 Poetry: August 06, 2014 Issue [#6470] |
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This week: Poetic Stanzas, Genres & Forms, Oh My! Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3  
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"And it was at this age ... Poetry arrived in search of me."
Pablo Neruda
"Poetry is the step beyond, which we were about to take, but were not certain of the way."
Carleton Noyes
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Poetic Stanzas, Genres, and Forms, Oh My! - The difference between poetry forms, poetic stanza forms, and genre forms.
I love exploring all aspects of poetry. Every month I share some of my discoveries with this newsletter. Since subscribers vary in their poetry knowledge and experience, today I’ll go over a bit of the basics I haven’t touched on yet.
Stanza Forms
Stanza forms are similar to poetry forms in that they employ a standard that makes them unique from other stanza forms. The standards can include rhyme scheme, meter, etc. Forms can require specifics of one or more poetic devices. In most cases you can also call a poem using one specific stanza form (example: ottava rima stanza) that name as a poetry form (example: an ottava rima).
Genre Forms
Genre forms specify a form's topic/theme.
Some topics in genre forms covered in past newsletters:
Dark Poetry
Death Poetry (ie. Elegy)
Epulaeryu
Occasional Poetry
Pastoral
Urbanic
Poetry Forms
Poetry forms encompass both genre forms and stanza forms. A poetry form, like the stanza form, will have some standard that makes it unique from other forms. This standard can dictate specific themes/topics, rhyme schemes, meters, or a combination of several or all of those devices.
Poetry form examples covered in past newsletters:
Aicill
Blason
Bop
Cinquain
Descort
Epulaeryu
Monostich
Octain
Ode
Pensee
Septet
Sonnets
Terzanelle
Villanelle
Notice that Epulaeryu is on both the genre and poetry form list. This is because it’s a poetry form that has a specific topic, making it a genre form, also.
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Comments on last month's newsletter:
By: Teerich - 2019
Comment: Great Newsletter. I was moved to try out this form.
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By: shaara
Comment: I don't quite understand how this is different from freestyle. We need an example. How about you write one for us???? Please.
By: Joy's busy haunting 
Comment: Thanks, Red.  I hadn't heard of this poetry form until your NL, and it has been around since the 1200s  . I'll certainly read up on it. It sounds interesting.
By: Bob retired
Comment: I find it strange that so much emphasis is placed on "Form" poetry when the majority of poetry written is either traditional, or Free verse. Writing form poetry may be an academic achievement, but for the most part it simply does not communicate with the average reader. Because we all write to be read,wouldn't it be logical to write in a way that is easy to read and understand? Having said that I write 'form' poetry as a part of the continual learning curve that every writer faces.
{c:red)Shaara, I'll see what I can come up with for an example. In the meantime, check out the example above from Teerich.
You're correct, Bob--on both counts. By reading, learning and practicing we become better poets. By becoming better poets, we become better writers, too. Along the way we are read, sometimes by just our peers. If we are lucky, by a larger audience.
Thanks for the feedback. Keep it coming!
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