https://writing.codidact.com/categories/1/tags/24.rssNew Posts Tagged 'poetry' - WritingWriting - Codidact2023-09-20T21:20:13Zhttps://writing.codidact.com/posts/26491Is there a tool for determining the number of on in a word for the purpose of writing haiku?zr00https://writing.codidact.com/users/41152018-02-22T17:31:02Z2023-09-20T21:20:13Z<p>In America at least, Haiku are commonly taught to students as poems having 5, 7, then 5 <em>syllables</em>, when in actuality, they have a structure of 5, 7, then 5 <a href="https://en.wikipedia...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/18341What should be covered in a poetry workshop?Terri Simonhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/7112016-08-31T19:19:09Z2019-12-13T12:00:38Z<p>I may take on the task of leading a one session (2 hour maximum) workshop on poetry. What would be the most important aspects that should be covered in such a workshop? I would assume that most ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/16602Is there a technical term for a rhyme using both the end of one sentence, and the beginning of the next?Andrew Clarkhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/40882016-03-08T08:04:51Z2019-12-13T12:00:34Z<p>Is there a word for when the last word of a line is the first word of a sentence, which creates a rhyme when combined with the preceding word?</p>
<p>That might not be clear on its own; this ex...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/15150Having a character quote an entire stanza of a poemMatthew Brown aka Lord Matthttps://writing.codidact.com/users/19172015-11-02T12:42:53Z2019-12-13T12:00:31Z<p>I am working on a long form fiction item. In this one of the characters will quote the first stanza from a poem. Normally with speech, one opens quotes, adds the text, and closes quotes. However...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/13249Is mathematical poetry a form of poetry?user13880https://writing.codidact.com/users/33352015-05-21T09:37:30Z2019-12-13T12:00:29Z<p>One author considers this mathematical statement by LeRoy Gorman entitled “The Birth of Tragedy” as a form of minimalist poetry:</p>
<pre><code> (!+?)^...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/12938How does one avoid imposing one's own voice and preferences in critiques?Paul A. Claytonhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/2112015-04-22T12:44:11Z2019-12-13T12:00:29Z<p>When critiquing another's writing I find myself making suggestions that are clearly biased toward how I would write the work. This effect seems particularly prevent for poetry, where suggestions...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/12376How do you make a vague metaphor more easy to understand?Lee Whitehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/31272015-02-19T08:35:19Z2019-12-13T12:00:28Z<p>I am a fairly avid songwriter, and although I like writing meaningful lyrics, I am not particularly good at it.</p>
<p>I tend to use a lot of metaphors in my lyrics, but they're always quite ea...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11884Metaphor or PersonificationYashbhatthttps://writing.codidact.com/users/28122014-12-28T18:02:52Z2019-12-13T12:00:27Z<p>Recently, on a school test, I was given a poem comprehension. One of the questions was :</p>
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<p>What is the figure of speech in "...the trees start whispering among themselves?
