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Linda Sue Grimes
Feb 4, 2009
Tools for Poetry Commentary
Every field of study has its scholars, critics, and commentarians, who employ terminological tools appropriate to their unique purposes. So it is with poetry commentary.
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Jun 1, 2008
The Versanelle
Often employing the usual poetic devices, the versanelle is a crafty little form whose elements include brevity, narration, critique of human nature, and a punch line.
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Mar 11, 2008
Four Modernist Poets
Two types of poets emerge in every era, traditionalists and faddists. The Modernist fad produced four major poets who straddled the line between tradition and Modernism.
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Apr 25, 2007
The Sonnet as a Cage
In Millay's Petrarchan sonnet, the speaker resolves to tame Chaos by placing him in the cage of a sonnet, where she will be able to make an orderly being of him.
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Feb 26, 2007
Imagism vs Picturism
According to Bly, American readers "can't tell when a man is counterfeiting and when he isn't." What might this view of one's audience imply for one's artistic integrity?
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Feb 19, 2007
To Aspiring Poets
There should be a Hippocratic Oath for poets. If poets were held to anything near the standard of physicians, there would be far less doggerel in the world.
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Feb 12, 2007
Lyric Poetry
Lyric poetry is the most common form of poetry; it does not tell a story as the epic and narrative forms do; the lyric poem has grown into many forms since ancient times.
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Nov 15, 2009
The Pantoum – A Rhyming, Repeating Poetic Form
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Angela Zito
Many poets have experimented with the pantoum form, using its interconnected quatrains and indeterminate length to dwell on or delve into the intricacies of any subject.
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Oct 17, 2009
A Survey of the Sonnet and Its Many Forms
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Angela Zito
Sonnets have been around for a long time, and so have undergone a number of transformations. Regardless of its rigid structure, the sonnet remains a popular poetic form.
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Oct 4, 2009
The Lyric Essay
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David Harris-Gershon
Lyric essay-which resides on a literary boundary between creative nonfiction and poetry-has the appearance of prose but evokes the emotionality and imagery of poetry.
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Aug 15, 2009
Poetry Types for Novice Poets
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Jessica Gleason
There are hundreds of different types of poetry ranging from the very simple to the incredibly complex. To understand the art of writing poetry they must all be explored.
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Aug 15, 2009
Simple Poetry Types For Beginners
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Jessica Gleason
There are hundreds of different types of poetry ranging from the very simple to the incredibly complex. To understand the art of writing poetry they must all be explored.
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Jul 21, 2009
Creating Poems in Folding Mirror Poetry Form
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Marc Latham
The Folding Mirror poetry form calls for two sides of a poem to mirror each other structurally either side of a folding middle line, but there are no limits to length.
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Mar 20, 2009
Four Musical Poetic Forms
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Catherine Owen
Poetry is a highly musical art. Using forms that emphasize the oral and aural history of the genre can increase the power of poems.
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