Among other projects I have been working on a fantasy/magical realism epic poem set in the year 2000. I usually write prose for the most part so I felt like sharing a little about the structure I'm using, just to get some things straight (With myself too). Because I wanted a cleaner cut size for my story I decided to go with a metric epic.
10 Syllables per line. No essential rhyme but rhythm instead.
10 Lines per stanza.
100 Stanzas per book (Split into 10 parts of 10 stanzas each that can flow together)
10 books per epic.
Some stuff about that really bugged me. Mainly, that the climax of any given book would cut into the development of the major stanzas.
Some of my previous poetry writing helped me realize that I wanted to use a large, climactic stanza at or near the conclusion of each book.
Enter: The Macrostanze (19 Lines long, starting small, and building in length successively).
Anyway, that was a long bit about the structure because I wanted to share but I do have a question for anyone who write poetry more than I do (Most people here, is my bet). Do you have tips for writing long poetry or even just narrative poetry? I haven't written much of this poem yet but I like what I have, though it will need revision and critique in the future.
This thread could also be good for discussing the qualities and problems of long narrative poetry. I'm interested to see what you people think.
10 Syllables per line. No essential rhyme but rhythm instead.
10 Lines per stanza.
100 Stanzas per book (Split into 10 parts of 10 stanzas each that can flow together)
10 books per epic.
Some stuff about that really bugged me. Mainly, that the climax of any given book would cut into the development of the major stanzas.
Some of my previous poetry writing helped me realize that I wanted to use a large, climactic stanza at or near the conclusion of each book.
Enter: The Macrostanze (19 Lines long, starting small, and building in length successively).
Anyway, that was a long bit about the structure because I wanted to share but I do have a question for anyone who write poetry more than I do (Most people here, is my bet). Do you have tips for writing long poetry or even just narrative poetry? I haven't written much of this poem yet but I like what I have, though it will need revision and critique in the future.
This thread could also be good for discussing the qualities and problems of long narrative poetry. I'm interested to see what you people think.
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