How to write verses

How to write verses

Practically each person can write the poem, however not everyone is solved on it. Meanwhile, for creation rhythmic of the organized rhymed text it is enough to study the theory of versification and to be trained a little.

Theory of the verse

First of all it is necessary to get acquainted with theoretical bases of writing of poems. In the standard understanding the verse is a special art form of the speech in which are inherent a rhythm, a metrichnost, presence of the size and a rhyme. The rhythm is understood as a certain sound order of creation of poetic phrases here. Versification most widespread today – sillabo-tonic. This term means that lines in the poem have to be organized both by quantity of syllables, and on number of accents.

The second important component of the verse – the metric organization, that is continuous alternation of shock and unaccented syllables for any given system. In combination with additional characteristics, such as number of similar alternations, the terminations of lines and the other moments the meter is formed. Ways of the metric organization there is a set, however five from which two so-called "two-foot" when the strong syllable through one alternates with weak (an iamb and a trochee) are most extended, and three trimeter (one shock syllable to two unaccented) – a dactyl, an anapaest and an amphibrach. The difference between them consists in the provision of a shock syllable of rather unaccented.

One of the most famous poets of Germany Schiller could write verses, only if caught a smell of the decaying apples therefore in its office there was always a plate with the spoiled fruits.

The third attribute of the poem – a rhyme. Types and ways of classification of rhymes there is a lot of, but for a start it is worth remembering that rhymes are men's when the accent falls on a final syllable, and women's when a shock syllable penultimate. Besides, verses are classified by arrangement of rhymes in a quatrain.

Practice and exercises

Having mastered a theoretical part, it is possible to pass to practical exercises. For a start it is necessary to learn to write correctly. Here the contents of the verse how many its a form are not so much important: you can rhyme everything that comes to your mind if only to learn to count automatically syllables and to feel a rhythm. Inventing of rhymes to the first word (for example, a sin - nut, laughter, all) can become good exercise. The beginning poets often have difficulties with the choice of a subject. For this reason the majority of poems is written about love - the most poetic feeling. That to get rid of them, try associative approach. Take any floor or a concept and write down the associations with it. Now try to describe this phenomenon in the poem, using the records. Perhaps, from the first at you the world-class masterpiece will also not turn out, but after several trainings you learn to build with ease chains of associations even with the most prosaic objects and events. Reading classical poems, for example, Pushkin can provide you substantial assistance. Having some theoretical preparation, you will be able to look in a new way at lines, familiar since childhood, to understand technology of execution of the verse.

Vladimir Mayakovsky was exposed to criticism from colleagues from the poetic shop for the fact that wrote verses with "short flight of stairs" as poets received the royalties for each line, and lines at such way turned out much more.

Naturally, all these recommendations are suitable only for the initial stage. To develop in the poetic plan, it will be necessary to develop own style, to use unique images, a broken rhythm, difficult rhymes. However before learning to write verses originally, it is necessary just to learn to write verses.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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