RHYTHM

There are many ways to incorporate rhythm into your poems. You already started thinking about rhythme when you wrote your couplets.

Repetition is another way to use rhythm when you are writing your poems. Repetition is the repeating of a word or phrase to emphasize a certain idea.
"April Rain Song" by Langston Hughes

Lett the rain kiss you.

Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalkl
The rain makes running pools in the gutter.
The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night -

And I love the rain.

  

Hope you're inspired because now it's time for you to create an original poem using the technique of repetition.

  1. Select a theme/topic.
  2. Think of images, descriptive words, and figurative language that best describes your topic.
  3. Jot them down in web form or in a list as you think of them.
  4. Turn your ideas into a paragraph or paragraphs.
  5. Go back and break the paragraph into lines. As you do this, revise the lines until they look, feel, and sound right to you. Draft, revise, and edit.
  6. Draft, revise, and edit.
  7. Now, for the real test, read it ALOUD. Does it really paint a clear picture of you?
  8. Share your poem with someone else. Listen to his or her critique of your poem. A critique is when someone tells you the strengths and weaknesses of your work. DON'T GET MAD, LISTEN to the suggestions. Revise your work. Remember, the BEST writers are REWRITERS!
  9. Give your poem a title.
  10. Type and choose a font that adds to the look of your poem.
  11. Illustrate your poem.

more about rhyme and meter at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_soundmeter.html

 

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