Palindromic Poems

A palindrome is anything which means the same in all the directions of axis. The same can be extended to poetry where there are a myriad of possibilities - Character/word level for a single line, Character/word level for the complete poem, line level(first poem matching the last) and many such. Sotadics is an alternate name …

A few Telugu poems of good quality from some unpublished works

This one is my favourite. This is a poem taken from Timmayya's Mahabharata. This is basically a prayer for Lord Rama. This is a prayer for Lord Vishnu taken from a work by name Parijatamu by Chengalvaraya This is a Paean of Glory sung by Shahaji of Tanjore in more than one of his books. …

Pantoum and Pantun

Pantoum is basically a quartain based poem, modelled upon the Malay Pantun. However, I haven't got any clue as to the relationship between both of them is established. It is generally written in a set of four line quartains. Even if there is a repetition of lines, but a change of meaning is intended when …

Sonnet

Shakespeare made this form of poetry one of the most famous in English. No one knows whether he followed the traditional structure or because he was not able to follow it, created his own type of poem, which replaced the original sonnet. As like any other traditional form of English poetry, this is not an …

Clerihew

This is the biggest riot of English poetry, invented by someone by name Clerihew. It's basically a parody of both eulogy and limerick. The rules for writing a clerihew are 1. It should be 4 lines long only 2. It should be biographical and should always poke fun. It should not be a satire or …

Limerick

Basically, a humorous poem of five lines, bordering sarcasm, written in a tight sequence. Coming to technicalities, the rhyming sequence is AABBA. Lines 1, 2, 5 are longer than the other two. These lines contain three feet of 3 syllables(basically, 9 syllables) and the rest contains two feel of three syllables(so, 6 syllables) For example, …

Sestina

I don't know who gets such ideas, but like villanelle, this is also an interesting style. A,B,C,D,E,F are the last words of the six lines of the first paragraph. Whatever you write in the body, the last words of the lines in rest all the stanzas should be the ones below and in that order …

Villanelle

This is supposed to be the toughest of all English poetic styles. It contains 19 lines, two lines will be repeated again and again, of all the rest of the lines, there are only two rhyming sequences. The final aim after writing this should be 1. It should not be monotonous 2. It shoulod not …

The basics of Telugu poetry

Base classification is of two types - whether it is a short syllable(I) or whether it is a long syllable(U) Clustering is based on the pattern below - Ya Maa Taa Raa Ja Bhaa Na Sa La Gam I     U    U     U   I     U    I    I   I   U The above is the notation used for remembrance. …

Characteristics of a Maldit

A Maldit is a poem of complaint written by a troubadour, complaining against the girl he loved. First of all, how can one write such a poem and have peace if mind, is out of my comprehension. According to someone by name Robert Archer, the following are the features of a Maldit - Alludes to …