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Are you new? We-Write is a writing course of a Steemit Teaching Team not a stand-alone contest. Please, read Lesson 1 to 5 before you join.

Lesson 6, the last lesson of this #wewrite course, is about poetry. Boring to read? Hard to understand? Fun to write and good for a laugh? Let's try and figure it out.

"There are many types of poem in the world, and even one particular verse form can be written in a variety of ways: to take just one example, there is the sonnet, but there are Petrarchan sonnets and Shakespearean sonnets and Spenserian sonnets, all of them requiring a rather different rhyme scheme"._source/info

P.s. If you find it hard to find a topic to write about you can use a (picture) prompt to build your poem (think of the Art & Writing contest hosted by @solperez, #pic1000 by @freewritehouse or Create an Image by @italygame (see Digitaly magazine for the prompt) which we practised in former lessons.

Note

If we have the slightest idea you used AI to generate your poem your entry isn't valid.

Task 1 - Acrostic poem

The acrostic poem or name poem is about puzzling/writing around a word or phrase.

If you read the first letter of each sentence, you will find the word or message.
Examples Acrostic poems
Example @inspiracion

• Comment on 3 posts - leave the links underneath your poem
• Write your poem
• Wordcount: free
• Lines: free
• Community you post: Steem Venezuela
• Contest you can join: SV Escritura
• Hashtags: #wewrite #wewrite06 #acrostic-poem #poetry
• Mention @inspiracion @wakeupkitty
• Deadline: Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Did you finish Task 1?!

Task 2 - The Lyric

This poem has no specific form and expresses thoughts and feelings of a speaker. A story, moral or lesson is not given.

Sappho is the pioneer and ancient Greek love poet. She wrote short poems expressing her feelings of longing, love, regret, heartbreak and more (see wewrite01 where we talked about feelings).

• Comment on 3 posts - leave the links underneath your poem
• Write your poem
• Wordcount: free
• Lines: free
• Community you post: freewriters
• Contest you can join: # pic1000
• Hashtags: wewrite - wewrite06 - lyric - poetry - freewrite
• Mention @inspiracion @wakeupkitty
• Deadline: Thursday, October 17, 2024

Did you finish Task 1 + 2?!

Task 3 - The Limerick

• A five-line poem in English
• Rhyme: 1st, 2nd and last line rhyme (A)
• Option: line 3 + 4 rhyme (B)
• The humour builds up to the last line

The earliest limericks date back to the Middle Ages. They are (very) funny and can demonstrate a control of verse form and language. It's said to be the (only) "English" poetry form (Limerick is a place in Ireland).
Example @wakeupkitty


• Comment on 3 posts - leave the links underneath your poem
• Write your poem
• Wordcount: free
• Lines: 5
• Community you post: free choice
• Contest you can join: see wewrite01
(check the rules of the community!)
• Hashtags: wewrite - wewrite06 - limerick - poetry
• Mention: @inspiracion @wakeupkitty
• Deadline: Saturday, October 19, 2024

What we check/give points for

Dear Free Writer,

We continue our #wewrite journey with our last lesson an introduction to poetry. We hope you had fun. Don't forget to read your comments, they can be very useful. Below you find the review of your publication which is part of We-Write-Lesson 6.

Criteria	Result
What went well - 1 point
What to improve
Misunderstanding
Title - 2 point
Hashtags - 1 points
A flashy start - 2 points
Creativity / out-of-the-box thinking - 3 points
Original/no AI text	👍
Following the rules - 1 point
Total max 10 points
Verification date:	October 14, 2024

Poetry:

Remark:

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All good? - You could be nominated for the 5 best of the week.

We check your comments!

We thank you for participating in #wewrite04 and your comment.

Criteria	Comment contains
Observations/feelings about content	👍
Content is liked/upvoted	👍
Valuable information for the author/photo/video/link	👍
Question(s) asked	👍
Hashtag #wewrite	👍
Verification date:	October 14, 2024

Wordcount 50+ : Yes / No
Human written: Yes / No

Remark:

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