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poetry project
Posted by: Katie (---.mn.client2.attbi.com)
Date: August 10, 2021 01:54PM
i love poetry but i definitely can't write it... especially when it's a project... i have to write ten poems for school... any tips on how to write poems? I mean, i'm a smart person and know how to write but words just don't come into my head...
Re: poetry project
Posted by: lg (---.trlck.ca.charter.com)
Date: August 10, 2021 02:54PM
A couple of points to consider.
1. Assuming you are allowed to choose topics of your own. Choose things to write about which are very familiar to you. Possible topics might include your boyfriend, best friend, school, hometown, anything that you know well enough and could talk about for hours. The idea here is that if you could talk about it, you should be able to WRITE about it.
2. Brainstorm on paper before you begin to write. Write a rough draft, outline, or word map of the subject before beginning to write the actual poem. That way you will have a pretty good idea of what are the most important things you want to say about the subject. Your task then becomes arranging your ideas in the most effective order.
Having said this, there is no one magic formula to teach writing. The writing process, despite which genre/style of literature you choose, consists of several steps which you've probably covered in your class.
Some decisions you need to make, which are exlusive to poetry, include: Whether or not to make the poem rhyme, or whether it should have meter?
What kind of language should you use? Which poetic devices, such as, metaphors and similies, might be included?
What length a poem should be is always a key concern for beginners. A guideline here is that a poem should be long enough to say everything it needs to say in the shortest space possible.
I hope these suggestions help you get started. Good luck with your project and let us know how it goes.
Les
Post Edited (08-10-04 17:38)
1. Assuming you are allowed to choose topics of your own. Choose things to write about which are very familiar to you. Possible topics might include your boyfriend, best friend, school, hometown, anything that you know well enough and could talk about for hours. The idea here is that if you could talk about it, you should be able to WRITE about it.
2. Brainstorm on paper before you begin to write. Write a rough draft, outline, or word map of the subject before beginning to write the actual poem. That way you will have a pretty good idea of what are the most important things you want to say about the subject. Your task then becomes arranging your ideas in the most effective order.
Having said this, there is no one magic formula to teach writing. The writing process, despite which genre/style of literature you choose, consists of several steps which you've probably covered in your class.
Some decisions you need to make, which are exlusive to poetry, include: Whether or not to make the poem rhyme, or whether it should have meter?
What kind of language should you use? Which poetic devices, such as, metaphors and similies, might be included?
What length a poem should be is always a key concern for beginners. A guideline here is that a poem should be long enough to say everything it needs to say in the shortest space possible.
I hope these suggestions help you get started. Good luck with your project and let us know how it goes.
Les
Post Edited (08-10-04 17:38)
Re: poetry project
Posted by: peternsz (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: August 11, 2021 02:55AM
Sometimes it helps to get some of the bad poems out of your system as well. You can get rid of stage fright by just lunging forward. Believe me, it's pretty easy to write poems no one likes. The trick is, as they say, write, right, rite till it becomes natural.
enjoy yourself,
peter
enjoy yourself,
peter
Re: poetry project
Posted by: Hugh Clary (---.phoenix-01rh15-16rt.az.dial-access.att.net)
Date: August 11, 2021 10:04AM
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