Unemotive lines of a poem (1 Viewer)

[terminator69]

When a poet uses lines that are unemotive, what does this suggest?

 

[scaredytiger]

When a poet uses lines that are unemotive, what does this suggest?

context much?

edit: as in...what is the context?

 

[-WaxingLyrical-]

You need to give more information than that if you want help.
What poem is it?

 

[Muz4PM]

An unemotive lines means a pretty bloody boring poem.

Outside of that flippent throw away remark, I cannot offer any assistance. Good luck.

 

[BackCountrySnow]

An unemotive lines means a pretty bloody boring poem.

you beat me to it.

 

[terminator69]

The poem is called "After the Flood", I couldn't find it on google. I can't even see which lines are unemotive so can't quote it.

I thought there would just be a general answer..

 

[champo14]

When a poet uses lines that are unemotive, what does this suggest?

That they are unemotive? Man the HSC sure can be silly sometimes.

But yes, it more than likely relates to the context.

Apart from this, post in the right forum next time.

 

[veloc1ty]

I'd say it can give it a feeling of apathy or being detached.

 

[Prosper]

unemotive means it doesnt show emotions id assume

i.e. today i was sad <--- emotive
vs
i walked around the park <---unemotive

thats just what i think?

 

[Sarah182]

When a poet uses lines that are unemotive, what does this suggest?

It depends on the poem, sometimes if a person is writing about a lifeless place or a sterile world in some instances lines that are unemotive or dull are used to create a sense of this. It may suggest detachment or boredom.
In a way it sets the scene, gives the audience an idea of the world/ setting they are writing about.

I'm not sure, I havent really ever thought about that..

 

[bored of sc]

it could mean a range of things - it just doesn't overtly evoke emotions in the responder (i know it seems like everything would have to evoke some fragment of an emotion, whether it be boredom or annoyance to sympathy but in this case, we will contradict that notion)

purely factual parts of a poem that provide historical contexts and backgrounds are often considered 'dry' in the sense of the emotional effect it has on the poem (this is an obvious generalisation of course)

often cliche's don't evoke much emotion from people as their overuse makes people yawn and have an apathetic reaction to it (is apathy an emotion?)

also, some poems intellectually demanding (shakespeare, donne) that they are so hard to understand means that particular people (the people considered to be 'dumb') don't get any meaning out of them - thus it doesn't evoke any emotions inside of them

 

[DownInFlames]

The poem is called "After the Flood", I couldn't find it on google. I can't even see which lines are unemotive so can't quote it.

I thought there would just be a general answer..

you could... type up a bit of it?

The general answer would be that the poet doesn't wish to express particular interest or involvement in the situation. But the answer changes depending on the poet/poem. That said, who is the writer?