The Villanelle is a 19 line poem known for its repeated lines that act as refrains. It consists of five tercets and a quatrain (6 stanzas in total). The first and the third line of the first tercet appear as the refrains throughout the poem in a structured manner. The...
To attempt the Alliterisen poetic style, it is important to be familiar with alliteration first. Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter sound across the start of several words in a sentence. Alliteration provides an element of music to speech,...
Poetry that doesn't follow any strict rhyme scheme or meter is called free verse. Free verse encompasses a wide range of poetic devices and also allows the poets to have the complete freedom to improvise and be creative in constructing their poems. The poems can be of...
Dizain is a French poem that became a favourite of many 15th and 16th century French poets. However this style was also employed in English by John Keats. Here are the basic rules of the dizain: 1) It has a one ten-line stanza. 2) There are 10 syllables per line. 3)...
Have you ever wondered if Math and Poetry can meet? Of course, they can! Nine square is a unique style of poetry that is structured around the principles of Mathematics. Nine Square poetry style follows the following rules; Total number of stanzas - 3 Number of lines...
Book Spine Poetry is a form of found poetry where the spines of books are arranged vertically so that their titles, when read from top to bottom, become the lines of a poem. It is a fun poetry writing exercise both for children and adults. Here are the steps to create...
The Swap Quatrain was created by Lorraine M. Kanter. A swap quatrain is a four-line poetic form where the first line is reversed to become the fourth line. This is done for each stanza in a poem, creating a repeating structure. The poem follows a consistent rhyming...
Reverse poetry is a form of poetry where a poem can be read both from top to bottom and from bottom to top offering different and opposite perspectives of the theme chosen. Here are some simple steps that will help you craft a reverse poem; STEP 1...
Blackout poetry is a form of found poetry created by erasing or blacking out words from an existing text in a magazine or newspaper. The words that are not blacked out result in an entirely new poem that is quite unique in its context. Here are the steps to...