Unlock Hidden Meanings: Transform Your Poems with This Surprising Wordplay Exercise
Have a little fun with language.
Charles Dickens invented the word boredom. Sylvia Plath coined the term dreamscape. William Shakespeare gave us bandit, swagger, and gossip, along with over 1,700 other words that previously didn’t exist in the English lexicon.
Writers have a long history of inventing new words, which shouldn’t come as a surprise. When we encounter an idea or concept and no clear way to express it, creating new language is a practical solution.
Plus, making up new words is fun.
But we’re not limited to inventing new words. Poets, in particular, are always looking for fresh ways to use language. Consider the following lines from E.E. Cummings’ poem, “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town”:
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