How Do You Write Serious Gothic Poetry?
• Start with a topic. This expansive genre encompasses a huge range of topics. A Gothic poem can be about anything. It’s just a dark twist. Stereotypically, gothic poetry is about pain, death and tragic love. This isn’t always true. So don’t let yourself be fooled by stereotypes. • Think of a title. The title is one of the most important parts of gothic poetry. It helps the reader gather the emotion of the poem before they read it, and to understand the poem while reading it. A good title will catch the person’s eye. Just make sure you can keep their attention afterwards. It’s a good idea to keep the title short, either words or syllables. • With the hard part out of the way, outline the poem. Anything goes in this step, as you’ll soon revise it. A short example: “my twisted soul can no longer fly/darkness rips at my blinding eyes” • Capitalization isn’t a big part of gothic poetry. Some poems actually come across stronger when words aren’t capitalized except for the names of God, peop
