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By Gary, Edward and Laurens and Luo Yang. :D. Comparing Singaporean Poets. Poet #1: Arthur Yap. He usually uses legible and easy-to-read English for expression in his poems. He sometimes adds Singlish into his poems to illustrate the ways of typical Singaporeans.
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By Gary, Edward and Laurens and Luo Yang. :D Comparing Singaporean Poets
Poet #1: Arthur Yap • He usually uses legible and easy-to-read English for expression in his poems. • He sometimes adds Singlish into his poems to illustrate the ways of typical Singaporeans. • He makes his poems very descriptive altogether.
Poet #1: Lengths & Subject Matters • Arthur usually has his poems with relatively short lines. • He makes his stanza lengths short and sweet. He probably does not want to bore his readers. • He usually discusses about the life of typical Singaporeans and their interaction with one another.
Poet #1: Other Points to Take Note • He does not really make use of sounds as he usually illustrates the life of typical Singaporeans and does not require much sound effects to do so. • He make sure he simplifies his use of English so as not to confuse his readers with fumbling vocabulary.
Poet #2: Edwin Thumboo • He uses very descriptive and advanced English with much fluency. • His descriptive choice of English allow the readers to image the scenery he is trying to illustrate very well. • Courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ellthumb/site/poems/ulysses.html
Poet #2: Lengths & Subject Matters • Edwin makes use of short lines to allow his readers to comprehend the description he is trying to put across. • He is very erratic with his stanzas. Most are quite long but some are short. He uses this to control the thoughts that come through the readers’ minds. • He discusses about general overviews of subjects and not about very deep topics.
Poet #2: Other Points to Take Note • He does not really make use of sounds as he usually have poems that describe general topics. • Although Edwin mostly uses modern English to express his poems, he sometimes bring in the atmosphere of Middle English poems into his modern ones.
Poet #3: Boey Kim Cheng • Kim Cheng, similar to Edwin Thumboo, uses descriptive and intermediate English with great fluency to express his poems. • He sometimes bring in the thought of mythology into his poems of current happenings.
Poet #3: Lengths & Subject Matters • Kim Cheng makes use of decently long lines to mystify his poems, usually in accordance with the mythical atmosphere he tries to create in some of his poems. • He makes use of singular stanzas to emphasize the mythical atmosphere of his poems. • He discusses on current happenings.
Poet #3: Other Points to Take Note • He sometimes makes use of Middle English to mystify his poems. • He excels in trying to make the readers get the ‘feel’ of the poem by using different techniques.
Poet #4: Angeline Yap • Angeline uses descriptive and varied levels of English in her poems. • She enjoys using simple English in different and unique ways to change the whole meaning of the poem.
Poet #4: Lengths & Subject Matters • She uses decently short lines to emphasize the descriptions she is trying to imply with her English. • She uses the standard 4+ line stanzas to make her poems seem pretty ‘ordinary’ from an outlook. • She enjoys discussing about expository topics like ‘circles’ and elaborating on it with great extents.
Poet #4: Other Points to Take Note • She is a very creative poet who enjoys talking about the different things in life which relate to a certain word. • She makes herself as an author look knowledgeable in her poems by discussing rather intricate topics.
