Post by Angie on Jul 12, 2006 18:01:51 GMT -5
Here's a little excercise that helps you develop your skills in connecting different parts in a poem or plot, and it also works on rhyming and patterns in poetry. Okay, here's what you do. For my instructions (you can make up your own and post them here if you wish), I shall instruct you to do a two stanza poem. Each stanza will have four lines. The last word of every other line will rhyme in each verse. Every rhyming line will have the same amount of syllables. The rhyming lines must be balanced; for example, if you start with a progressive verb on one, it's match must start with a progressive verb, etc. Now, here's the twist that will get you started on the topic (this is good for starting any poem, really). Find a dictionary (I'm using a paperback of Webster's). Open to a random page, and the first word on the left page will be the last word in your first line. If it doesn't have many rhymes, go to the second word, but don't cheat that way too much. Go to another random page for the last word of your second line. Do the same for your second stanza (your 3rd and 4th lines are just rhyming with the 1st two, so you don't need to open a dictionary for those). Voila, you have a challenge that will help improve your poetry skills. (I hope you understood it all; I'm not good at explaining things, and I'm very redundant)
