TMA03 Creative Writing PDF

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TMA03 submission for which I passed. Includes commentary and bibliography as well as tutor comments....

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1 Name: Tian Gasby Personal Identifier: E4245628 Part 1

Write one or more poems totalling 40 lines. You may choose whether to use a more regular form or to write in free verse, bearing in mind that a range of poetic techniques have a role to play in both. You may choose your own subject matter or use one or more of the following prompts:

A toy Exile The empty street Looking at my father Home

Dandelion I picked you out, I picked you up, believing that my luck would change. The summer air filled my lungs, and superstition filled my brain. A million little wishes floated across the sky, but it was a waste of breath and a waste of my time. Those falling stars and lucky pennies, have let me down so many times before, you're just one more. Just like him, you always leave me crying, oh, dandelion.

2 Name: Tian Gasby Personal Identifier: E4245628 I sent you dancing on the breeze, but spent my wishes on a weed. A puff, I thought could change my world, but only left me crying... oh, dandelion. Lines: 31

Butterflies I was floating, never truly, going anywhere. I was caught in a web, but getting used to being there. And out of the blue, I fell in love with you. When you kissed me, I discovered, where you'd always been. I was in doubt, until you pulled me out, of my chrysalis. I came out new, because of you. Now, I remember how it feels to fly, you give me butterflies. Lines: 18

Total lines: 49

3 Name: Tian Gasby Personal Identifier: E4245628 Part 2

Write a commentary (500 words) about the process of creating your poem(s). Describe your aims, the reasons behind your major choices (for example, why you chose the metre, stanza form, voice or language), any difficulties you encountered and the solutions you came up with.

Poetry is something which I struggle with and is not something I conder a strength. However, I wanted to give it my best and therefore devised a plan before beginning to write. I did this by creating a cluster of my ideas , as suggested in the Workbook (Anderson, 2006, p. 25). By doing this, I was able to consolidate my thoughts. I also used the assessment guide to complete the assignment (The Open University, 2020, pp. 17-19). The guidance notes suggested that abstractions should be avoided, as they tell rather than show. When writing my poems, I tried to keep this point in mind by ensuring that objects and emotions were described precisely without too many adjectives . The guidance notes also advised that I should show a technical range within my capability. Although I was nervous about doing so, I tried to include the correct use of metre, rhyme, imagery and voice within my poems.

After forming my cluster, I took further advice from the workbook and remembered that "writing a poem is a process, not a single action" (Herbert, 2006, p. 167). I then spent a moment recalling significant events in my life, and love was an important factor, both gained and lost, which was the starting point for my poems. Although I found this hard

4 Name: Tian Gasby Personal Identifier: E4245628 to write about, and some of the assessment guide's advice was to avoid concepts such as pain, I felt it was necessary.

My first poem compares love to a dandelion by using metaphors to explain how both of these things are futile and eventually leave you. It is essentially a tale of a woman who is continuously disappointed in love. However, my second poem focuses on the more desirable side of love, with it being worthwhile and eventually producing something beautiful. This beauty comes as the character is set free by love after being trapped in a metaphorical web and later cocoon . By comparing the figure in the poem to a butterfly using personification, I hoped to create a dream-like feeling throughout, a theme I feel is evident in both poems.

Whilst developing my poems, the main aim was for the reader to feel the emotions I felt whilst writing; literary techniques such as metaphors, rhythm and imagery supported this . I used short lines and included commas regularly to break up the stanzas in order to represent the dandelion's travel, creating a natural flow and shape. However, when writing Butterflies, I wanted the poem to feel constant and almost give a sense of comfort. The stanza lengths are similar throughout, but occasionally some are longer and include frequent breaks, causing pauses that allow the reader to be let in. The idea behind this was to display butterfly wings opening up and closing again as the poem goes on and as the character in the poem recognises what love truly is.

5 Name: Tian Gasby Personal Identifier: E4245628 Overall, I am satisfied with my submission. At first, I was very apprehensive, but I did my best and am pleased with my first attempt. In the future, I plan to work on my poetry further with the help of the tutor comments, which I will receive when my work is marked. I will use those to help me progress successfully in the future.

Word count: 541

Bibliography

Herbert, W. N. (2006) 'Writing poetry' in Linda Anderson (ed.) Creative Writing: A workbook with readings, Abingdon, Routledge / Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp. 167-180. Lusser Rico, Gabriele (1983) 'Writing the Natural Way', in Linda Anderson (ed.) Creative Writing: A workbook with readings, Abingdon, Routledge / Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp. 24-25. The Open University., 'On "A215 Creative writing", available from https://learn2.open.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/3005406/mod_resource/content/9/a215_ag_e4i1 _sup092777.pdf (Accessed 23 February 2021)....