Part 3: Sound Devices Are there sound devices? True, some poems depend heavily on sharpness of images and do not make use of such techniques as rhyme, assonance, alliteration, consonance, and onomatopoeia. However, the writing of poetry is a discipline and sound devices are part of the criteria that define poetry, ... Read More
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Diction Is the diction fresh? Individual words rather than phrasing are the focus when the poem is revised. And all poems must be revised or it is a pastime and not a craft; when you submit a poem it should be flawless even if you were seized by the Muse and ... Read More
Poetry in all its splendor is about observation of the world around and within you. Poetry is written about anything and everything. Writing poems, prose, verse, sonnets, limericks, haiku, is all about surveillance of the world around you, playing with words and using metaphors to dress things and bring your ... Read More
Imagery Are the images effective? In a difficult poem, isolated images may be all that reaches the reader the first time through. These may be vivid visual details used for their own sake, or they may be vehicles for metaphors; but the poet needs to know what has really made an ... Read More