...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11470On offering feedback to stories/novels/poetrySystemhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/-12014-10-24T13:24:18Z2019-12-13T12:00:26Z<p>Very often, I happen to have to offer my feedback on friends' short stories or novels or poetry. However, I find it very difficult to give a throughout feedback on this kind of writing which is ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11115Person who invented "formula" for good poetrystumpedhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/28142014-09-07T00:41:40Z2019-12-13T12:00:24Z<p>I remember hearing about this formula where it showed a graph of what makes a poem good. It had something to do with increasing length to increase enjoyability. I was wondering if anyone remembe...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/9553Can the term "Glorified delivery" be used to signify giving birth?Lynobhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/19792014-01-11T10:22:34Z2019-12-13T12:00:21Z<p>My cousin is giving birth to twins, and I am preparing the invitation cards.</p>
<p>I wrote</p>
<pre><code>Twice as much love
Two blessings from above
Anthony a lovely boy
And Joya brings the...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/8730Usage of commas in poetryAlexandro Chenhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/6602013-09-27T13:36:46Z2019-12-13T12:00:19Z<p>I wrote a piece of poetry for one of my short stories (the main character, Eri, writes poems). It's the following:</p>
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<p><strong>Eri,</strong> did you feel the earthquake last n...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/8525Does my poem convey the character of the (fictional) author well?SF.https://writing.codidact.com/users/5662013-09-03T10:11:17Z2019-12-13T12:00:18Z<p>The core character in my current work-in-progress is an immortal goddess (of the minor kind), who goes increasingly desperate. In her desperation she's about to do something quite terrible, and ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/8553Should this introductory quotation be translated, untranslated, or dropped?Paul A. Claytonhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/2112013-09-07T16:17:36Z2019-12-13T12:00:18Z<p>When I first wrote "Gawain's Guilt-Girdle" (14 lines of verse) I introduced it with a short (modernized/translated) quotation from the Middle English work <em>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</em...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/7452How is parallel construction viewed in literature?Tom Auhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/2832013-04-04T12:57:44Z2019-12-13T12:00:15Z<p>I wrote a "take-off" on a French song using a technique that I believe is called "parallel construction."</p>
<p><a href="https://french.stackexchange.com/questions/6041/can-rustique-be-used-as...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/7593Iambic pentameter: how do you use words with 'secondary stressed' syllables?Systemhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/-12013-04-22T14:56:50Z2019-12-13T12:00:15Z<p>I'm trying to create textbook-perfect <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter">iambic pentameter</a>.</p>
<p>I may be wrong in my assumption of there being such a thing as a 'se...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/7241Punctuation and capitalisation in poetryJAMhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/1802013-02-21T04:12:33Z2019-12-13T12:00:14Z<p>I'm writing a poem entirely without commas, periods, colons, dashes, emdashes, etc.</p>
<p>However, near the end of the poem I name a city and I want to capitalise it.</p>
<p>On one hand, I th...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/5764What qualities should a good metaphor have?Nathan C. Treschhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/8682012-05-03T16:13:49Z2019-12-13T12:00:08Z<p>What makes an individual metaphor a good illustration of a complex idea as opposed to a "bad" metaphor that doesn't do the job of painting a picture with alternate words?</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/4958Using poetry in novels a good option?J A Tagalahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/12872011-12-31T13:05:02Z2019-12-13T12:00:04Z<p>I write fiction as well as poetry. And many a times I use poetry as a tool to bring out that acute feeling of pain or love (as required) in my explanations. What if I use poetry to introduce or...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/4805What is this form of poetry called?c0dahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/12532011-12-07T12:32:39Z2019-12-13T12:00:02Z<p>I am poet and a blogger, and was writing a poem today for my blog. It went something like:</p>
<pre><code>So, are you missing me?
Missing me so much that you crave,
crave to meet me right now.....https://writing.codidact.com/posts/4187How do you manage all the different aspects of writing poetry?EpsilonVectorhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/11202011-09-08T23:04:50Z2019-12-13T11:59:59Z<p>Every time I try to write a poem I find myself incredibly stuck. It feels to me like poetry has so many different aspects- meter, structure, rhyming, lingual aesthetics (not to mention semantics...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/2401Know any metaphors about women that...?Paulhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/6792011-03-17T10:32:50Z2019-12-13T11:59:56Z<p>... are very skilled in getting men to like them, men really easily fall in love with them, but they (the women) are not interested in anything more than a sexual relationship?</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/2367What's the indent rule of poetry?xzhuhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/6742011-03-15T03:46:28Z2019-12-13T11:59:56Z<p>I've seen people indent their poems like below:</p>
