Here are the 10 tips on how to write a poem.

1. Cabrera, Glaiza G.
Mercado, Rusty Niño F.
BSED 3-G

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3. Know your goal.
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4. If you don’t know
where you’re going,
how can you get
there?

5. Avoid clichés
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6. A work full of clichés
is like a plate of old
food: unappetizing.

7. Avoid sentimentality.
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8. Sentimentality is
dominated by a blunt
appeal to the emotions
of pity and love.

9. Use images.
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10. Be a painter in words.

11. Use metaphor and simile.
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12. Bring imagery and
concrete words into
your writing

13. Use concrete words instead
of abstract words.
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14. Concrete words
describe things that
people experience with
their senses.

15. Communicate theme.
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16. Theme is not just a
topic, but an idea with
an opinion.

17. Subvert the ordinary.
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18. Poets’ strength is the
ability to see what
others see everyday in
a new way.

19. Rhyme with extreme
caution.
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20. Choose a rhyme
scheme that makes
your poem sound
sing-song.

21. Revise, Revise, Revise.
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22. Poets often go through
several drafts of a
poem before
considering the work
“done.”