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Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:15pm On Dec 16, 2014

*walks to the blackboard.

Hi class!

We're here to learn how to write good poems. But first, we need to know what makes a poem good and before that we need to know what a poem is. Are we ready?

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:17pm On Dec 16, 2014

laykorn:
*walks to the blackboard.

Hi class!

We're here to learn how to write good poems. But first, we need to know what makes a poem good and before that we need to know what a poem is. Are we ready?

Yes! Fire on!!! *can't see my classmates tho* undecided

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:18pm On Dec 16, 2014

poetry - /ˈpəʊɪtri/
noun
1. literary work in which the expression of feelings
and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive
style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of
literature.

This is the dictionary meaning of poetry.

A poem is a written work that has the description in the definition.

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Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by EverestdeBliu(m): 9:18pm On Dec 16, 2014

laykorn:
EverestDebliu - Male Nigerian
University undergraduate.
Acting VP, Nairaland Poetry Club

(Waves and welcome all aspiring and renown poets in the house)

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:18pm On Dec 16, 2014

laykorn:
*walks to the blackboard.

Hi class!

We're here to learn how to write good poems. But first, we need to know what makes a poem good and before that we need to know what a poem is. Are we ready?

Hi!
Hello Veeey.
Hello everyone

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:20pm On Dec 16, 2014

[b]Like other literary works ,poetry is made up of
words. But what is special about poetry? How is
reading poetry different from reading prose? A
good start to answering the question is to
consider what poetry is concerned with: poems.

A poem is a self-contained text, which makes
sense as it stands. It differs from prose most
obviously because it is written in lines whose
length is decided by the author, not the printer.
How the poem looks on the page, its visual lay-
out, is as important as its sound quality. A poem
makes intense use of language, which results in a
fare greater concentration of meaning than is
commonly found in prose.

Prose works only with the brain. Poetry works with the eyes. The ears. The mind.

There are style of peoms written in special ways to suit the eyes. Eg. The diamond poem, which comes in the shape of a rhombus. The rhombus is the shape that represents the diamond best.

Also, there are poetry devices which are used mainly to suit the ears like the alliteration and the assonance.

Prose is prose. But poetry is of types. Just like how a programmer has a series of languages to choose from to write his codes, a poet also has a series of styles to choose from to write his poem with

The first style that will be treated in this project is the free verse. Writing in free verse is the easiest. It is the most popular too because it has the minimum niumber of rules. Are there even any rules

That's why it's called free verse. It has no rules except for the general rules that apply to poetry.

In my next class, I will start lessons on how to write the your poem in free verse. Perhaps you have written a poem before, it is most probably in free verse.

Perhaps you have read a poem before, it is most probably in free verse.

This seven line poem is also in free verse.

[i] We gather here tonight.
Feeding the curios organs in our insides.
A monk and his students in the moonlight.
Are no different from us in real-life.

Just that.
They learn in the moonlight.
We, in the e-light.

[/b][/i]

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Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by ROZZAYY(f): 9:20pm On Dec 16, 2014

Veeey:
Yes! Fire on!!! *can't see my classmates tho*

Ayam here o

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:21pm On Dec 16, 2014

#seated

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by dre11(m): 9:21pm On Dec 16, 2014

laykorn:
poetry - /ˈpəʊɪtri/
noun
1. literary work in which the expression of feelings
and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive
style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of
literature.

This is the dictionary meaning of poetry.

A poem is a written work that has the description in the definition.

That's nice.....

I was thinking you will create a new thread for all the classes

I greet all class members

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:24pm On Dec 16, 2014

Any questions beofre I move on?

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by ROZZAYY(f): 9:24pm On Dec 16, 2014

Trying hard to put all in my brain

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:25pm On Dec 16, 2014

ROZZAYY:
Ayam here o

me too,am present veeey..good evening class

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Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:25pm On Dec 16, 2014

ROZZAYY:
Ayam here o

. Welcome to class, ladies.

preshuzpearl:
Hi!
Hello Veeey.
Hello everyone

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by nick16: 9:27pm On Dec 16, 2014

my classmates I greet you people. ( the next William Wordsworth is about to be born wink

my classmates I greet you people. ( the next William Wordsworth is about to be born

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:27pm On Dec 16, 2014

Any questions before I move on

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by dre11(m): 9:28pm On Dec 16, 2014

laykorn:
Any questions beofre I move on?

