;) Wait until you try writing Loki or Eris. Who also get into genderqueer territory.
>> I think I'll go back and try for a build-up. Line, Quatrain, line, quatrain quatrain, line, and so on. Think that'll work for emphasizing the chaos without breaking too many brains? <<
That's a good idea. If you vary it toward the beginning, that should avoid a too-regular pattern building up.
It sounds like you've got the basics of poetry down, and you're starting to get into theory. There isn't as much written on this topic, so a lot of it is learned by trial and error. If I remember right, I hit this phase around college and a few years after; I'd been writing poetry since I was six and writing it regularly since junior high. But for structure, the best I found -- aside from reading great poems -- was exploring different forms. Do that a while, then try your hand at designing a few of your own using motifs you like.
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;) Wait until you try writing Loki or Eris. Who also get into genderqueer territory.
>> I think I'll go back and try for a build-up. Line, Quatrain, line, quatrain quatrain, line, and so on. Think that'll work for emphasizing the chaos without breaking too many brains? <<
That's a good idea. If you vary it toward the beginning, that should avoid a too-regular pattern building up.
It sounds like you've got the basics of poetry down, and you're starting to get into theory. There isn't as much written on this topic, so a lot of it is learned by trial and error. If I remember right, I hit this phase around college and a few years after; I'd been writing poetry since I was six and writing it regularly since junior high. But for structure, the best I found -- aside from reading great poems -- was exploring different forms. Do that a while, then try your hand at designing a few of your own using motifs you like.