Showing posts with label syllable-triangle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label syllable-triangle. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Shaping POETRY with GEOMETRY

Syllable-count constraints help me to think carefully about word choices as I construct a poem.  Here are square and triangular stanzas that came into my head recently while I was jogging.

In addition, when working with students,  I often find that they explore their ideas most easily when I suggest that they follow syllable-counting constraints.