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QuestionWhat is a poetic person?Christopher Taylor is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at Austin Community College in Texas. He received his PhD in English Literature and Medieval Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014.A "poetic person" is someone who actively focuses on the details of the world around them and then contemplates the feelings they attach to these observations. To be poetic is to think about "emotion recollected in tranquility," according to the poet William Wordsworth.
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QuestionHow do you write a metaphor poem?Christopher Taylor is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at Austin Community College in Texas. He received his PhD in English Literature and Medieval Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014.Metaphor can be a useful way to employ figurative language in a poem. Use metaphor to create striking or unconventional comparisons between things or ideas.
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QuestionHow do you write a short poem?Christopher Taylor is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at Austin Community College in Texas. He received his PhD in English Literature and Medieval Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014.Have a topic in mind and try to convey a feeling about that topic as precisely as possible.
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QuestionHow do you begin a poem?Christopher Taylor is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at Austin Community College in Texas. He received his PhD in English Literature and Medieval Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014.Try beginning a poem with a strong description or evocation of an image or feeling.
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