Also, why would a poet use iambic and trochaic tetrameter in one poem?

I’m writing about the rhythm in London by William Blake and I have no idea if there was a reason he did these or if it was just coincidence.

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Can someone give be a topic for an iambic pentameter. And a word that is easy to rhyme? I have to make one or English class and I’m drawing a blank.

As we all know, there are so many types and genres of poetry and learning it one by one is time consuming, simply ‘cos one must first seek and understand the meaning of each form, before one can write a poem of his/her own in a chosen form or style, but if you are like me, (patient enough to learn new things) who loves

creating/inventing new poetic form, then bare with me and I’ll share with you the hints writing poetry in a new poetic form called “Rhyme Incorporated”

A “Rhyme Incorporated” is a poetic form

meaning “incorporation of poets’ names and the titles of their poems” in a new poem. Rhyme incorporated poem can be written as a short three mono-rhyming lines (a Tercet) or in multiple stanzas of mono-rhyming tercet and it is drawn from the titles of poems written by poets around the world. The rhyme scheme for this form of poetry is aaa, bbb, ccc, etc.; line 1 and 3 may or may not have same syllable counts.

I created “Rhyme Incorporated” as an answer to the calls of my peers/fellow poets: to write a tag poem (being played in 2007 at the Poetrysoup Community) to culminate the performance of other members by sharing a tag poem and have fun writing poetry.

Writing in this poetic form one must bare in mind to stay focus on his/her topic and no doubt must keep the interest of the readers. Also remember, in order to have a successful “Rhyme Incorporated” poem, one must read other poets works, (why? simply because how can you write a rhyme incorporated poem without knowing the names of the poets and their poems), then select the titles of their poems and with your own feelings/ideas, carefully construct a meaningful, interesting and heartfelt poem.

Well, the goal of this poetic form is to write a poem and at the same time to unite and to promote other poets and their works, and to foster and solidify brotherhood/sisterhood/camaraderie/friendship/peace among poets.

Surely, writing Rhyme Incorporated poetry is a lot of fun, enlightening and a very challenging activity. At first glance it seems difficult, but when you have the will to write, then I assure 99%, if not 100% that you can write a rhyme incorporated poem and the further you go in studying/writing in this form the closer you become the great master of Rhyme Incorporated. Oh, do not stress yourself or push your brain hard writing this kind of poetry, lest your work become meaningless and you end up not feeling well about me…lol.

And, if you are not a poet but has the craving to become one, just like me, and want to give it a try writing poetry, well there is always a solution. Use Google search and find an existing poetry forum/community/site, then join and start reading their works (you need to do a lot of reading, before you can write a rhyme incorporated poem) and at the same time read/commend their works. And, if you see an interesting title of poem that you can use for your own rhyme incorporated, list it down on a piece of paper and later write a poem, but only when you are inspired, ‘cos this way you can easily write in this form and the best part of all, it will make your poem a masterpiece that everybody will look at and of course, it will make you feel proud of yourself and feel like a great poet too.

Ok, here’s the simple rule of this poetic form, a poem is not a rhyme incorporated poem, without the names of other poets and their poems’ title in your poem. That’s it!

Lastly, do not forget to acknowledge the poets, for using their names and the titles of their works in your Rhyme Incorporated poem. This can be done by making a footnote at the end of your poem. A simple “thank you” note will be fair enough. Incorporating other poets or your own peers and their works in your rhyme incorporated poem is a compliment/an honor to all of them. But above all, be friendly or else they won’t allow you putting their names and titles of their works in your poem…lol! Good luck!

Here’s an example of a three line (Tercet) Rhyme Incorporated:

One Day In Spring

O, waiting for John Heck “In Fields of Eden”,

when “I Kissed a Butterfly” for “Breaking the Pen”

that Brandlynn Scruggs asked for “An Hour in Heaven”.

This poem consists of:

Poet John Heck, his poem “In Fields of Eden”

Poet Brandlynn Scruggs, her poem “An Hour in Heaven”

Me, my poems “I Kissed A Butterfly” and “Breaking the Pen”.

