Tongue-in-cheek humor |
To write a poem in formal style there are skills first to satisfy- and rules that one has first to learn before they start to versify. A starting rule that should be learned when one is writing formal verse- use words the way you usually would just as you do when you converse. A poem should skillfully express to others how you really feel- like joy and pain and other things both fanciful and for real. Poetic license is a tool I truly think is really great- it permits use of bad grammar and for one to exaggerate. Many word patterns can be used when one is writing verse or prose- formal stuff is metrical rhyme- it sounds much better I suppose. To rhyme, the words must sound the same for instance just like ache and break- even though they don’t look alike no difference does it really make. Do not write a sentence backwards Just to make the last word to rhyme- for example the verse above as seen in the very last line. There are words that do look alike with their spelling nearly the same- as thing and think, but sounded out, as rhyme they really have no claim. Important are the syllables Those little pieces of a word- one keeps them constant in each line so that the rhythm can be heard. A formal-style Poets use sometime is lines in pair that seem to rhyme- but if your poem starts this way too then use it till your poem is through. So, fellow poets you may begin a formal poem now to start- remember all the formal rules and let it all flow from the heart. |