This poetry contest seeks to promote poetry in its simplest form: the couplet, in this way even those who know nothing about poetry can participate in the contest and learn the basics of this art little by little and then explore more ways complex
Thank you very much to everyone who has participated in the contest, it is great to see how little by little they are improving and refining their ability to write verses.
What is a couplet?
A couplet is the simplest form in poetry. It is a verse that only has two verses that rhyme; The rhyme can be consonant or assonant and must have the same number of metric syllables. If you have any questions, I invite you to investigate more about it.
What should a couplet have?
Two verses
Rhyme (consonant or assonant).
Both verses must have the same number of metric syllables.
Competition rules
In order for your participation to be taken into account, you must vote for this article.
The proposed form must be respected: The couplet.
The poem must have at least a couplet, and although it is not very common, if the author wishes it can be several stanzas, but all must be paired.
Only publications written in Spanish will be taken into account.
The content must be original, the plagiarism is sanctioned in Steemit.
The post must have the following title: Poetry Contest - Second installment - Paired, you can place a title on your publication, whichever you want, but you must go to the name of the contest first.
The post should carry the labels: #population contest and #paired. The three remaining labels are free
The published work must include a link to this post.
The presentation will be taken into account as well as the spelling. It is a poetry contest, you should center the verses.
They must place the link of their post in the comments to know that they are participating in the contest
The contest begins after the publication of this post and ends on Friday, May 18, 2018.
The deadline to receive participants is at 3:00 p.m. Time of Venezuela.
Awards:
1st place: 1 SBD
2nd place: 0.75 SBD
3rd place: 0.25 SBD
Word of the Week:
The couplet must have the word: mango.
All contest entries are evaluated by @ fran-mazz. Any doubt will be answered by your person.
Read all the rules of the contest before publishing your post. The winner will be the one who complies with all the rules.
Points to take into account:
Even if they do not know anything about poetry, encourage them to participate, they are just two verses, do not be intimidated. Even if they do not win the contest, give yourself the opportunity to make mistakes and learn
Some corrections will be made later to enrich us all and correct errors in future editions of the contest.
Remember that the presentation and spelling will be taken into account as well as the quality of the story they tell; also remember that the poems should be centered, that's part of the presentation.
If you have doubts in the blog of @ fran-mazz you can see some examples of couplets that you have made as in the previous results of the contest.
It is up to the participants to choose the publication.
Remember to place the publication in the comments to know that you are participating
Previous deliveries:
First Delivery, Results
Second Delivery, Results
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