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Poe's Philosophy of Composition as eight questions to ask of your own short poem or tale
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For writers of short poems or tales who want a way to review their own choices. It turns the essay's order of decisions into eight questions, with notes on what the essay states. It reports Poe's own account of one poem, which the Foreword says may be fictitious; the method is untested.
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Poe's Philosophy of Composition as eight questions to ask of your own short poem or tale
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For writers of short poems or tales who want a way to review their own choices. It turns the essay's order of decisions into eight questions, with notes on what the essay states. It reports Poe's own account of one poem, which the Foreword says may be fictitious; the method is untested.
Useful starting points
- Read the piece aloud and time it; the essay treats the limit of one sitting as a limit on length.
- If a meaning is stated outright, check whether it could be suggested instead; the essay warns that too much stated meaning turns poetry into prose.
- Treat the questions as a checklist for your own work; they do not show how any particular piece was produced.
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