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This week: Some Important Poetic Devices

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Hello! My name is maranda. I'm happy to be guest editing the Poetry Newsletter this week!

Back to Basics: Some Important Poetic Devices

Every once in awhile, writers need a refresher on the basics. I'm sure at some point you've learned about the poetic devices that make poetry poetry, but how often are you actually using them? It's easy to get wrapped up what message you're trying to convey and forget to pay attention to how you're conveying it.

So, here's a brief refresher on poetic devices that I hope both new and seasoned poets will find helpful!

Alliteration- the repetition of initial consonant sounds

Important because: it helps poetry sound better when read (especially aloud)

Imagery- words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses

Important because: it draws readers in more than just stating emotions like "I am sad" can.

Metaphor- a comparison using the word "is"

Simile- comparison between two things using the word "like" or "as."

Onomatopoeia- the use of words which imitate sound

Important because: it helps poetry sound better when read (especially aloud)

Repetition- the repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

Important because: helps the poet convey a sense of urgency or importance to the reader

Rhyme- the similarity of ending sounds existing between two words

The next time you write a poem, ask yourself if you're using poetic devices to your advantage. What does your use (or lack of use) of poetic devices say to your readers?

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Thanks to everyone who wrote in about my last Poetry Newsletter!

What joy to open the newsletter, read down and find that one of my poems has been featured. Diamante poems are great fun to do and to read, I hope. They are a good way to practice brevity in the use of words.

Thank you for featuring "Invalid Item" . Several people were good enough to send me reviews of it. -terri10

I absolutely love the acrostic form.

Making the lines rhyme,
A challenge a times.
Real is my love for the acrostic.
A form that I started decades ago.
Now it's a part of my heart strings.
Doing them for others, at the Lords leading.
Aligning my thoughts and letting them congeal into MARANDA's namr is what I love about the acrostic form. I'm may well try another form or two that you mention there. Thanks Cryspy for sharing your newsletter today.
Copenator out! BA, M Div -copenator

Love your newsletter this month on poetry, very interesting and entertaining and also give us all some more ideals that we, well that I have not even thought about, thank you

-sunnystarr

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