how to write a poem
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PowerPoint from class, with information from http://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-poetry.htmlTRANSCRIPT
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How to Write a
Poem
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What makes a poema ?POEM
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lines
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,Old Time is still a-flying:And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying.The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he 's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he 's to setting.
(Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: and this same flower that smiles to-day to-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, the higher he 's a-getting, the sooner will his race be run, and nearer he 's to setting.
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the poet decides where the lines end
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It affects …
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How the poem looks to us on the page
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is there a lot of w h i t e s p a c e,
lightness
air breathe
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are the words packed solidly together?
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It affects how fast or s l o w l y we read,
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P A U S Ewhere we
when we're reading.
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It makes certain words
stand out
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,Old Time is still a-flying:
PAUSE for PUNCTUATION
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But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former.
EMPHASIS
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