Writing Exercise:
Square Poem
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Lewis Carroll Poetry
See if you can spot what is unusual about "Square Poem" by Lewis Carroll, below. Once you've figured it out or have given up, mouse over any of the words in the first line, or over any of the first words of each line.
Square Poem by Lewis Carroll
I |
often |
wondered |
when |
I |
cursed |
often |
feared |
where |
I |
would |
be |
wondered |
where |
she'd |
yield |
her |
love |
when |
I |
yield |
so |
will |
she |
I |
would |
her |
will |
be |
pitied |
cursed |
be |
love |
she |
pitied |
me |
Writing Exercise:
Write a Lewis Carroll-style "Square Poem". Lewis Carroll created his own version of the Square Poem: made up of 6 lines of 6 words each, that reads the same across or up and down.
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