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"The goal of an artistic life: to wrest from the personal some form that speaks universally." - Alison H. Deming "Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?" - Benjamin Franklin Tips for Poets: Overview Page I. In the Beginning
A Preface - So You Want To Be A Poet.
The Poetic Triangle - Form, Content and Style
II. What's in a Poem?
1. Forms - Verse, Rhythm, Feet, (Old Norse) Meters ...
2. Style: The Tools of the Trade - Metaphors, Heiti, Kenningar, Contrast...
III. Some Good Advice
3. After you think you´re finished
IV. Helpful Links
List of
Alliterative Poetry on Odin's Gift Meadhall - Jack Hart on the different uses and skill levels of endrhyme. Recommended! List of Odin's Bynames (Heiti) Ódins Nöfn - Listing of Odin's names in the Icelandic Thulur Wiktionary, the free dictionary - with pronunciation guide, audio files, rhyme guide, synonyms/antonyms...
Image: "Letter
Planet", © Markus Gann, www.begann.de.
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