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How to Make a Baby Shower Thank You Poem
by Kate Wharmby Seldman
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Overview
It can seem daunting to write a baby shower thank-you poem, especially when you plan to send it to all your closest friends in a card or e-mail. Combine a brainstorming session with a little research on poetry forms, and you'll have all the creative tools you'll need to pen (or type) a poem that expresses your gratitude with grace and eloquence.
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Preparing to Write the Poem
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First, brainstorm about your subject matter. You'll almost certainly want to include the words "thank you," and "baby shower," in your poem, but think about other ideas you'd like to incorporate. Jot down a list of ideas and images as you brainstorm.
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Decide what form you want your poem to take. Free verse has no fixed rhyme scheme or line length--it can rhyme if you choose, but without a set pattern. Blank verse does not rhyme, but is in iambic pentameter, which consists of ten syllables with the accents or stresses on the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth syllables.
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Look at poetry that's in a similar style to what you'd like to write. Look not only at the rhyme scheme and meter, but also examine the ideas in the poem and the ways the poet gets them across.
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Think about using metaphors and similes in your poem: for example, think about the friend who threw your baby shower. She's probably a close confidante of yours, and has been for some time. You could compare her friendship to a lighthouse in a storm, illuminating the way home even in perilous situations.
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Prepare your writing space. Set up your writing utensils and reference books.
Writing The Poem
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Sit down and begin writing. You don't have to write the poem start to finish - you can jot down fragments of lines, begin from the end, or start in the middle.
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Step away from your poem once you've got a rough draft. This will help you gain perspective on it in a way you wouldn't be able to do if you hadn't taken a break.
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Come back to the poem and mark the places you'd like to change. Revise the poem.
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Show a friend your poem, and have this person give you feedback.
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If you choose to, revise your poem based on your friend's feedback.
Send Out Your Poem
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Write or print your poem onto blank thank-you cards, or make an e-card featuring your poem.
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Add any extra pictures or embellishments to your cards.
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Send your cards out in the mail, or e-mail the e-cards to your friends.
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- Pen
Paper
Computer
Word-processing software
Thesaurus
Dictionary
Rhyming dictionary
Books of poetry
Blank cards and envelopes
- Pen
- Paper
- Computer
- Word-processing software
- Thesaurus
- Dictionary
- Rhyming dictionary
- Books of poetry
- Blank cards and envelopes
- One well-known example of meter and rhyme scheme is the Shakespearean sonnet. Like blank verse, this type of sonnet is in iambic pentameter. Its rhyme scheme features three quatrains of alternating rhymes, and finishes with a couplet. In other words, its rhyme scheme looks like this: abab cdcd efef gg.
- One well-known example of meter and rhyme scheme is the Shakespearean sonnet. Like blank verse, this type of sonnet is in iambic pentameter. Its rhyme scheme features three quatrains of alternating rhymes, and finishes with a couplet. In other words, its rhyme scheme looks like this: abab cdcd efef gg.
