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01 Aug 2011, 11:14 pm

Can any of you recommend a book on poetry structure? Rhyming schemes, cadence, composition things like that?

Right now I'm still hit or miss on my poetry and it's harder for me to do longer ones while being consistent across the sections(stanzas?)



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02 Aug 2011, 12:24 am

If I write anythtry the mods will rip my face off.ing about poe



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02 Aug 2011, 2:49 am

Steven fry wrote a really good one, can't remember what it's called though!



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02 Aug 2011, 12:19 pm

Stephen.



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02 Aug 2011, 12:32 pm

Of course it is :)

Its one of those names I seem to misspell every time, Anyway the book is called "The Ode Less Travelled" and it's excellent!



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02 Aug 2011, 2:40 pm

Why not do free form?


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02 Aug 2011, 4:55 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Why not do free form?


boring, in that it bores me. Besides I don't really have an appreciation for free form.



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02 Aug 2011, 5:41 pm

Fair enough. I just won't share any of my poetry with you. :P


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09 Aug 2011, 3:33 pm

Green Armour on Green Ground by Rolfe Humphries


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