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<p><strong>Writing on wall</strong><br /></p>
<p>It was just plane writing on wall<br />
I must have taken it a serious...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/2135How can I write poems in an attractable manner?Sankar Ganeshhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/6242011-02-25T15:11:16Z2019-12-13T11:59:55Z<p>I have written several poems, but only very few won prices. Those poems impressed people very much, so I want you to share your thoughts, what are the key things I have to focus on or I have to ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32909Is this an oxymoron, and what would be the purpose of making seemingly illogical statements in writing?puffofsmokehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/70802019-01-24T20:53:01Z2019-12-13T11:56:49Z<p>Here's a piece of writing I came up with:</p>
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<p>The rolling billows rocked the mighty galleon<br>
cradling it madly as if it were but a mere child.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>There...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32080I noticed that several already-existing poems used the same highly specific puns and phrases that I used. Is this unintentional plagiarism on my part?poetryfan66https://writing.codidact.com/users/69512018-12-07T10:23:15Z2019-12-13T11:56:48Z<p>A bit of context:</p>
<p>Exhibit A) I wrote a poem that had the line "crystalline crystal lines." </p>
<p>I googled this phrase, just to see if it was out there, and I saw that it was. I had n...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/31112How do you get over the fear of exposing yourself in writing?Yostinahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/57892018-10-13T13:04:46Z2019-12-13T11:56:47Z<p>I really feel like writing, in all its forms, is a very nice way to express myself especially since I'm an introvert, but I'm afraid people would know how I think and know my thinking process an...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/27200What's next when it comes to poems?Vimathhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/61202018-03-27T08:06:51Z2019-12-12T23:01:22Z<p>What are the steps that one needs to follow to become a successful poet?</p>
<p>Well in my case, I write poems but don't have a wide audience for the feedback. So in this case what should I do?...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/26191Coincidence of Similarity in Writingmohiniphttps://writing.codidact.com/users/59492018-02-18T09:06:57Z2019-12-12T23:01:20Z<p>I am a blogger and sometimes I find articles with similar content or an idea coincidentally similar as mine which is not published at the time of reading that similar article but which I have wr...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/22025Is the website allpoetry.com benefecial for poets and writers?Sarathhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/50512017-06-09T13:01:33Z2019-12-12T23:01:18Z<p>I've found this website and could see huge number of poets and poetesses in it. Does anybody know about it? I would like to know more about this website.</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/37727How to display a duet in lyrics?Miriamhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/77512019-08-08T23:40:30Z2019-12-12T21:57:40Z<p>I wonder if someone can tell me whether there is a convention when laying out a lyric to show different parts (or even a chorus). In my novel, there are a number of poems and lyrics. They are se...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34451How can we incorporate poems in a novel?repomonsterhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/70812019-03-12T01:26:39Z2019-12-12T21:57:36Z<p>I am not sure if this is true, but I heard there were short poems in the beginning of each chapter in Lord of the Rings. Although, this could be done fairly easily, I am wondering if there are a...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33814How would I extend a line in poetry?Aaronhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/72022019-02-26T20:33:50Z2019-12-12T21:57:35Z<p>I'm writing a villanelle as a school project and one of my lines is too short. Can somebody give me tips on how to extend the line?</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33563How can I add more depth to my poem?Marvinhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/71662019-02-20T15:11:34Z2019-12-12T21:57:34Z<p>I used to write poems. I was in 4th grade, so I just wrote for fun. They didn't have any figurative language or symbols. My only goal was to make them rhyme. Here is an example of one of mine:</...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33331Writing a fiction novel with poetic verses and handling dialoguespuffofsmokehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/70802019-02-08T20:24:39Z2019-12-12T21:57:34Z<p>I am wondering how you should format dialogues when writing a fiction novel with poetic verses. I believe that the descriptive parts should be written in verses, but what about dialogues? How wo...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33115Using symbols to refer to mythological figuresrepomonsterhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/70812019-02-01T00:54:10Z2019-12-12T21:57:33Z<p>Is this something you would recommend. I went to Wikipedia and ended up on this page about the Goddess of the Dawn, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Eos</a><...