Official Review: Poetry and the Concept of Maya
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Official Review: Poetry and the Concept of Maya
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Poetry and the Concept of Maya" by David Churchill.]
Poetry and the Concept of Maya by David Churchill is partly a collection of poems and partly a guide on how to interpret and understand lyrical poetry. The author aims to teach poets how to see reality through the senses using the Hindu principle of Maya. The writer employs a didactic style and formal language to guide readers on how to make sense of lyric poetry.
After introducing the book and referring to the Hindu principle of Maya, the author teaches the reader how to look through a poem’s lens. The writer then provides numerous poems that will help the reader develop this skill. The poems in this section are abstract, and they often refer to months and seasons. The first poem explores a holiday from teaching, which most likely relates to the relief teachers feel when the school year is finished. There is a poem about September of 2001, which personifies September, showing the fear and grief the world faced due to the terror attacks. There are also some poems about the months of October, November, and December, which describe the coming of winter and the cold weather.
I found many positive attributes in this book, which made it enjoyable and interesting. For one, I liked the logical structure in the text, as the writer divided the poems into four sections, with each section teaching the reader a separate skill related to interpreting poetry. The text was also professionally edited since I only noticed a few errors in the entire collection of poems. What I liked most about this book was the fact that the author took the time to provide commentary on many of the poems in the text, thereby allowing the reader to clearly comprehend them and avoid confusion.
What I disliked most about the text was that some of the poems were repetitive and slightly monotonous, thereby creating a dull tone in the book.
This book is best suited for adult readers who like poetry. Young readers should not read this book because it has some profane words. Readers who love abstract lyric poetry will find this book useful, as it will assist them in interpreting poems correctly. Readers who subscribe to Hindu or Buddhist beliefs may appreciate this book more, as there are principles from Eastern religions in the text.
All in all, I rate this book with 3 out of 4 stars. I could not give the book a lower rating because it was well-edited and rationally organized, while the author provided thorough commentary on the poems. I decided not to give the text a perfect score because some of the poems were uninteresting and dull
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Poetry and the Concept of Maya by David Churchill is partly a collection of poems and partly a guide on how to interpret and understand lyrical poetry. The author aims to teach poets how to see reality through the senses using the Hindu principle of Maya. The writer employs a didactic style and formal language to guide readers on how to make sense of lyric poetry.
After introducing the book and referring to the Hindu principle of Maya, the author teaches the reader how to look through a poem’s lens. The writer then provides numerous poems that will help the reader develop this skill. The poems in this section are abstract, and they often refer to months and seasons. The first poem explores a holiday from teaching, which most likely relates to the relief teachers feel when the school year is finished. There is a poem about September of 2001, which personifies September, showing the fear and grief the world faced due to the terror attacks. There are also some poems about the months of October, November, and December, which describe the coming of winter and the cold weather.
I found many positive attributes in this book, which made it enjoyable and interesting. For one, I liked the logical structure in the text, as the writer divided the poems into four sections, with each section teaching the reader a separate skill related to interpreting poetry. The text was also professionally edited since I only noticed a few errors in the entire collection of poems. What I liked most about this book was the fact that the author took the time to provide commentary on many of the poems in the text, thereby allowing the reader to clearly comprehend them and avoid confusion.
What I disliked most about the text was that some of the poems were repetitive and slightly monotonous, thereby creating a dull tone in the book.
This book is best suited for adult readers who like poetry. Young readers should not read this book because it has some profane words. Readers who love abstract lyric poetry will find this book useful, as it will assist them in interpreting poems correctly. Readers who subscribe to Hindu or Buddhist beliefs may appreciate this book more, as there are principles from Eastern religions in the text.
All in all, I rate this book with 3 out of 4 stars. I could not give the book a lower rating because it was well-edited and rationally organized, while the author provided thorough commentary on the poems. I decided not to give the text a perfect score because some of the poems were uninteresting and dull
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