how well do you understand poetry?

how well do you understand poetry? do know you the answers all the steps? the things the poem needs? the diffrence between diffrenet kinds? and can you list them?

no i dont know.. when i write poetry i write it for myself just to get out feelings and stuff. oh wait i know the different kinds of poems and stuff but i dont usually write certain types of poems. i just write what comes to my head.

To tell the truth, I know nothing about sonnets, and haikus, and all the other fancy things. I hardly know anything about grammar, either, thats why Im not too suprised that my poems arent very good, but they let out emotion, and thats the most important thing.

Good Writing!
beth

i only know a couple of forms of poetry but i'm trying to learn some more because they bring in some new ways to put your thoughts on paper. but i don't think that the styles are needed to know about poetry. i think that the way to know poetry is having a passion for it and being able to appreciate other people's work.

~Jacklyn

I agree with Bob...poetry is open to interpretation and individual taste. Flow and content are important...style matters not....I am not a traditionalist and believe that the expression and message matter more than the format. If we color within the lines, the lines never change.

i'm starting to learn about different types of poems but as I learn I realize that sometimes they really don't matter as long as the poem has a true, pure meaning and flow.thats just what I think.

when i started writing poetry, i do not know what it is all about. lol. and it only make sense to me. but after joining some forums and such, i grow to know more about poetry, not much, but the basics. like i know there's the free verse, which does not require rthyming. lol. i think this is a great place for us to learn more about poetry, isn't it? i think contiunous writing can help us to understand more, and of course, write better. =)

i just write