The importance of the relationship between reading and writing can never be overstated. In my first year of a Creative Writing degree at the University of Derby, we had a module called ‘Writers Reading’. In it, we were...
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I’ve been pretty lacklustre with posts lately, and for that I apologise. After handing in my...
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There are so many different forms of poetry that it’s hard to keep up. This is by no means a complete list — there are always going to be some that get missed — but I have tried to include as many as I could, and will update it as necessary.
This isn’t an in-depth list. You can click on the links under each for more detailed explanations and examples. I find the best way to learn about a new form is to read as much about it as possible, then attempt to write one as close to the rules as possible. What works for you may be different.
Lowercase letters represent repeated lines.
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