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"There are but three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the warrior, and the poet. To know, to kill, and to
create." Form, Content and Style: The Poetic Triangle Writing a poem is like casting a bronze statue: Getting started
Know your audience Seek inspiration See similar poems - especially if youre no native speaker. read classical poems !! to perceive the scope, analyze them ! Notebook "Hit" vs. "Under Construction" Online
Rhyming Help Structure
1. Rhythm 2. Verse Free Verse. However, writing a prose text and randomly ... does usually not create a poem ! While free verse is a great form in its own right, many nowadays use it as an excuse for avoiding the work of putting their first draft into a proper form. This often results in a great idea expressed with poor means. Suiting the form to the occasion (humourous, elegic..) 3. Stanza Shadowpoetry types of poetry Ship of Fools poetry tips
Sound
1. Rhyme 2. Alliteration 3. Assonance
Gimmicks
Metaphor, Simile Contrast Onomatopoesis - do it with assonance Oxymoron Pleonasm Tautology
The Plot
Perspective (I/we, he/they, it) (Interior) Monologue / Dialogue Again: Simile and Contrast Ballad Song/Lyrics, Chant Prayer, Invocation Building up Tension or How To Keep `Em Reading Curiosity Lenghth
Fine-Tuning Check and recheck the above. let it mature. ponder alternatives. Read it aloud sing it. try to read it as though you didnt know it. Info per verse Weed words without info Show it to others, accept Critique, poetry forums
Links to Books /Sites about techniques
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