Thought 9 (Important nuances in poetry)

By Dawn Good

Thought 9 (Important nuances in poetry)

When writing poetry you should always fill it with emotions. A child of elementary knowledge can do this step, but if you can't properly convey your emotions, the poem, which is not worth being read, is not worth being written. Punctuation is very important as well for showing your emotions. A comma here, a "dot, dot, dot" (...) there, even making sure that you start each line with a capitol to show that each line is important. Also, highlighting, italicizing, and underlining are important tools to use for words that need extra emphasis; these tools are quite effective when used correctly. Keeping the rhythm, as you, the writer, and they, the readers, would interpret it is a tougher skill to master but very essential to a well-written poem. Words become very important and should not be taken lightly no matter how insignificant they may seem. For example: The word "you" used in a poem with words like: thee, thou, forts night, whilst, etc. would be out of place and wouldn't make anywhere near the impact as the word thou. Another example would be the interchanging of "the" for "that" and vice versa. It can make quite the effect and every time you write each one, in a poem, you should interchange them to see if you change your view or direction of topic. The only exception to this rule is when you are in the height of an emotion and you merely feel the need to get it out on paper. However, when you are finished you should be sure to come back to it the next day and go over things like punctuation that you more than likely missed the height of it all. A lot of people don't like to go over these things because they feel that they are ruining the emotion they were trying to convey, but if you look at your revision as bettering your message conveyance, you should be quite pleased with the new revised edition. These are only a few tips and ones that I've tried and have been pleased with the results of, I hope that any poet that reads this benefits from them as I have.

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