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i wanna learn western poem writing styles. for example, we have three general style,aruz, hece and serbest(Aruz is using arabic methods and Turkish words, hece using Turkish methods and Turkish words, serbest using no methods and Turkish words)

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"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
Voltaire

i don't know if i can remember all of the styles out here, but i can try.
We have a style called a Limrick (feel free to correct any spelling along the way) It's short, only a few lines, has a 1,2,1,2 ect. rhyming pattern, and is usually used to describe something funny, an event or object. We have what my middle school teacher named "Free verse" It's poetry written with no real rhyming pattern, any rhymes tend to occure by accident, it is usually longer, and written in stanzas. Then there is prose, from what i remember it is usually written in paragraph form, but don't trust me on that. If anyone else remembers the ones i forgot, go ahead.

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Sanctuary: a small safe place in a troubling world

thanks for information

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"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
Voltaire

Here are some great resoruces that I use

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html

http://www.poetryrenewal.com/forms/menu.shtml

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Every man carries a circle of hell around his head like a halo. Every man, every man has to go through hell to reach his paradise.
Robert De Niro, Cape Fear

many thanks romeo, that helped much...

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"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
Voltaire