Author:
Louise Ward
Date Of Creation:
8 February 2021
Update Date:
1 July 2024
Content
Poetry is a way of expressing your inner and outer world. A poem can be anything from love to loss or about the rusty gate on an old farm. Composing a poem can be daunting, especially if you are not naturally creative or outburst of poetic ideas. However, with the right inspiration and direction, you will be able to write a poem that you can proudly share with everyone in your class or friends.
Steps
Part 1 of 3: Start a poem
Learning to write. A poem can come from a short poem, a line or two of unknown poems, or an image that lingers on in your mind. You can find inspiration for poems from around the world and practice writing. Once you get inspiration, you can formulate and organize your ideas into a poem.
- For example, you could use a topic for random writing (freewrite). Then use verses or images from the freewrite manuscript as inspiration for the poem. You can use pre-written topics or create your own.
- You can try brainstorming techniques like mind mapping or listing images / ideas. These methods can help you find inspiration for the poem.
Inspired by the environment and what is close to you. You can be filled with ideas by walking around the neighborhood or favorite place in the city. You can also sit on a bench in a park or public square and use your moments of observation as inspiration to write poetry.- Try writing a poem about someone important in life, such as your mother or best friend. These people are your inspiration, you can choose their qualities and traits to form a character.
Choose a specific topic or idea. You can start a poem by focusing on a particular idea or topic that you are passionate about or interested in. By choosing a specific topic and idea, you will create a poem with a clear goal or intent. This can make it easier for you to narrow the scope of the images and expressions you want to use in your poem.- Suppose you decide to write poetry on the subject of "love and friendship". You will contemplate specific moments of love and friendship you experienced in your life, as well as perceptions of your love and friendship based on your relationships with others. .
- Try to choose a very specific topic or idea to avoid feeling vague or unclear to the reader. For example, instead of choosing the general "loss" theme, choose something more specific, such as "the pain of losing a child" or "the loss of a close friend."
Choose poetic form. Fluent your creative flow by choosing the genre for the poem. There are many different forms of poetry that you can apply, from free or hexagonal poetry to sonnet (a Western poetic originating from Italy) or rhyming couplet (consisting of one or more paragraphs, each is a pair of lines with similar structure). You can choose a form of poetry that you find easy to use like free verse, or, try your hand at a more difficult form, like a sonnet. Decide on a poetic form and stick to that structure so that the poem feels appealing to the fake.- There are many options for you: short poems like haiku (owl poems - japanese poems), cinquain (poetic poems, each line has its own rules), or shape poem (visual poetry). You can choose to hang out with simple poems or find the fun of challenging yourself with a tough poetic structure.
- In addition, if you want to compose a poem that brings laughter, a witty and humorous form like the limetrick is also an option. In addition, more lyrical genres like sonnet, ballad or rhyming couplet can help you create a touching and romantic poem.
Read more examples of poetry. For a better understanding of what many other poets have been writing, you can check out a series of examples below. You should read through a few works written in the same poetic style that you love or poems with the same theme / idea that you are looking for inspiration. Choose works that are famous and considered "classics" to get a better sense of the genre. Eg:
- "Kublai Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman
- "I measure every Grief I meet" by Emily Dickinson
- "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare
- "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop
- "Night Funeral in Harlem" by Langston Hughes
- "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams
- "The Tale of Kieu" by Nguyen Du
Part 2 of 3: Write a poem
Use specific images. Limiting the abstraction of images leads to confusing descriptions of people, places and other subjects in the poem. When describing something, try to focus on the five senses: smell, taste, touch, sight and hearing. Using specific images will immerse the reader in the world in the poem and bring the images to life for them.
- For example, to describe an emotion or image, instead of using abstract words, you should use more specific words. Don't just write, "I feel happy" but apply specific words to create a clearer image like "My smile is shining like a flash of lightning."
Combine with rhetorical measures. Rhetoric such as metaphors and anthropomorphization will make the poem colorful and deep. Applying these rhetorical measures will help your poem stand out and paint a more specific picture of your readers.Use rhetoric throughout the poem and transform them so that your writing is not confined to metaphors or comparisons.
- A metaphor is to use the name of one object as the name of another in a surprising way. For example, "I am a bird perched on a wire".
- Comparison is to compare an object or object with another object or object with the association word "like" or "like". For example, "She is alone like a crow in the field" or "My heart is like an empty stage."
- You can also use anthropomorphization to describe an object or idea using human qualities or characteristics. For example, "The original water wells missed the soldier" or "Buffalo, I told Buffalo", and so on.
Write for the ears. Poetry is used to sound out loud, so you should focus on how a poem will sound when read out. When you write to the ears, you will be able to be free of the structure and choice of words in your poem. You have to arrange words to create beautiful timbre and rhythm, making each line of poetry pouring into the ears of listeners.
- For example, to describe dawn, you might find that the words "red" and "magenta" sound different even though the two words represent the same color. The word "red" has only one syllable and gives the listener a vague feeling. "Crimson" has two syllables, which when put into the verse, paints a clearer picture of the shades of red.
Avoid stereotypes. Your poetry will be clearer if you avoid stereotypes (expressions so familiar that they gradually lose their meaning). Applying new descriptions and images to make readers feel surprised and interested in your writing style. If you feel that a certain phrase or image has become too familiar to your readers, replace it with a more unique expression.
- For example, in the phrase "she works hard like a bee", you realize that you have used the familiar image of "bee" to describe a hard-working character in a poem. At this point, you can replace the cliché image with a different, new expression, like "her hands never rest" or "she crossed the kitchen with her feet."
Part 3 of 3: Publication of Poems
Read the poem aloud. After you have finished your manuscript, read the poem aloud. Notice how the words in the poem sound when read. Note how to change sentences in each line of poetry. Have a pen ready to highlight any lines of poetry or words that sound weird or confusing.
- In addition, you can also read the poem aloud to friends, family or colleagues. Ask about how they felt when they first heard the poem and see if they appear confused or confused about a particular line or phrase.
Receive comments from many people. You can share your poem with other poets to listen to their opinions and improve your work. Join poetry creation clubs where you can present your poem to other poets and work with them to improve it. Or, you could take a poetry creation class so that you can be guided by the instructor and with other poetic lovers improve your writing skills. You will be able to receive input from classmates to improve the poem.
Revise the poem. Once you receive an opinion on your poem, you can edit it until it is complete. Examine input from others and trim out any ambiguous or ambiguous details. Willing to "dissect your brainchild" and not persistently keep lines that sound good just because you want them to appear in the poem. Make sure that each sentence contributes to the goal, idea, and overall picture of the poem.
- Review the entire poem carefully to get rid of too clichéd or familiar sentences. In addition, you need to ensure the accuracy of spelling and grammar in the poem.
