Lovers Paradise

[Leanne]

I do need to seriously brush on punctuation the commas and periods you put on there made it flow even better how is punctuation different in poetry then it is say essay or fiction writing?

In poetry, punctuation is just another tool. Essentially the rules are the same as in prose writing, however as with other aspects of grammar, once the poet knows the rules he/she may break them to manipulate the text in new and interesting ways. Nothing is set in stone. The absence of a comma to separate clauses might have the effect of adding ambiguity to a poem and allowing the reader to create meaning for him/herself. Like any technique, it should be used sparingly and deliberately.

Remember that poetry is intended to be spoken aloud. Just as sound techniques such as alliteration and assonance add interest to a spoken text (even if we're only really speaking it in our heads), so too do the pauses created by punctuation. We've long since moved past the thinking that every line of poetry has to end in a comma -- use them when you need to use them, as you think they're needed.

I'll change the spelling of your title for you