I'm a self-taught writer, so I don't know many of the terms, structure, and types of poetry out there. Here is an example of my poetry.
#Need help on making my poems more professional.
red stag
This one is properly written with same syllable lines for individual parts:
This one is not:
Some millennia ago we rose
And then we soured and fell
What you and i propose
And walk the road to hell
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
Yet the road to heaven is paved with none
Though wise men speak of many such corrections
As bright and brilliant as the rising sun
The one that we predicted
The rapture that they foresaw
As yet the thoughts contradicted
The world that we had oversaw
As all that has been returns to nothing
Maybe this all was worth something?
I've heard I'm getting some things right, apparently on instinct, but there are bound to be things I am missing. Please let me know.
dire rapids
Hi, since you say you don't know a lot about the terms, I recommend learning more about poetic devices! This is a good beginning primer: https://www.chaparralpoets.org/devices.pdf
sterile yew
Professional is about conduct. There is no such proper conduct inherent in poetry. That being said if you want to write a sonnet it pays no mind that one should then pay heed to how one writes, general history of sonnets and similar.
August gave solid advice, familiarizing oneself with "words", so to say, used for analysis of poetry may help elevate ones poetry. There are many more things one could point to as general advice about how to "master" ones' craft as it pertains to poetry but I came to find it more useful to do as one analyzes their own work knowing the aim they wished.
red stag
Hi, since you say you don't know a lot about the terms, I recommend learning mor...
Thank you; at first glance I can see a lot of terms I do not recognize.
red stag
Professional is about conduct. There is no such proper conduct inherent in poetr...
Hm...alright.
looks like i use ABAB and AAAA rhyme scheme a lot
a lot of ambiguity and metaphors as well
contrast as well
analogy by far the most
eager sedge
You could make the lines correspond more. Lines that rhyme could be exact opposites or smt. There is a thing in China called 对联(dui lian). You could search them up, it might help. MIGHT
celest needle
Too many unnecessary words
red stag
Too many unnecessary words
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celest needle
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eager sedge
And plus, there isn't really anything "professional", refinement i think you mean?