Introduction So, what is a poem? At its simplest, a poem is a piece of writing that uses rhythm, sound, and carefully chosen imagery to express an idea or emotion in fewer words than ordinary prose would need. A poem doesn’t have to follow standard grammar or paragraph structure; poets break lines on purpose, repeat … Read more
Introduction Every poem you have ever loved, from a three-line haiku about falling snow to a fourteen-line sonnet about heartbreak, follows some kind of blueprint. That blueprint is what we call a poetic structure, and understanding it changes the way you read and write forever. If you have ever wondered why some poems rhyme in … Read more
Introduction Poetry is one of the oldest forms of human expression. Long before books, people used poems to tell stories, mourn the dead, celebrate love and make sense of the world. Today poetry takes hundreds of shapes, from the strict fourteen lines of a sonnet to the full freedom of free verse, from the bounce … Read more