Elements of poetry
Scootle poetry writing tool
Figurative Language
Figurative language is comparing an object or person to something else. Authors use figurative language to catch their readers’ attention. It can help create pictures in a reader’s mind or get their sense of smell, taste, hearing, or touch working. There are several types of figurative language. We will be exploring these over the coming weeks
Figurative language is comparing an object or person to something else. Authors use figurative language to catch their readers’ attention. It can help create pictures in a reader’s mind or get their sense of smell, taste, hearing, or touch working. There are several types of figurative language. We will be exploring these over the coming weeks
Tips for young writers by James Carter
Keep a notebook at home. Put all kinds of stuff in it - ideas, poems, doodles, thoughts, memories, little stories. Try and write something in it every day. Don't show it to other people - just keep it as your private writing place.
If you want ideas for poems, find somewhere quiet and daydream for a while. See what ideas come to you. If nothing comes, why not try writing something that begins "I wish..." "I remember..."
"When I was..." "100 years ago... " "Once when..."
Sometimes you can start to write a poem before the idea is ready to be written out. So it's good just to think and ponder over your idea first. With a bit of luck, other ideas will come along too.
Once you've written a new poem and you feel you can't do any more to improve it, leave it for a while - say a week or so. Then come back to it fresh and see what needs to be done next.
In your first draft, don't worry about spellings or handwriting or punctuation, just get your ideas down. You can sort out all the spellings etc. later on.
Computers are very useful when writing poetry - especially shape poems.
it's best if you can write your poems first by hand and then later put them on the computer. Computers can make poems look too good too soon.
Where do ideas come from? Two places - a)our memories and b) our imagination. Think of something that has happened to you and change it around so that it
becomes a fiction. Use it in a poem.
Keep a notebook at home. Put all kinds of stuff in it - ideas, poems, doodles, thoughts, memories, little stories. Try and write something in it every day. Don't show it to other people - just keep it as your private writing place.
If you want ideas for poems, find somewhere quiet and daydream for a while. See what ideas come to you. If nothing comes, why not try writing something that begins "I wish..." "I remember..."
"When I was..." "100 years ago... " "Once when..."
Sometimes you can start to write a poem before the idea is ready to be written out. So it's good just to think and ponder over your idea first. With a bit of luck, other ideas will come along too.
Once you've written a new poem and you feel you can't do any more to improve it, leave it for a while - say a week or so. Then come back to it fresh and see what needs to be done next.
In your first draft, don't worry about spellings or handwriting or punctuation, just get your ideas down. You can sort out all the spellings etc. later on.
Computers are very useful when writing poetry - especially shape poems.
it's best if you can write your poems first by hand and then later put them on the computer. Computers can make poems look too good too soon.
Where do ideas come from? Two places - a)our memories and b) our imagination. Think of something that has happened to you and change it around so that it
becomes a fiction. Use it in a poem.