digression is thought to be a literary technique whereby a writer makes a shift of the main subject to describe other details or subjects. Is it more of a modern aspect than a traditional one, considering that modern poetry is more experimental and free.
Yes, in my personal opine is that applying digression is a modern stylistic feature in poetry because it may convey new messages and a new literal path for enthusiastic readers who show their interest in and are exhausted by the conventional aspect or traditional style of composition.
The Bible is full of such digressions that are supposed to be didactic when Jesus uses a story to explain his point of view on a subject. Nothing new there. Flashbacks and flashforwards are also digressions in time and they have existed in the cinema for maybe not centuries but at least many decades. I would even go farther. In my research practice, I often NEED digressions to make the point I want to make, otherwise, my thinking becomes a routine, a humdrum procedure that cannot change. There is no research without a constant NEED for change. So Poetry...? It has always used digressions to make deeper meaning understandable.
As far as I know,the term digression is poetry is not suitable because it implies a critical perspective that reduces the worth of the complex structure of some poems.
The shift from one topic to another in MP could be viewed as a conscious act for poetic reasons. The theme could be divided into main and subthemes that are interwoven aesthetically to mark a regular rhyme scheme, musicality or thematic interests.
So, digression, a term which I do not prefer in poetry analysis, could be plausible.
Digression is a temporary shift in subject which ends with the writer to return to the main subject.It's done for Stylistic or Rhetoric purposes.
لا أفترض أن الاستطراد من سمات الشعر المعاصر وهذا راجع لعدة اعتبارات أذكر منها أن الاستطراد خاصية من خصائص الشعر الجاهلي (وأنا أتحدث عن الشعر العربي) وقد انقلب الشعراء المعاصرون على النموذج الشعري الجاهلي، ثانيا ينحو الشعر المعاصر إلى خاصية عكس الاستطراد وهي الترميز أو التكثيف اللغوي بدل الشرح والتبسيط لذلك اتسم الشعر المعاصر بالغموض ( وتعتبر قضية الغموض في الشعر المعاصر من أهم القضايا الأدبية) تبقى هناك بعض الاستثناءات التي يمكن مناقشتها مثلا ما هي طبيعة هذا الاستطراد هل هو الاستطراد المتعلق بشرح المعاني وتبسيطها (وهذا تجاوزه الشعر المعاصر) أم هو الاستطراد التشكيلي(يتعلق بطول القصيدة وتشكيلها اللغوي حيث يطول نفس القصيدة ) وهو ما استثمره الشعر المعاصر كثيرا (قصائد السياب، نازك، أمل دنقل...)، أيضا لا يمكننا تعميم هذا الحكم إذ أننا نجد بعض القصائد المعاصر تعاود بعث هذه الخاصية وثيقة الصلة بالشعر القديم في حلة جديدة فنجد بعض القصائد المعاصر تعتمد الاستطراد (خصوصا في أدب الطفل)
Digression is a healthy way of Modern Stylistic Poetry. It helps to avoid boredom and monotonous, also simplifies the core subject and makes the learners to understand and interpret in a better manner.
I believe with changing times it is a new method of expression. Broadly focusing on the grounded theory. Promoting altogether an insight which has not happened before.
I personally do not like digressions in poetry, for the simple reason that a poem should not be longer than what it should be. Let the poem go up to a 100 lines, if the topic deserves it. I do not agree with those who opine that digressions remove the boredom generated after reading the poem for some time. I read on a poem if it captivates me. And I never seek refuge in a digression.
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