William Wordsworth

It's the Style That Counts
Among the vast variety of poems that exist, only a few stand out. The same is true about poets, in that readers may sometimes identify a poem to its poet. The measure of a poet's consistency in his poems is measured by how easily identifiable his or her poems are to the reader. An effective poet will develop a unique style and slowly build upon that. In history many poets have placed their mark and enveloped a unique style of their own. A poet's style involves not only the subject matter about which he or she writes, but also the technique in which the poet presents that material to the reader. The way a poem meshes in together and creates a natural flow from one idea to the next is crucial to the makeup of that poet's style, regardless of the topic. The art of writing poetry, then, involves creating a rare technique that individualizes the poet.
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