It doesn’t matter if you are really bad at writing poetry. In fact, that’s precisely the reason to give it a try. Poetry is a creative form of writing that is indeed a fine art, but you don’t have to master the form to earn benefits for your brain. Try your hand at various styles. You could write:
- An epic poem that celebrates, in a grand style, mythological and actual historical events.
- A narrative poem that tells a story in a somewhat simpler style. “Paul Revere’s Ride” by the American poet Henry Wads worth Longfellow is a narrative poem.
- An ode, which is a kind of lyric poem. An ode is a lyrical dedication to some- thing or someone that the writer admires and loves. It describes how the subject of the ode affects the poet emotionally. Lyric poems are sensitive in tone. They express the poet’s personal feelings of love, yearning, sorrow, and happiness.
Poetry can rhyme or not; poems that do not rhyme are referred to as blank verse. A great deal of poetry has a definite repetitive rhythm. Writing poetry will help you get in touch with your feelings, help you think metaphorically, and exercise your brain.