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32968What are some of the tricks used to end a verse with a specific word?repomonsterhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/70812019-01-26T15:34:50Z2019-12-12T21:57:33Z<p>I guess the answer depends on whether the word is an adverb, noun, adjective, or verb. When I write a poem, I often find myself with limited choices when I want to make the verse rhyme, so this ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/31087Everything I write ends up being a rhyming poem, or lyrics maybeuser33502https://writing.codidact.com/users/67512018-10-12T10:22:12Z2019-12-12T21:57:28Z<p>I have been writing for awhile and decided to write a memoir, except I can’t seem to write anything but poetry. However, I don’t know for sure if poetry is the proper term. My work uses cuss wor...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/29686Are translated Basho poems copyrighted?bevanbhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/65122018-07-19T19:45:06Z2019-12-12T21:57:25Z<p>I'm wondering if translated works of ancient poems are in the public domain, or if they're copyrighted by the translators.</p>
<p>It would seem like if the author on a given work is listed as "...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/28505Need a bit of verse in my proseGalastelhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80532018-05-23T23:47:10Z2019-12-12T21:57:22Z<p>I am an (aspiring) fiction writer. <strong>I write prose</strong>. However, every so often, I run into a need for poetry. I might need a prophecy, or a ritual blessing, or a character might be s...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/16682How to seek an audience?yasaaMoinhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/41012016-03-17T16:32:33Z2019-12-12T20:06:03Z<p>I write mainly short stories and poetry, and am unsure of what social media platform will garner more attention to this type of writing. Is there a tried and true social media that will get me m...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/4594I have compiled a poetry book with poems of 4chan users. It has a lot of vulgarisms, is it possible to publish something like that?Systemhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/-12011-10-30T19:35:32Z2019-12-12T20:05:58Z<p>It has around 200 poems, a lot of vulgarisms, and many of them seem senseless.</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/13575Should you publish or share poetry that was written simply in an angry or sad rant?Jenny Hhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/34092015-06-16T01:30:19Z2019-12-08T22:32:04Z<p>I've written a poem exploring my conflicting emotions of anger and the joy that the anger keeps supressing.</p>
<p>Is it appropriate to publish a literary work based on such intense negative em...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11619Scrivener capitalization issuesMike Yingerhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/29472014-11-11T21:58:32Z2019-12-08T22:32:03Z<p>I have a Scrivener formatting question. Using Scrivener (on Mac), I'm trying to put a poem into a page of a novel. Scrivener keeps capitalizing the first word of the next line even though the pr...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/6368Are there any metrical (scansion) dictionaries?Aaron Davieshttps://writing.codidact.com/users/16582012-09-20T21:11:23Z2019-12-08T22:32:02Z<p>There are plenty of rhyming dictionaries; is there such a thing as a metrical dictionary? Sometimes in fixed-form poetry, I need a word to fit a specific position in a line, and it would be real...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/518A rhyming dictionary worth bookmarking online or purchasing?mootinatorhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/772010-11-20T03:44:54Z2019-12-08T22:32:00Z<p>Has anyone come across any really good rhyming dictionaries? If so, what makes it worth having/bookmarking? (eg. completeness/ease of use/absence of really sketchy suggestions)</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34253Do we need to make consistent use of archaic English in our poem/novel?yocuhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/72042019-03-07T14:25:26Z2019-12-08T18:46:45Z<p>If you use an old expression like "by a many", do you need to make it consistent and use old expressions throughout the poem, or is it ok to just use it in one verse or sentence?</p>
<blockquot...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35310Making science for toddlers easy to remember_X_https://writing.codidact.com/users/80722019-04-03T19:54:11Z2019-12-08T18:46:45Z<p>I have been intending to create a book for toddlers with basic scientific notions in it. Most books for this target readership that I have seen present whatever content in the form of a story, q...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/38687How to find an editor to my poems?Sarathhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/50512019-10-05T19:28:43Z2019-12-08T13:06:10Z<p>I have written some poems, is there a way to get them edited before I send them to publish. What services can be preferred for editing by a Publishing Company?</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/37875Where should question marks be put in fragmented lines of poems?PsyPhihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/77722019-08-18T16:01:36Z2019-12-08T12:44:36Z<p>For example, in the lines:</p>
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<p>Say what good really is a life,<br>
When so thoroughly deprived of joy<br>
Is my restless mind,<br>
Hurting constantly, in a dreadful stri...