Posted October 5th, 2011 by Guest Author in category
Writing tips
With poetry, finding your voice and getting it down on paper can seem an impossible task. You may be working with the medium in order to express yourself, to explore hidden facets of your personality. All well and good. But if you can’t learn to shape this torrential subject matter it’ll probably end up as nonsense, not verse. I bet you want
Posted September 29th, 2011 by Sandy in category
Writing tips
If you’re a poet you’ve probably heard of meter and rhyme – even toddlers know about rhyme – but you might not know exactly how they work. If you’re just toying with the idea of poetry, knowing about meter and rhyme might help you establish your style.
Meter
Meter measures rhythm by emphasis on syllables – stressed and unstressed
