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“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, and the thought has found words.” – Robert Frost
Poetry is: Literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. – From Britannica
Poetry is an amazing way to express oneself. You can tap into the physical, the emotional, and the spiritual. In school, I grew up with the American Romantism movement that produced Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman. Also during that time frame, was Emily Dickinson, a unique poet whose unusual style stirred my imagination and creativity.
This newsletter will look at some common themes in poetry and just touch on a couple of popular styles that many authors like to play with.
I’m StephBee and I’m your guest Poetry editor this week.
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Before touching on some more common styles of poetry, I thought I’d discuss themes in poetry. I could really get in depth with this and trust me, there’s many more themes that you can use in poetry, but I’m going to stick to three. These three themes are usually the topics I center my poetry in: nature, loneliness, and love. Mind you, I’ve branched out since my early days, but I’d call these themes my “core” three.
Like Emerson, I try to tap into the beauty of nature when I write nature poems, and if well done, that poem will hint at spiritually. Loneliness is a creature that ran deep in bones in my younger years – it pulls on the heartstrings, and its an emotion that all of us can identify with. Love is another emotion that many passionately feel.
Growing up in high school, I submitted a ton of poetry to the literary magazine called the Oracle and a few, not all got published. One that I was really proud of was called, “The Storm,” in the form of a sonnet. It’s nature based and you can find it in my port.
SONNETS:
Can take on an Italian form or a Shakespearean form. It is a fixed verse poem with 14 lines and a set rythme scheme. The typical scheme is: ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG. It’s a challenging style to write and there are many variations, but when done well, it’s very rewarding.
DIAMANTE:
A Diamante poem is a 7 line poem set up in a diamond shape.
Line 1: a noun/subject
Line 2: 2 adjectives describing line 1
Line 3: 3 "ing" words related to line 1
Line 4: use 2 words to describe the noun then 2 words to describe the antonym or synonym in line 7 (if there is an antonym used in line 7, the shift occurs here)
Line 5: 3 "ing" words related to line 7
Line 6: use 2 adjectives describing line 7
Line 7: the 1st word's antonym or synonym.
What I like about this style is the simplicity of it forces the author to really use succinct word choices to get the theme of the poem across.
HAIKU:
A traditional Japanese Haiku is an unrhymed verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of 5/7/5 syllables. Typically, it is written in the present tense and focuses on nature. The 5/7/5 rule is usually used to help school children understand the forum.
Haikus are another great style that challenges poets to use succinct word choices to fit the syllable requirements. What I like about Haikus is that the style really allows one’s choice of theme to shine.
FREE VERSE:
In free verse, you have freedom from fixed meters and rhyme schemes. Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound, and T.S. Eliot made this form of expression popular. The author's main challenge is where to put line breaks, usually at a natural pause, or a point of suspense. Rythming is accepted, but usually there's no scheme.
Free Verse allows for creativity and the power of imagination to flow into the author’s chosen theme.
One last style I’ll touch on today:
KYRIELLE
A Kyrielle is a French form of rhythming poetry. It is written in quatrains (a quatrain is a stanza with 4 lines).
Each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase known as a "refrain."
Each line is 8 syllables.
There are no limits to the quatrains, but the minimum is 3.
The rythme pattern is up to the poet.
A Kyrielle is a more structured poem, but when done well, is very expressive.
Again, there are much more styles, and I’ve touched only on a few of them. If you like my work here on the Poetry newsletter let me know and I’ll come back and share more about styles and themes.
Question: Do you have a favorite style of poetry you like to write in or a favored theme in your poetry? Write in and share!
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