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How to write a poem? This question arises in the mind of every person who wants to write poetry but does not know how to write. A person listens to poetry since childhood. Poetry on radio, poetry on TV, poetry in class, poetry in books, poetry competitions, song competitions,s and many other topics related to poetry come in a person's life and also affect him.

How to write a poem? This question arises in the mind of every person who wants to write poetry but does not know how to write. A person listens to poetry since childhood. Poetry on radio, poetry on TV, poetry in class, poetry in books, poetry competitions, song competition’s and many other topics related to poetry come in a person’s life and also affect him. Some people are superficially influenced by these subjects, some are deeply influenced. Where the influence is deep, There is a desire to write poetry. But the question arises that “how to write a poem”? It is necessary to raise this question also because all other arts can be learned but poetry is a subject related to extreme feelings. No one knows at what stage of age the feeling of writing poetry will arise in a person’s mind. A person can learn all the arts in the world at any stage of age, But the process of learning poetry starts later, poetry comes first. Emotions come before poetry. And when the process of giving words to those feelings begins, Then poetry is born. The feelings that grow in the mind are that land, which sprouts in the form of poetry as soon as the seed in the form of words is sown. This is the first step towards writing poetry.

Topics for poem

When the process of writing a poem begins, The second step is to select a topic for the poem. Often a person wastes a lot of time in thinking on which subject to write a poem? , And the result is that one does not even start writing poetry throughout life. There are many topics in the world to write poetry. Like “poetry on love”, “poetry on patriotism”, “comic poetry”, satirical poetry, etc. There are many other topics which are suitable for writing poetry. But the question is which subject to choose? All such people who are not able to choose the subject for writing poetry, They should listen to their heart. The kind of poetry a person wants to hear, There is a flow of the same kind of feelings in his writing. There is no need for any other source to find these expressions. You just have to look inside your mind. Nevertheless, if some things are taken care of, then the results can be much better. Suppose you have to write a poem on love, then many dimensions of love are in front of you. Love does not happen only with the beloved. Love happens with mother, happens with sister, happens with brother, happens with father, | And when love reaches its peak, then there is love for the country, there is love for the society. Now it depends on the writer that which form of love he chooses as the subject of his poem.

Words for poetry

Words are the third important step to write a poem. Poetry cannot be imagined without words. All other art in the world can be presented without words. But the first requirement for poetry is words. Words have to be selected for poetry. Not all words of common speech are used in poetry. The vocabulary of the poem is somewhat different. What are the selected words for the poem? It is not written in any book. To know and understand this fact one has to read the poems of many poets. If you want to write ghazals then there are many poets who should be read. Ghazals like Gulzar, Bashir Badr, Rahat Indori, Dr. Kunwar Bechain, Gopal Das Neeraj, Charan Jeet Charan, etc. should be read. If you want to write songs then you should read Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Mahadevi Varma, Bharat Bhushan, etc. Because without reading poetry, there cannot be knowledge of those words which are considered suitable for poetry. It is not that the words of common language are not used in poetry. Common colloquial language words are also used but in some special circumstances. Which words of common speech are used in the poem, its knowledge is also available only after reading the poems of other poets. It is necessary to read some good poets.

Rules for writing poetry

The rule of writing poetry means the grammar of the Hindi poem. This is the most important step of poetry writing. If you have words and a subject, but you do not know the grammar of writing poetry, then all other things are useless for you. That’s why it is very important to learn the grammar of poetry for writing poetry. In the past, there has been a tradition of learning the grammar of poetry. New people used to learn from old people. Presently this process of learning has come to a halt. New people are hesitant to learn. Despite all this, many people have learned the grammar of poetry. Lots of people want to learn. On the other hand, there is also a dearth of teachers. The question is not where to learn. If you want to write poetry, then it is necessary to learn its grammar. No one can become a good poet without learning the grammar of poetry. So it can be said that all the people are standing with the question that how to write poetry. They have to accept all the things written above easily. Otherwise, time will be wasted trying to write poetry. The result will be that neither the beginning of writing poetry will be done properly nor the desire of writing good poetry will be fulfilled. First, identify your abilities, then take another step. Avoid wastage of time.