...The goal of an artistic life: to wrest from the personal some form
that speaks universally.
-- Alison H. Deming
Tips for Poets: Overview Page
I. In the Beginning
2.
Form,
Content and Style: The Poetry Triangle
* Under Construction*
II. What´s in a Poem?
1.
Forms * Under Construction*
Verse, Rhythm, Feet, (Old Norse) Meters ...
2.
Style: The Tools of the Trade * Under Construction*
Metaphors, Heiti, Kenningar, Contrast...
III. Some Good Advice
3. After you think you´re finished
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