Verse Forms--Helpful Link

[Pat~]

Here's a helpful link I found that describes many of poetry's verse forms:

http://www.noggs.dsl.pipex.com/vf/index.htm

[P.H.Delarran]

very helpful, got it bookmarked. thanks Pat.

[poetinahat]

I was just thinking, "Somebody oughta...", and - hey, presto!

Thanks, Pat. I've added this link to Poetry References and Articles (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40891), in the Table of Contents (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40892).

[poetinahat]

See also this thread (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32279).

[tony1]

Thanks, I got it bookmarked. I'm struggling with accents, rythym, the whole meter thing. It'll help out a lot.
Tony1

[writerraven]

I don't get most of it. I guess I have a lot of catching up to when next I sit. :D

Made me feel dazed and comfused and slightly used. I guess I'd better talk with my muse!


yeah, yeah, I know, that was a bit lame. rofl. But they do confuse me!

['ric]

Dear Pat~,

Thank you for the poetic forms site reference. I have bookmarked it and shall refer to it often. Every poem has its own proper form, but starting from a formal form is, in my experience, an excellent place to begin. Where it ends, however, you never know until you get there. That's why writing poetry is always such an excellent adventure.

What is a Poem?

A Poem is a song
The meter its rhythm
Its words are the melody
Its form gives it freedom

Take these away
And nothing is left
But the grunt of the mute
Or the silence of the deaf.

'ric

[poetinahat]

This site -- whose URL has changed, but there's a redirect -- also has an excellent table of metrical feet (http://www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/feet.htm).