Many face a question how to begin to write verses about love, at some even something turns out. But then the tender age passes, the romantic spirit too somewhere evaporates, and everything written does not look such gentle and air any more. The disappointment beats off all interest in poetry for long time therefore to folding of rhymes many hesitate to come back later. But if desire woke up, it is worth approaching business more in details that finally it will not be assured of the lack of talent.
How to begin to write verses?
- Perhaps, you are surprised, but reading has to become the first step. And it is, both about poetry, and about the principles of its creation. Nobody forces to prepare the doctoral dissertation on this subject you, but to learn to distinguish an iamb from an anapaest it is desirable. And successful examples of other poets will allow to understand how all this knowledge is put into practice.
- At any poem (except white and a free verse) there has to be a rhyme. To learn to find quickly it and to use not banal combinations exercises will help. For example, write the first line which came to mind, then rhyme to it the second, etc. Try, as long as possible to hold chosen the sizes and a rhyme, and here it is possible not to think of sense. It is also possible to write any word, and then to try to think up as the bigger quantity of rhymes to it including phrases is possible.
- At the initial stages be not afraid to resemble someone, with skill also the style will come. For now it did not occur, it is necessary to improve the equipment, training as much as possible.
- Why the person begins to write verses? Usually it happens at the time of strong emotional shocks when people try to share the joy and a grief. Written to such period not always differs in the good equipment, but indifferent does not leave. So if you need the good poem, write that it concerns you, forces to experience any emotions.
- Sometimes, that the persistent idea to write about some event haunts, but nothing leaves. If you do not know how to begin to write verses, even about love, the most concerning experience, then try to reduce intensity of emotions a little. For this purpose write more associations about your subject. Such initial material will help will concentrate and to understand what really you want to write.
- Often the person begins to write verses, and then is surprised why they have no success with readers. But that the narration clung attention, it is necessary not to lose sight of the main idea. Air, of course, too is necessary, but too big will lead its quantities to dispersion of attention and will make the poem uninteresting.
Do not forget that only the combination of sense, emotions, beauty of a syllable and simplicity of reading will make your compositions poetry. In certain cases it is possible to forget about accurate following to a rhyme, for example, if you think how to begin to write verses for songs. There the rhythm is set by a melody therefore in such texts there can sometimes be some errors in terms of classical versification.