Here’s an example of a longer Rhyme Incorporated:

Starless Night: The Art Of Giving

1. I was reading Michelle MacDonald’s superb piece of art “Sea Shanty”

2. Secretly, under the haiku master Katherine Stella’s “Yum Yum Tree”

3. When smiling Carol Brown, invited me to her grand “Surprise Party”

4. The charming lady of the soup was no longer feeling bad or “Sideline”

5. After mending herself, thru helpful John Boak’s “Like The Best Wine”

6. I am not sure, if, playful Julie Bristow told her, the miracle of “Divine”

7. Thank God! Doret Cope sighed; she didn’t suffer from a “Stolen Love”

8. She enjoyed the work of Dawn Drickman’s “The Tiger And The Dove”

9. She is a good person, that I told her my secret, of having “Other Love”

10. At the party, Keith Bickerstaffe, without her luckless maid “Ophelia”

11. Was talking to Sir William Robinson, the great man behind “Mahalia”

12. I guessed she asked him why I wrote “O God, The Rat Has A Phobia”

13. Dancing flawlessly, to the nostalgic tune of Jeffrey Lee’s “Music”

14. Was my haiku mentor, she’s mesmerized by Mahalia’s “Light Magic”

15. But co-host, a certain Adam Piper was caught trapped, at “The Attic”

16. I did surprise all, even Sir William Robinson, “When I Stop And Pray”

17. I interrupted my recitation, of own favorite “Cast Your Doubts Away”

18. ‘Cos, I rather break my pen, but not a promise: “And To Thee, I Pray”

