Poetry Anatomy

By Steven Hammon

A collection of amazing heart felt, positive, uplifting poems.

This book also covers the basics of what you need to know in order to write amazing poetry.

Sample:
Beauty Abounding -

Mind blowing awesomeness I see;
A gorgeous construction created for me.
Beauty abounding;
So outstanding;
Giving a sunset cost free.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Steven Hammon
• Release date: Nov 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311673503

Steven Hammon

Writing since 1980. Poetry, Music, then story and screenwriting. Professional Screenwriter with multiple paid writing assignments. Action is a core element. Blockbuster style is ingrained.

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Poetry Anatomy

A collection from an Award Winning Poet, and the construction process explained.

By Steven Hammon

Copyright Steven Hammon 2003 – 2007

Introduction.

Hi. My intent for this book is to give a detailed description of a poet’s mind, and the processes that may be used to create your own poetry.

I have been writing poetry in the form of song lyrics since 1985. In 2003, I got serious and studied poetry intensely.

In that time, I have had poems chosen for publishing overseas, poetry publish locally, and I have won a cash prize competition where my poem was selected for a reading at an Australia Day service.

I will be explaining some of the problems I have had, structure, what I like about the poems, what I dislike, the formats, the techniques, the thought process, and comparisons between formats and styles.

This is a complete breakdown of the building blocks that make up the poems, as if I were a historian studying a poet from history. As a painter historian would study lines, contrast, colours, theme, subject, metaphors, and stroke texture, I will be doing the same to my poetry.

But beside that, you can skip all the jargon and just read the poems purely for you pristine pleasure. May you have a fantastic time.

The Book Structure

For the start of this book, I will be working with three subjects.

Achieving Dreams

The Joy of Love

Nature’s Beauty

In each subject, I have 10 different poem formats.

Ballad

Couplets

Limerick

Prose

Sonnet

Hiaku

Tanka

Alliteration

Cinquain

Acrostic

I will show the three subjects for each format, with a footnote explaining each poem. Then I will go onto the next format.

At the end of these subjects, I will have a collection of miscellaneous poems which I have written, and a footnote on each.

Contents:

Basic definitions:

Ballads:

The Planted Seed

The Soul Mate for the Soul

Universal Imagery

Couplets:

Imagination

Forever Love

Ocean Twilight

Limericks:

Realistic Dreams

Thing We Should Share

Nature is the Best

Prose:

Quest for Fulfilment

Blissful Loving Delight

Ultimate Bliss

Sonnets:

Dreams are the Future

It’s Captured My Heart

Mother of Nature

Haikus:

Dreams You Can See

Love is in the Air

Sun Flowers Ocean Cliffs

Tankas:

The Day of Birth Gift

Dreams for Love and Peace

Eagle’s Flight

Alliteration:

Awesome Aspiring

Another Ageless Angel

Absolutely Awesome

Cinquains:

Future

Loving Power

Living and Giving

Acrostics:

Destiny

Lovingly

Universal

Miscellaneous

A rose in time

Beauty Abounding

From Low to High

Futuristic Dreams

Life in a day

My value and worth

Programmed for Sadness

Slithering Snake

Sneaky Eyes

Springy

Stripping of the Stress

Teacher Tribute

The Darkness Within

The Day of Australia

The Japanese Life

Writing a Way to Get Through

Written Limits

A 13 Minute Poem for You

Basic Definitions:

Syllables: The segments of a word.

Syl–la–ble

Rhyme: Generally the same sounding word ending.

Day, Grey, Lay, Stay, Play, etc.

This is the best way to Rhyme but the most important is the long vowel sound.

Game, Gain, Stains, Blamed, etc.

Alliteration: Where a series of significant words all start with the same letter or sound. In this example, I focused more on the TR.

The Train Trundled Tediously on the Tracks.

Assonance: Is the same but with the vowel sounds anywhere in the word.

Vowel sounds pound out aloud.

Consonance: Same as alliteration but anywhere in the words.

Chains reach over ancient arched churches.

Stanza: A group of lines forming a verse. A ballad has 4 lines in each Stanza, a limerick has 5. A 4 line Stanza is called a Quatrain.

Metaphor: Something used to symbolise the desired meaning.

The tree of life grows up towards the grave like a blind vine.

Rhythm: Triplets: Like a Waltz beat. V ^ ^ V ^ ^ V

Po–et–try is–n’t so eas–y to do

V ^ ^ V ^ ^ V ^ ^ V

Modern beat. V ^ V ^ V ^ V

A po– et writes a word.

^ V ^ V ^ V

If you try to read the modern as a triplet rhythm, it feels awkward and unfinished.

A po– et writes a word.

^ V ^ ^ V ^

V ^ ^ V ^ ^

Accent: Accentuated syllable strengths. Sort of like musical beats where certain syllables need to be on the rhythm beats where others just won’t work.

A is usually weak accent. ^  

So is, The and And 

Strong accents hit on the beat and usually are at the end. V

You will see this clearly as