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getting “techniqueal”
By | January 18, 2008
Writing poetry is a very personal thing and each individual has his or her own unique style. However no matter what technique or method you use to write a poem it is the emotion in it that is most important. There are some techniques used to write poetry such as:
One of the most common and well known techniques is alliteration. This means using three or more words that start with the same sound. For ex: rabbits running over roses. These words all begin with an r and sound similar.
Rhyming is extremely popular. However it is a popular misconception that for something to be a poem it has to rhyme. That is however not true as rhyming is also just another technique.
Another popular style is poetry is the use of metaphors. Metaphors are words that are used in one way and mean another. For ex: John swelled and ruffled his plumage (versus John was a peacock). These are some things that are allowed to poets to help express themselves better.
Onomatopoeia is basically a word which imitates a sound. It is used to help the reader identify with something. For example: words like ‘slam’ etc.
Similes are also highly popular. They are as their name would suggest and they are used to compare one thing to another. For ex: As black as coal.
Another style which is rather hard to master is assonance. Here vowels which sound the same are used within syllables between different consonants. For ex: “And murmuring of innumerable bees”- Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess VII.203
These techniques have been used over centuries by some of the finest poets. To fully master poetry it is necessary for one to become fully conversant with these techniques and be able to use them in his or her poems.
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