Writing Poetry

Writing Poetry: A Beginner’s Guide

• Part 1: How to Use this Guide• Part 2: Getting Started• Part 3: Plot

• Part 4: Diction• Part 5: Prosody and Rhythm• Part 6: Repetition and Rhyme
• Part 7: Free Verse and Concrete Poetry• Part 8: Forms• Part 9: Reading and Revision

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"The only thing I can write now is poetry, poetry, and more poetry . . ."-Hopelesswriter
Related Resources
• Tell a Story . . . In Poetry?• Revising Poetry: A Example• Writing Poetry• Review: The Practice of Poetry
From Other Guides
• About Poetry• How to Finish a Writing Project• How to Keep a Reading Log
Elsewhere on the Web
• On Writing Poetry

• Rhythm and Stress• Tips and Techniques


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