EMINEM: modern day poet?



Marshall Mathers

From previous posts you can see that I don’t mind a bit of poetry. It has to be said though, I don’t read poetry at all except for the requirements of GCSE English. I wrote those poems as the result of creative spark. I had an idea and followed it through. Obviously had I of thought of an idea like a full blown novel, that would be much more difficult to actually act upon.

After writing the poems I have since come to realise some things. The first is to do with actually creating poetry. It’s very easy to fall into the rhyme trap and forget that actual image your poem is meant to convey. The other thing is that Eminem is actually an inspired poet. He comes up with some very creative rhymes and often conjures evocative thoughts and emotions. I would struggle to call him a poet in public because of the connotations of the word poet. He definitely posesses all of the qualities of an old aged poet, with some modern day pinash.