Academic Writing Tips : How to Write a Poem in Iambic Pentameter

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Writing a poem in iambic pentameter requires writing five metrical feet in a specific rhythm. Write a poem in iambic pentameter with tips from a produced playwright in this free video on writing. Expert: Laura Turner Bio: Laura Turner received her BA in English from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., graduating magna cum laude with honors. Her plays have been seen and heard from Alaska to Tennessee. Filmmaker: Todd Green

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Free Writing - Poems That Are by People Like You!

Many people think that writing is a way to escape, yet others are so deep into writing that other activities have to pull them from their pen and paper. I can only hope that while visiting this site, you find yourself lost in your own mind writing what comes natural. Not because I, nor anyone, needs to hear it, but because in order to live you must say it. Your mind can be hectic and thought traffic may clutter your cognitivity. Release yourself. Be who you can not be. Change yourself with your own inspirational thoughts and stories. I have written a poem to open the door to comments, more poems, even people who want to share just how much they hate it. As long as your fingers are moving.

Someone...?

How To Write A Sonnet

Someone you trust, someone you love.

Free Writing - Poems That Are by People Like You!

Someone you lust, as rare as a dove.

Someone who cares, and someone who cries,

when you're down and out, with tears in your eyes.

Someone who wants you, for all the right reasons.

Not someone who changes, upon all the seasons.

I carry to bed, the thought of her smile.

Through all of the fighting, it's what makes it worth while.

Why is it, that this person I can't find.

I know I'm not helpless, I know I'm not blind.

It seems who I want, is out of my league.

But those who want me, I just can't see.

I just can't breath, without you there.

I know you can hear me, I know you're somewhere.

Just show yourself, please don't hide.

Please let me come in, it's pouring outside!

Please come out, and look into my eyes.

And know then, we're not all based off lies.

Not all living dies, with tears in pretty eyes.

It's just a suit, I'm not a spy.

Just let me show you, I'm not that bad.

Don't let those other guys, make you so sad.

Let me be myself, so that you can see.

That what you really need, is a pile of me.

But that's all I am, just a big pile.

I need reconstruction, I need reconcile.

So please be the one, to rebuild my strength.

To better my life, and give it more length.

I'm not out to ruin, I'm not out to hurt.

You're just too perfect, in that pretty flower skirt.

So what do you say, would you give me a shot?

Because I'll give you what you need, if you accept all I've got....

-- Worth Joseph Stroud IV

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Tips on Writing Poetry: The Sestina

One of the hardest, most intimidating forms of poetry is that of the Sestina. Most poetry these days is written free form, without regard for structure and rules, but that's part of the evolution of poetry. The Sestina, like the Sonnet or any other form utilizes such strict rules to focus the mind away from some of the other aspects. If you focus hard enough on one point, the others just sort of fall into place.

Plus it's that much more impressive to produce a work of art from within such strict guidelines. The Sestina is one of the most oppressive forms there is, not because of a meter or a verse, or couplets, but because of six simple words.

So here's the form. Choose six words, versatile words. Words that can be used as nouns, verbs, adjectives. Word that can pluraled and used in past and future tenses. These words will be used a lot so keep them loose and agile. If you pick something long and polysyllabic this is going to be hard.

Your sestina is 39 lines, six stanzas of six lines, and a seventh of three. Each line is of blank verse with a varied meter between four and six beats. The end of these lines is marked by one of your six words. The order of the words is of vital importance as well. Here's a sestina written by Rudyard Kipling, one of the better known Sestina's (and better written I might add):

Speakin' in general, I'ave tried 'em all

The 'appy roads that take you o'er the world.

Speakin' in general, I'ave found them good

For such as cannot use one bed too long,

But must get 'ence, the same as I'ave done,

An' go observin' matters till they die.

What do it matter where or 'ow we die,

So long as we've our 'ealth to watch it all

The different ways that different things are done,

An' men an' women lovin' in this world;

Takin' our chances as they come along,

An' when they ain't, pretendin' they are good?

In cash or credit no, it aren't no good;

You've to 'ave the 'abit or you'd die,

Unless you lived your life but one day long,

Nor didn't prophesy nor fret at all,

But drew your tucker some'ow from the world,

An' never bothered what you might ha' done.

