Drawing an Unusual Comparison: Metaphor, Simile, Extended Metaphor and Stanza

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Drawing an Unusual Comparison Metaphor, Simile,
Extended Metaphor and Stanza

• Revising for Stanzas WIJ

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WP 3.4 Write in Your Journal

• Committing to a stanza length will force you to
  reconsider a poem. It might not fit the
  prescribed length. When reconsidering you might
  find you do not need many of the details you
  included.
• This will not ruin your poem. You might want to
  hang on to a detail because you love the way it
  sounds or it is clever. But, it might be hurting
  your reader.

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WP 3.4 Write in Your Journal

• Examine your work from WP 3.3.
• Organize your work into stanzas (computer will
  make this easier)
• Make your stanza length consistent (7 lines each,
  for example)
• The length of the lines is not important

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WP 3.4 Write in Your Journal

• Tips for stanza usage
• Focus each stanza around a single action or
  subject.
• Make shifts in time, place or subject at the
  stanza break.
• Extend a single sentence across the stanza break
  to speed the poems pace or to create tension.

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WP 3.4 Write in Your Journal

• Revise your metaphor draft using stanza decisions
  to clarify and cut the poem.
• At this point, you may wish to name who your
  you is. This will make it more personalized or
  define the relationship if it is unclear.
• Look at Our Writer for more guidance.