19. Epulaeryu chef Joseph Spence Sr. who “Makes The World Go Round”

20. Was explaining, his cooking, to sweet Elaine George, but “Spellbound”

21. By the strong romantic power, of yellow “Dried Rose On The Ground”

22. That got humble Daria Stone confused, of feeling “Unlocked, Not Free”

23. A beauteous Deborah Simpson smiled and asked him: “Sequester Me”

24. Joyful Karen O’Leary said, the handsome chef, will “Travel With Me”

25. Thinking of O, Ms. Jill Martin was in her solitude “Quietly…breathing”

26. That, she just waved her hand greeting April Lewis “Without Speaking”

27. I spied humorist Donald Meikle, writing a “Note to a Lady in Waiting”

28. Let’s party! exclaimed silent Sami Al-Khalili, but not “Only In Winter”

29. That’s a real cool idea, and I said, how about in “The Field Of Summer”

30. Dame Marcyle Beer offered her place, called “Welcome To Fort Beer”

31. A rising star Taryn Melville proudly breezed in: saying “I Am From…”

32. But, party guy Anthony Slauson showed us his “Fingers of Freedom”

33. Leaving noble Alyssa Finley’s young mind fixated in “Dreams Come”

34. A free verse expert JeanMarie Marchese of Homosassa, uttered “Slow”

35. Let snow lover Linda Smith tell us first her “Footprints In The Snow”

36. Indeed, we’ve our time to introduce ourselves, before “The Cockcrow”

37. Sweet Elaine George arrived, when the night still had a “Tender Heart”

38. With a special gift, for Raquel Nicholson, ‘cos she has “a broken heart”

39. I learned that Big John Tanaskow did not wish to go “Back At the Start”

40. The party made poetic Mark Hansen expressed himself, in “Cloud Nine”

41. Perhaps he had consumed much of shy type Nicola Steel’s “Plumy Wine”

42. For he was too excited, to meet a bright Seema Ali, on a “Poetry Online”

43. Before the party was over, Juanita Ganir, sprung from her “Sacred Well”

44. And, old Londoner Matt Doe spoke, of his mighty “Showdown In Hell”

45. To a sexy Tamiviolet Manchas, but, she xoxoxo urged him, “Don’t Tell”

46. Many thanks, to photographer William Jones, for his “Living In Color”

47. A souvenir that reflects my own plea to “Make Me Whole, Once More”

48. A plea to everyone, to all friends, to remember that “My Name Is Thor”

49. That night, vibrant Effie Blake told me “You Don’t Have To Be A Star”

50. To see the beauty of this world or meet Troy Nelson, of the “Dead Star”

51. Ahh!!! My voice need to be heard, that I wrote “To You, Mr. Apolinar”

52. It’s about quest of heart and mind, of being simply “Me And The Moon”

53. Stressed Michele Nold had a simple request, “Where is the Bath Room”

54. I didn’t entertain her, for I felt dizzy coming out from “The Lost Room”

55. Then, I overheard grin-faced Oshin Ifedayo saying, “She’s gone at Last”

56. Who’s who? The “Christians, Muslims, Jews…” “Heaven Waits For Us”

57. A place of peace, where we can write a sonnet, of being “Home, At Last”

58. So, you can tag or be tagged, in our “Starless Night: The Art Of Giving”

59. I agreed, with Vince Suzadail Jr., that giving’s more of a “Human Being”

60. Tammy Armstrong liked the ambience, but said, “Something’s Missing”

61. Some didn’t come; they’re busy surfing, ‘cos “The Deep Blue Is Rough”

62. Historian Charles Fuller sent them a note, “I Hear You In A Photograph”

63. Now, I see why dear Tatiyana Carney has “Lock Box And Photographs.”

Note: “Starless Night: The Art Of Giving” is a long poem of 63 lines

(not included the line count between stanzas) and has incorporated 43 poets

and 65 poems. See what other poets are saying about this piece, by clicking

here: http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem_detail.asp?PoemID=52454

I really love rhyming poetry. I do not particularly care for the unrhymed poetry. I think it just has to do with style and what you like or don’t like. I am writing a book of poetry. The poems will go in an order telling a story. I want to draw silouet illustrations. All the poems are on my blog. All my critics say to stop rhyming but I just don’t write that way. Now I have it in my head it is out right WRONG to rhyme and my confidence has been shot. Suggestions, help or anything else will be greatly appreciated.
- Lynnemarie

I’ve heard that rhyming in poetry is kind of dead, I guess, and ***?ople like to read more free verse now. Is this true? I always write in rhyme. It’s just more comfortable to me. And having to twist words around so they fit in a rhyme better is just ***?n to me, and gets me thinking more creatively.
- LiviaAnn

You have been writing poetry ever since that first task in your writing class when you were in school. You are familiar with the rules regarding writing poetry, correct? Are there regulations? Fine, if you recurrent the poetry debates across the Internet to the extent that a few do, you’d locate that there are lots of amateur poets who obstinately claim that there are no regulations for writing poetry and if anyone even recommends reading poems or manuscripts on poetry, lots of the amateur poets will create a suspicious front. In the opinion of many it seems to swing passionately towards the opposition. You have to be familiar with the regulations earlier than you break them; in any case that’s what it’s always said.

It is known that writing a verse in iambic pentameter is a skill that has been hidden in the crypts of the resurgence, but accepting it, together with the several other dying stopped forms of poetry, is a dominant tool as soon as writing that prosy current piece. Being a good poet demands a complicated understanding of the method in which language functions its limits into a reader’s sense of right and wrong. A poem is a medley of sounds, syncopations as well as imagery. All of the small remains of a poem ought to work mutually in a combined fashion to conclude in something new and refreshing.

Well regarding new and refreshing, you might be unsure how understanding such old features of poetry such as rhyme and meter might assist a modern poet craft new refreshing poems. It is all in relation to the sound and the novelty of it. Yet scientists rest on the shoulders of persons before them. You are not required to manage an ideal rhyme or a considered foot in a poem to be leaping from the motivation of Shakespeare’s sonnets, but including those rhymes and rhythms tottering in and out of the crumples in your brain will mail an incredibly subtle vibration of sound in the course of your personal pieces.

In summing up, study, study, study, know the regulations, and subsequently break the regulations. Decency helps you satisfy breaking them.

Here are a few references to assist you along the path:

-Manuscripts:

The performance of Poetry: by Robin Behn

Writing verse: by Robert Wallace as well as Michelle Boisseau

A Poetry Manual: by Mary Oliver

-Websites:

http://www.poetry-portal.com/poetry.htm

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html

www.poetrymagic.co.uk

www.poetrylessons.org


- Alien

My website administrator has given me an assignment. I am to write an article and explain why it is that I write. That sounded so simple until I sat staring at this blank expanse of white.

Do you want the dramatic version, or the logical one that almost makes sense; well at least if you know me? Oh heck, I’m just going to start writing and see what comes out.

Let me tell you what I believe about words to begin with, and because I believe some of my most profound statements come out in rhyme that’s how you are going to get them.

What is this place? Why it is SO unique!!

Look, I have eyes, and a face, are those FEET?

There’s a blob on my face. I shall call it a nose.

And those wiggly things on my feet, shall be toes.

There on the keyboard, those must be hands,

connected to the rest, by long bendable bands.

At the end of my hands, are those fingers or toes?

