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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#1: May 19th 2012 at 8:44:15 AM

I was wondering... throughout history, many different metrics were invented to write poetry. Then came modern, "free poetry" that did away with those constrains, for the sake of unbridled expression.

But I feel that metrics were sort of the whole fun, fitting new words into a constrictive, complicated, unnatural form. Going back to the old metrics might feel a little silly and affected, so I was wondering, are there any new metrics out there to play with? Rigid stuff that you have to work your words around?

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#2: May 20th 2012 at 2:07:49 AM

I don't see why you'd feel silly using more traditional meters. Plenty of modern poets write sonnets, sestinas, etc. If you want a wide range to choose from, find a dictionary of verse and look until you find something that suits you.

Also, this is slightly off-topic, but I've seen plenty of free verse that creates a great effect from the positions of the accented syllables. In general, I think free verse suffers from a mistaken opinion that "it's just prose split up in shorter lines" and True Art Is Incomprehensible.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#3: May 20th 2012 at 2:29:04 AM

[up]I've seen genuine examples that were exactly that. You know, the typical friend who has a vanity-published book and pushes it on you...

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