shut
quietly)almost,
your kiss
i have found what you are like
e e cummings
22. Take a Sonnet
⢠14 lines long
⢠Three quatrains (4-line stanzas)
⢠The voltaâa logical turn
⢠One couplet (2-line stanza)
⢠All in iambic pentameter
âBut soft! what light through yonder window
breaks?â
(Elizabethan, not Petrarchan)
23. And the rhyme scheme:
âââââââ-A
âââââââ-B
âââââââ-A
âââââââ-B
âââââââ-C
âââââââ-D
âââââââ-C
âââââââ-D
âââââââ-E
âââââââ-F
âââââââ-E
âââââââ-F
âââââââ-G
âââââââ-G
sun
red
dun
head
white
cheeks
delight
reeks
know
sound
go
ground
rare
compare
24. Shakespeareâs Sonnet no. 130
My mistressâ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lipsâ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
26. Rhyme & Reason
Forms help youâŚ.
⢠organize thought
⢠pay attention to sound
⢠develop patterns and rhythms
⢠plain old get started
⢠and much more!
31. But what makes code
and poetry good?
⢠Both are subjective
⢠People have opinions!
⢠Contextual creation is hard to teach
⢠But we have guidelines
32. Say a lot with a little
⢠Use just enough language to make yourself
clear
⢠Make sure every word is necessary
⢠But what do we deem ânecessaryâ?
40. In a Dreary Station of
the Metro
I was deep down in the Metro, looking
at the crowd, and these faces
appeared almost as if they were ghosts.
The metro was a dark cavern,
the crowd a solid mass , but the faces
were clear, delicate, fleeting,
a brief moment of beauty
in the otherwise dark world, like
flower petals stuck to a slick black bough
wet with rain.
by Ezra âPile It Onâ Pound
47. How to implement:
⢠Implement workshop-style code reviews
⢠Stay silent in code reviews or on PRs until youâve
gotten your feedback
⢠Weekly lunch & learn, workshop style
⢠Start a Coderâs Workshop with friends
⢠Just embrace silence personally