Let’s Explore …

Secondly is about grammar. I think everyone especially those from the literature department knows the word “grammar”.

When you write poetry, you don’t really have to follow any rules, even when it comes to rhyming.
 

For example: A A B B (below)   

What should I do  A
            When I love two?  A
            When I am with one, for the other I long B
            I can’t find a place for my heart to belong B

Compare to this one A B B B

Sometimes so difficult A
For us to understand B
The wisdom and the love behind B
The things that God has planned B

You’ll see your rhyming and personal style come to life because everyone has their own unique way of writing poetry.

Do not attempt to imitate other poets but try instead to develop your own style.

As T.S. Eliot put it,”Rhymes don’t have to be forced”.

So when you force a line in a poem, everyone will be able to tell especially those who want to help you.

You need tools such as a dictionary or a thesaurus to help you learn new words and how to use them.

When we want to write a sentence than we ask our self whether is it a sentence or not.

Normally a simple sentence contains Subject + Verb. This is a stereotype for the students because it’s a foundation of learning language. But poetry is different from the basic grammar. You don’t have to pay strict attention to grammatical rules okay.

As you know when you write from a word to a phrase then a sentence and there you are, poetry is quite different from other written forms. That’s why you shouldn’t pay too much attention to literary rules.

The last is about sentences arrangement.

What does this mean?

Now you have to arrange each word, phrase and sentence.

Let’s do it ….

(face, moon, sad, miss, pretty, queen/king, love/hate)

(Your face, crescent moon, pretty king/boy , miss you)

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(I let you decide if you want to play around with different a different order; a rhythm you want or add or subtract lines. No problem at all)

Congratulations if you have made it your own way.

Keep writing and I hope to read your poem soon ^_^