Why Breaking Grammar Rules in Poetry Could Be the Secret to Masterful Verse
Women and men (both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain
Cummings has dismissed capital letters altogether, and he uses punctuation seemingly at random. Yet the poem works. Imagine it with the proper grammar rules applied, and you’ll quickly realize that his way is more effective for this piece and what he’s trying to accomplish with language.
Poetry Writing – Where Rules and Creativity Cooperate or Collide
As the poetry canon grows beyond measure, poets increasingly reach for creative devices to make their work stand out.
