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cheapgamer | 2 years, 3 months ago
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How to Write Free Verse, By Cheapgamer

Free verse poetry can be freeing
or damning
There is no form.
No solid rule of flow or rhyme
The pace can be stilted for effect
or to affect
The way it is read.

When writing free verse say it
Speak it aloud beware, and
be aware of natural pauses in speach.

Manipulate the words,

the flow to fill your needs and whims.

Pour from your heart, and it will be
magnificent.

-Fin

More on the topic can be found here.
http://www.anthologiesonline.com/write_free_verse_poetry.htm

Try to insert examples of simile, metaphor, alliteration and/or rhyme without a rhythm scheme

To help with an elegy, you may want to look into this . . .
http://www.ehow.co.uk/video_4994449_write-elegy.html
A good elegy will express sadness at someone's passing but should also celibrate thier life.

Good luck.

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Please don't! There is enough suffering in the world.

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The Don'ts: Don't rhyme; don't be trite; don't use the word "love"; don't write about love for that matter; don't try to write about anything you don't have personal experience with; don't use common metaphors; don't use the words "is like" too much because even that is becoming trite; don't make the words of your poem make the shape of a heart; don't rely on a thesaurus too much; don't think you're done after the first draft; don't believe anybody who says "wow, that poem is really good" unless they're a publisher; don't worry about grammar too much, it's not prose for heaven's sake, see Cummings. {1}

1. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15403

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