Janice Gould’s work homes in on themes of love and connection, with strong links to her identity as a Maidu lesbian. In ‘Six Sonnets: Crossing the West’, Gould equates her lover to a dream, never running short on ethereal ways to describe her... and mourning when she slips away, even temporarily. 30. "For Keeps" by Joy Harjo Narrative: contain all the elements of a story and are normally longer than average. They can use well-rounded characters, plots, and different kinds of conflict. Narrative poems often also have a moral message. Examples include: ‘ Goblin Market ‘by Christina Rossetti, ‘ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‘ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and ‘ The Highwayman‘by Alfred Noyes. Elegy: Elegy poems are reflective in nature. They are a type of poetry that expresses the emotions felt due to the loss of someone or something.

By comparing one thing to another, poets can create fascinating images in their poetry to stir a reader’s emotions! Alliteration Tragicomedy: contains elements of both comedies and tragedies. The play might be series, with some comedic moments and a happy ending.

25. "Love" by Carol Ann Duffy 

The lines form three quatrains , which are sets of four lines, and the sonnet ends with a closing rhyming couplet. One of the most common rhyme schemes is the rhyming couplet, where the last words in a pair of lines rhyme. These kinds of rhymes can create a musical and happy tone to a poem. Iambic pentameter Poets use similes and metaphors to create images and describe thoughts, emotions, objects and more. Anne Bradstreet’s Puritan belief that marriage is a gift from God comes across strongly in ‘To My Dear and Loving Husband.’ Reading it through a modern lens, it’s easy to start the poem feeling a little skeptical; however, Bradstreet’s genuine gratitude and dedication to her husband soon manifests to make it a deeply moving assertion of true love. 7. "Always For The First Time" by André Breton There is a silk ladder unrolled across the ivy There is That leaning over the precipice Of the hopeless fusion of your presence and absence I have found the secret Of loving you Always for the first time A pathetic fallacy is when the weather reflects the mood or atmosphere of the poem. For example, rain and stormy weather tend to represent negative emotions, whereas the sun bursting through a cloud can symbolise hope. Personification

A poem is a piece of writing, usually using some kind of rhyme scheme or metrical pattern, that expresses a writer’s feelings (or the feelings of a persona). They can tell stories, record memories, express desire, and share information. The best poems are those that tap into the universality of human experience and appeal to a wide variety of readers. While today most poems are written without a set form, below, readers can explore a few formal possibilities. Symbols are used to convey an idea, message, theme, or relationship in a poem. For instance, an object or character can represent an abstract idea that’s difficult to describe otherwise. Rhymed poetry are poems that follow a rhyme scheme. This scheme can vary from poem to poem, but one of the most common rhyme schemes to follow is rhyming couplets. Out of all these different types of poems, people tend to think of rhymed poetry before anything else. Putting it simply: There’s a specific poetic form devoted to almost any feeling or structure you can think of. Iambic pentameter is a line of verse where one unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. This technique is most famously used in Shakespeare’s plays and poetry, and it follows the rhythm of a heartbeat.Free Verse: lines are unrhymed, and there are no consistent metrical patterns. But, that doesn’t mean it is entirely without structure. Used in modern and contemporary writing and is useful when the writer wants to mimic natural speech patterns.Examples include: ‘Historic Evening’by Arthur Rimbaud, ‘O Me! O Life!’by Walt Whitman, and ‘What Are Years’by Marianne Moore. A simile compares one thing directly to another thing, often by using the 'as as' combination. For example:

Prolific poet Dorothea Lasky has written multiple collections and currently directs the poetry programme at Columbia University. In ‘Poem To An Unnameable Man’, she uses celestial imagery to explore a romantic relationship, describing her power and strength to the lover who underestimates her. 38. "Movement Song" by Audre Lorde

Contrasting love with the beauty of nature helps to create an unbreakable bond between the two. This comparison helps illustrate Joy Harjo’s feelings for her lover in her marvelous poem, ‘For Keeps’. 31. "You Are the Penultimate Love of My Life" by Rebecca Hazelton The garden you plant and I plant is tunneled through by voles, the vowels we speak aren’t vows, but there’s something holding me here, for now, like your eyes, which I suppose are brown, after all.’ Comparisons, especially in the case of metaphors, have various uses in a poem, and their importance is second only to imagery. In fact, many skilled writers use metaphors to insert an image into a thought that wouldn’t normally have one. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal’ is a song from The Princess, a longer, narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It was inspired by the ghazal, a Persian form of love poetry which focuses on unsustainable love, and is a classic masterclass in sensual description. 60. "poem I wrote sitting across the table from you" by Kevin Varrone I would fold myself

Many poets use the five senses to create images in their poems. Sight, sound, touch, taste and smell all play an important role and can help to create some of the most vivid images. Motif

Poetry is a type of literature that aims to evoke an emotional response in the reader through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. The five defining characteristics of a poem include: