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Juxtaposition Poetry Mission
Poets use lots of tools to create these deep moments out of ink and paper. Juxtaposition is one of those writing tools that writers of all genres use.
So, what exactly is juxtaposition? Basically, it’s a way of comparing and contrasting two or more things—and in something as short as a poem, most likely you’ll be comparing only two things—but use your poetic license as you see fit and write on!
My favorite poet that used juxtaposition is Langston Hughes. Who is your favorite poet to use this tool?
POETRY TERMS
A few writing terms that also use comparisons are metaphors and similes. You may find yourself using one or more of these more specific comparisons when you use comparing and contrasting (juxtaposition) in your poem.
Metaphors: a comparison of two things.
Similes: a comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
And now for a poetry form that requires a form of juxtaposition.
Diamante
There are two different variations of diamantes: one is a synonym and the other is antonym. The antonym is the version we are referring to today.
I refer to this one because in many ways the first word is compared to the antonym end word. Feel free to share or create other poetry forms that might require a juxtaposition as part of the form requirements.
MUST HAVES
--line count: 7
--meter: none but it does have a certain amount of words per line – 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1
--Each line has a certain kind of word per line: Noun, adjective, verb, noun, verb, adjective, noun. This means line one is one noun, line two has two adjectives, etc.
--rhyme: none although you might be able to get away with some internal rhyme
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--number of stanzas, but usually there’s only one unless you create a diamante chain. A chain would give you added opportunity to compare and contrast.
--topic, theme
SOURCE NOTES:
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/diamante.html
http://www.poetrybase.info/forms/000/79.shtml
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