I guess it’s my choice, cause who really knows.

Words were created so people could share,

all the things that they lived with, with others who cared.

If I called that flower, and you called it star,

our conversations wouldn’t go very far.

But until someone said so, who really knew,

if I wore on my foot, an umbrella or shoe?

I hope you get the drift of that poem. I was in a silly mood when I wrote it, and yet it says exactly what I meant it to…that words are the basis of communication, and the commonality of our language allows us to share ideas and learn from one another. And what I do with my writing is take those words and weave them into a poem or a story to communicate to you, or to anyone else interested in reading what passed through my mind.

I write because sometimes I need to release ideas that have formed. Seeing the clarity or confusion of my thoughts on paper helps me to sort them out and figure out exactly how I feel about things. I express my deepest feelings in my poems, and if any of them make you cry you should know that my face was probably wet as well. My dearest friends tell me to write when they know I am in a mood about something, because they know that writing heals me. I can’t tell you why it works that way though I know it does; maybe it’s just a release.

That was the dramatic version. The logical one is that I am better at expressing myself in writing. Not so very long ago I went back to college to attain some academic credentials and also to take any and all classes that would help me become a better writer. To obtain a degree I had to take a speech class. You’d think I would be pretty good with words. I have had poetry readings and I’ve been talking my head off at my kids for 33 years, but put in front of an audience (no matter how small) and all those words I so carefully composed go straight out of my head to God knows where. Nope, I’m not a public speaker. I did discover while taking that class that there are parts of our brains that govern our abilities to use words. In my particular case the area for the spoken word is underdeveloped.

But that’s okay. You put me in front of a keyboard and my fingers take wing, only having trouble keeping up with my brain as I compose.

There’s one other reason I write. As I have gotten just a bit older I’ve realized that it’s all too easy to sit back and keep quiet about something I don’t like as opposed to speaking my mind and kicking up a fuss. But if I don’t speak my mind how is anyone going to know that I don’t like something? And maybe, just maybe, someone else out there agrees with me and is just sitting back and keeping quiet too. Maybe some things do need to be changed, and maybe my words will instigate that change. I’m not worried about being politically correct anymore, and if someone criticizes me for being irrational I just write it off to menopause. (I’ve found that to be a wonderfully effective excuse!)


- Sukhjeet

I like free verse type poetry, mostly, but rhyme is good too.
If you could give me a few details about your favorite that would be great! (Sorta the general feel of it)
Thanks!
- Claire

Transcendental poetry originates in the heart of the seer-poet, and awakens in the hearts of humanity. Therefore, transcendental poetry is not for thinkers. It attempts to silence the thinker so the heart’s yearning, the heart’s call, can be heard and felt, simultaneously.

The seer-poet communicates the past, the present and the future simultaneously. Each word penned to paper is a living entity, an expression of freshly released energy, a bolt of enlightening life-force if you wish, linking the Divine, the seer-poet, his words, and the reader together in a light-stringed web of understanding, passion and love.

The seer-poet knows he cannot beat his own heart, so he transmits Divine Shakti (force or light) using verse, describing every event and circumstance, that make up his humble existence here, as an expression of love and gratitude to the Light that lives him. In turn, each vowel and consonant becomes a bolt of light supreme that draws the reader to the word. That is the nature of the light-giving cycle. It’s like using a lit candle to light another one, and so on, and so on…

To the seer-poet then, his work is not epic, tragic, nor comedic, it’s ECSTATIC! His poems do no imitate life, they imitate the Divine, Da (the giver). How can the reader be captivated by mere words, void of life supreme, no matter how cleverly they rhyme, have meter, or are in tune with the flute of the shadow goddess. If the heart is not touched, the reader may as well cast a blind eye to the page.

In conclusion, transcendental poetry attracts those who are vulnerable, those who are suffering a total disillusionment (positive) with conditional existence. To the seer-poet, his work is not to make the reader feel good, or to make him feel bad, it’s intended purely to make him feel without limitation. True ecstasy transcends limitation, therefore transcendental poetry transcends mere words.

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In the words of the pen warrior ‘Spiraleye Heartseeker’, whose chronicle you can read by clicking on the link below:

“…the Light shall dance us

as surely as it gives freely

of its own brilliance

to our crystallized hearts”

With all good wishes for Peace Profound - JRG -


- J Ronald Gildart