Category: WRITING TIPS

Today we consider these three easily confused literary terms – euphemism, understatement and litotes. If you consider the fact that the translation for the English word “understatement” is “litote” in...

Subject matter does not concoct poetry — imaginably derisive to structure, it could evolve itself into a strange genre — the expression is what raises the subject to a poetic...

A Triolet is a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of AB, aA, abAB. Often (though not a rule) all lines are in iambic tetrameter. It may...

Onomatopoeia, by strict definition, is a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing and creates a sound effect that mimics the thing (sound) being described, thereby making the...

When a baby cries in the middle of a night, she knows what she wants but the only person who understands that need is a mother, who is deprived of...

The Arabian sonnet is a Sonnet variation composed of two quatrains and two tercets. It has an interesting rhyming pattern which is: a,a,a,a b,b,b,b c,c,c d,d,d Arabian Sonnets are metered at...

Poetry is a product of mental digestion — an evidence of consciousness, because the poet writes what is heard, seen, felt, perceived, foreseen or hoped. Thus, a poet is an...

Are poets born or made? For age upon ages, people have argued about how people become poets. Some people say you have to be a born poet to create good...

Poetry, broken down to its simplest meaning, is the arrangement of words to share an idea, experience, or message with others. It is however different from news, articles, prose –...

Lets chat about poetry, precisely some informal tips about making good verses.  Poetry is an art, a dance, painting, or tapestry with words. It is deliberate, not just an expression...