••••Do you mean that writing a prose is more brain tasking than a poem

••••And how would a person know that he is writing a prose instead of a poem

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:29pm On Dec 16, 2014

Please let's endeavour not to derail this thread.
Thanks

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:31pm On Dec 16, 2014

laykorn:
Any questions before I move on

No questions... please proceed

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by youngcrysta(f): 9:32pm On Dec 16, 2014

pls my question... is there any difference between a poetry and a poem?

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:33pm On Dec 16, 2014

dre11:
••••Do you mean that writing a prose is more brain tasking than a poem

••••And how would a person know that he is writing a prose instead of a poem

I can't really say which is more braintasking generally. But I found it harder to write a story than to write a poem.

2 -There are things called poetry devices. There are a lot of them. They distinguish between poetry and prose when used. One is rhyme. You will never find sentences of prose ending with rhyming words. The devices will be taught as the course moves on

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by EverestdeBliu(m): 9:33pm On Dec 16, 2014

dre11:
••••Do you mean that writing a prose is more brain tasking than a poem

••••And how would a person know that he is writing a prose instead of a poem

Sir, your attention here please.thank you

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:35pm On Dec 16, 2014

laykorn:
Any questions before I move on

1. Are there any specific number of words for each line of a poem?

2. Must each line end with homophones

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:35pm On Dec 16, 2014

dre11:
••••Do you mean that writing a prose is more brain tasking than a poem

••••And how would a person know that he is writing a prose instead of a poem

1.The reverse.

2.Lolz... Prose is a story Na...eg a novel ...

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by EverestdeBliu(m): 9:35pm On Dec 16, 2014

youngcrysta:
pls my question... is there any difference between a poetry and a poem?

A hand is up here please.

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:35pm On Dec 16, 2014

youngcrysta:
pls my question... is there any difference between a poetry and a poem?

Yes. There is a difference. Poetry is the art. Poem is the product of the art.

Singing is the art, songs are the product.

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Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by youngcrysta(f): 9:37pm On Dec 16, 2014

laykorn:
Yes. There is a difference. Poetry is the art. Poem is the product of the art.

Singing is the art, songs are the product.

alrightie... thanks

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by dre11(m): 9:37pm On Dec 16, 2014

laykorn:

2 -There are things called poetry devices. There are a lot of them. They distinguish between poetry and prose when used. One is rhyme. You will never find sentences of prose ending with rhyming words. The devices will be taught as the course moves on

Okay thanks

Just inform me when u reach those devices
I want to know them so I can know when one deviate from writing a poem

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:37pm On Dec 16, 2014

preshuzpearl:
1. Are there any specific number of words for each line of a poem?

2. Must each line end with homophones

Your questions will be adressed in the free verse lesson next week. They have a lot to do with it.

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by nick16: 9:39pm On Dec 16, 2014

laykorn:
I can't really say which is more braintasking generally. But I found it harder to write a story than to write a poem.

2 -There are things called poetry devices. There are a lot of them. They distinguish between poetry and prose when used. One is rhyme. You will never find sentences of prose ending with rhyming words. The devices will be taught as the course moves on

sensei when we write diamond poem, do we write in diamond shape?

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:40pm On Dec 16, 2014

Before my class next week, I will present to you 12 radical reasons you should know how to write poems. The above is not a reason. It is just a differentiation between poetry and prose.

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Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by dre11(m): 9:41pm On Dec 16, 2014

herald9:
1.The reverse.

2.Lolz... Prose is a story Na...eg a novel ...

Thanks

Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:52pm On Dec 16, 2014

nick16:
sensei when we write diamond poem, do we write in diamond shape?

Yes. The diamond shape comes in the shape of the diamond. It will be treated soon .

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