How to write poem?

Question:Think of a theme, write with a loose structure then go back to it and change whatever you do not like, add a structure and re word lines to get a rhythm.
Use poetic techniques such as:
*Allegory- Abstract ideas, principles or human values are personified.

Alliteration- The repetition of consonant sounds in words and syllables. Example: "ma-ma, pa-pa"

*Ambiguity- The poet offers various meanings either in single words, in images, or in the Meaning of the poem itself.

*Connotation- The feelings, attitudes, images, and associations of a word or statement.

*Couplet- Two lines of a verse that have a last word with a similar meter that rhyme.

Free verse- A poem written in free verse develops images and ideas in patterns of lines without specific arrangements or rhyme. *

Hyperbole- An exaggerated statement or overstatement for a particular effect on humor or emotions.

*Imagery- it is the heart of poetry which appeals to the mind and to the senses.

Internal rhyme- A pattern in which a word or words within a line rhyme with the last Word of that line.

Irony- Difference between what is expected and what is actually expressed.

Metaphor- A similarity is expressed between dissimilar things without using the words "like" or "as".

*Meter and rhythm- Rhythm refers to the pattern on movement within a poem; meter refers to specific patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Oxymoron- is a figure of speech in which two opposite terms are paired for emphasis or ironic effect. Example: "wise fool"

Paradox- A statement, concept, or situation whose literal statement is differing, yet which makes a truthful and meaningful observation. Example: "less is more"; "foul is fair"

Personification- A form of metaphor or simile in which nonhuman things-objects, plants, animals, forces of nature-are given human qualities. Example: "the walking sun observed me with its eyes"

*Rhyme- Any repetition of identical or similar sounds among words at the ends of lines.

Rhyme scheme- A regular pattern of end rhyme in a poem. Simile- A comparison using "like" or "as".

*Speaker- The narrative voice in a poem that may either be the speaker or a character of the poem.

*Stanza- The grouping of lines within a poem.

Symbol- Anything that stands for or suggests something else.

*Tone- The attitude or feeling of the speaker toward the subject.

Understatement- statement in which something is presented as less important or significant that it really is.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Think of a theme, write with a loose structure then go back to it and change whatever you do not like, add a structure and re word lines to get a rhythm.
Use poetic techniques such as:
*Allegory- Abstract ideas, principles or human values are personified.

Alliteration- The repetition of consonant sounds in words and syllables. Example: "ma-ma, pa-pa"

*Ambiguity- The poet offers various meanings either in single words, in images, or in the Meaning of the poem itself.

*Connotation- The feelings, attitudes, images, and associations of a word or statement.

*Couplet- Two lines of a verse that have a last word with a similar meter that rhyme.

Free verse- A poem written in free verse develops images and ideas in patterns of lines without specific arrangements or rhyme. *

Hyperbole- An exaggerated statement or overstatement for a particular effect on humor or emotions.

*Imagery- it is the heart of poetry which appeals to the mind and to the senses.

Internal rhyme- A pattern in which a word or words within a line rhyme with the last Word of that line.

Irony- Difference between what is expected and what is actually expressed.

Metaphor- A similarity is expressed between dissimilar things without using the words "like" or "as".

*Meter and rhythm- Rhythm refers to the pattern on movement within a poem; meter refers to specific patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Oxymoron- is a figure of speech in which two opposite terms are paired for emphasis or ironic effect. Example: "wise fool"

Paradox- A statement, concept, or situation whose literal statement is differing, yet which makes a truthful and meaningful observation. Example: "less is more"; "foul is fair"

Personification- A form of metaphor or simile in which nonhuman things-objects, plants, animals, forces of nature-are given human qualities. Example: "the walking sun observed me with its eyes"

*Rhyme- Any repetition of identical or similar sounds among words at the ends of lines.

Rhyme scheme- A regular pattern of end rhyme in a poem. Simile- A comparison using "like" or "as".

*Speaker- The narrative voice in a poem that may either be the speaker or a character of the poem.

*Stanza- The grouping of lines within a poem.

Symbol- Anything that stands for or suggests something else.

*Tone- The attitude or feeling of the speaker toward the subject.

Understatement- statement in which something is presented as less important or significant that it really is.

Think of a theme, write with a loose structure then go back to it and change whatever you do not like, add a structure and re word lines to get a rhythm.
Use poetic techniques such as:
*Allegory- Abstract ideas, principles or human values are personified.

Alliteration- The repetition of consonant sounds in words and syllables. Example: "ma-ma, pa-pa"

*Ambiguity- The poet offers various meanings either in single words, in images, or in the Meaning of the poem itself.

*Connotation- The feelings, attitudes, images, and associations of a word or statement.

*Couplet- Two lines of a verse that have a last word with a similar meter that rhyme.

Free verse- A poem written in free verse develops images and ideas in patterns of lines without specific arrangements or rhyme. *

Hyperbole- An exaggerated statement or overstatement for a particular effect on humor or emotions.

*Imagery- it is the heart of poetry which appeals to the mind and to the senses.

Internal rhyme- A pattern in which a word or words within a line rhyme with the last Word of that line.

Irony- Difference between what is expected and what is actually expressed.

Metaphor- A similarity is expressed between dissimilar things without using the words "like" or "as".

*Meter and rhythm- Rhythm refers to the pattern on movement within a poem; meter refers to specific patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Oxymoron- is a figure of speech in which two opposite terms are paired for emphasis or ironic effect. Example: "wise fool"

Paradox- A statement, concept, or situation whose literal statement is differing, yet which makes a truthful and meaningful observation. Example: "less is more"; "foul is fair"

Personification- A form of metaphor or simile in which nonhuman things-objects, plants, animals, forces of nature-are given human qualities. Example: "the walking sun observed me with its eyes"

*Rhyme- Any repetition of identical or similar sounds among words at the ends of lines.

Rhyme scheme- A regular pattern of end rhyme in a poem. Simile- A comparison using "like" or "as".

*Speaker- The narrative voice in a poem that may either be the speaker or a character of the poem.

*Stanza- The grouping of lines within a poem.

Symbol- Anything that stands for or suggests something else.

*Tone- The attitude or feeling of the speaker toward the subject.

Understatement- statement in which something is presented as less important or significant that it really is.

Theres not directions on how to write a poem... You just let how you feel on a piece of paper