But, Gawd, what things are they I'aven't done?

I've turned my 'and to most, an' turned it good,

In various situations round the world

For 'im that doth not work must surely die;

But that's no reason man should labour all

'Is life on one same shift life's none so long.

Therefore, from job to job I've moved along.

Pay couldn't 'old me when my time was done,

For something in my 'ead upset it all,

Till I'ad dropped whatever 'twas for good,

An', out at sea, be'eld the dock-lights die,

An' met my mate the wind that tramps the world!

It's like a book, I think, this bloomin, world,

Which you can read and care for just so long,

But presently you feel that you will die

Unless you get the page you're readi'n' done,

An' turn another likely not so good;

But what you're after is to turn'em all.

Gawd bless this world! Whatever she'oth done

Excep' When awful long I've found it good.

So write, before I die, "'E liked it all!"

Kipling's six words are "all, world, good, done, good, die". You'll notice they're short, simple words that won't necessarily appear overwhelming to the reader, so the fact that they read each word seven times throughout the 39 lines isn't immediately apparent. In the first stanza he uses the words in the aforementioned order. In the second stanza, you use word six first, then word one, five, two, four, and three.

6

1

5

2

4

3

Using the preceding stanza for each new stanza you follow the pattern above. It's like a math problem with a repeating formula. The key to the Sestina isn't in the formula though. If you can't get the formula down, why bother writing it at all. No, the key is in making it sound as natural as possible without giving up the form.

I've found that writing a sort of story makes it simpler. It also calls for the reuse of certain words. Similarly, when you write, use simple language. Don't sound flowery and poetic. Tell a simple story with simple words, and make it interesting. Also, don't use each word the same every time. You see Kipling using along sometimes instead of long or 'em all instead of all. It makes it seem like a different word is being used even if it's not.

If you can make it through the first six stanzas, you're presented with the seventh and the task of using all six words, this time in whatever order you desire in three lines. And often this is a sort of conclusion, as if to an essay, summing up the story from your poem. But, don't let it be only summary. Keep it consistent with your tone and progression. If you begin repeating yourself ever in this form, you've failed the form, and abandoned your readers.

Affiliate Marketing For Beginners - Writing With a Plan

How to Create an Outline for Your Article

Article Writing

Pick a Plan and Stick to It

Writing of an any sort requires some forethought and a plan. The plan varies according to what you are going to write and who your intended audience is. For example if you are writing to your loved one, you will let the thoughts and words flow from the heart. In that case, stream of feeling or consciousness frames your plan.

If you are writing a sonnet, you will need to respect the rules of sonnet writing; iambic pentameter and fourteen lines of rhyme.

When you are going to write an article for your blog or website, then a more accepted form to use is the Cartesian formula. It is what I remember being taught in school and it has worked for me ever since because it makes sense.

Here is how it works:

Headline

A bold statement announcing about the issue, problem or idea you are going to write about.

Introduction

This is where you present the idea or issue outlined in the headline. It is the place where you are telling your audience what you are going to do. If you have done your research, you are going to cover a problem or offer a solution you know your reader would like to read about.

Paragraph One -The Problem

This is where you lay out the issue and problem that is of concern to your reader. In the case of a product or service, this is where you introduce the information from the point of view of the reader. You demonstrate that you know how the reader feels and thinks about a problem or life experience and you establish a rapport with your reader.

Paragraph Two-The Solution

With the problem well defined and articulated, you can now move to offer some ideas about how to find the solution and make things better. A list of remedies that take care of each concern, one by one, is what is needed here. This gives your audience the chance to process the information and think about the outcome and what it means to them.

Paragraph Three-Proof

In this section you offer proof. This is where testimonials, reports with data, and corroborating information is presented. Testimonials are living proof and often are instrumental in helping your reader overcome any doubts they may have. If they identify with the people in the testimonials, then they are more likely to build a sense of trust.

Reports and any information with data are also important. They can be verified to make sure that the information is reliable. They can also be checked out to test for any bias or slanting of the data. They can legitimize the stated testimonial and benefits offered. They are ways your readers can overcome objections they are feeling.

Conclusion

The conclusion is a restatement of your introduction. In the introduction you tell your reader what your are going to do. In the conclusion, you tell the reader what you have just done. You can also add a call to action if the article calls for one. Generally you want to recap the benefits of the information you have just offered and move the reader to internalize what they have just read. If you have connected you have achieved the ultimate goal.

With this structure, you should be able to write articles for your product or service with ease and confidence.

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"Grammar Check in Seconds" Tool - Proofread Your Writing Now!

Can "Grammar Check In Seconds" Tool solve our grammar writing problems once and for all? Many of us spend hours, everyday, on fulfilling our writing assignments including emails, articles, documents and other. It is necessary to keep it correct and professional. In the following article you will learn about new ideas on how you can quickly proofread your daily writing assignments.

Short overview

Automatic proofreading solutions such as the following "Grammar Check In Seconds" Tool are designed to ensure that your English writing matches the basic grammar and punctuation rules. It automatically identifies and corrects any writing errors. Sophisticated grammar processing tools rely on advanced algorithms and ever-growing databases. They first analyze, then compare, and finally correct your writing. Grammar writing programs enable us to: proofreading for correct grammar, correcting spelling mistakes, and checking on proper punctuation.

What are the main benefits?

Let's quickly see what is in it for us:

* Automatically identify sentences construction problems that may have been missed during a manual proofreading.

* Improving our business communication skills with partners and customers.

* Improving and enriching our speech, enabling us to speak correct and better English.

If we examine it closer we would probably find additional benefits that aren't mentioned here, as this webmarketing assistance tool constantly changes, bringing us fresh solutions that help us on improving our Writing performance.

Final words

One of the great opportunities provided by this sophisticated "Grammar Check In Seconds" Tool is improving our writing style, making it correct, fluent, and impressive. If we want to keep our English writing clean, clear, and professional, no doubt that this technology can help us get there. Although it brings many challenges to software developers, we can expect this exciting program to further develop itself, for a single reason: writing is one of the most important tools that help us fulfill our daily assignments.

Memoir Writing - Three Ways Your Journal Will Help

When keeping a regular (even daily) journal, some people feel a release of energy they don't have in other writing forms. Because of that, journal keeping can be an important developmental experience for you both as a person and as a writer. Because the journal is private by definition, you can write in it without fear of how an audience might react. No one will ever see it. Not ever-unless you want them to! There are several ways in which keeping a journal can benefit your writing.

1) Your journal will help you to be fluent in your writing. As in anything, the more you do it, the better you are likely to become at it. Swim every day and, after a month, you'll find yourself having become much better--and, after six months, a whole lot better. Writing in your journal regularly, you will get practice time that will serve you well. Your writing will grow to be a more familiar and comfortable experience and you will be more fluent and accomplished with it.

2) Writing in your journal before starting your life writing sessions can be an effective warm-up. Athletes don't start their sport immediately without warming up. Why shouldn't a writer warm up, too? Limber up your writing muscles with a page or two of journal writing.

3) Journal writing will provide you with memories and perceptions that will inform your life stories. If you assure yourself of the journal's absolute inviolability, the inner censor who insists "You can't write that!" will grow less demanding. You will feel freer to write your own feelings and thoughts. Later many of your entries or parts of them can be transcribed into your lifestories as you give yourself permission to tell a different version of your life. In the privacy of the journal, you will grow comfortable with your new "heretical" versions.

Remember: there are few rules in journal-writing (honesty, however, is one of them). You can include journal entries in your life stories (where there are some rules).

Good luck writing your memoir!

Improving Writing Skills : How to Write a Sonnet

Sonnets are 12-line adoration poems that rhyme every other line, and the first step to writing a sonnet is to find a passionate subject. Find out more about how to write a sonnet with tips from a English professor in this free instructional video about improving writing skills. Expert: Laura Turner Bio: Laura Turner received her BA in English from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., graduating magna cum laude with honors. Her plays have been seen and heard from Alaska to Tennessee. Filmmaker: Todd Green