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Grammar and Punctuation in Poetry

The poems published on this site vary in genre and quality. Many of the poets are drawer writers, who sometimes compose without much thought for grammar, and particularly punctuation. This may be OK in the case of experienced poets, but as the link below states: "learn the rules, and only after you have learned them, go ahead and break them."

Check out the link; you can use it as a general guide to poetry writing.
http://www.writingforward.com/grammar/grammar-rules/breaking-grammar-rules-in-poetry-writing

And here are a couple more:
http://lamonaca.deviantart.com/art/Punctuating-Poetry-Part-One-103788331
http://www.absolutewrite.com/specialty_writing/punctuate.htm



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