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Persona Poem
How to Write a Persona Poem
- Find a person to write about by making a list of family members, contemporary leaders, and people in history.
- Choose the person most compelling to you on the list.
- Create lists specific to the chosen person. Brainstorm, research, and dream. The more ideas to choose from when writing the poem, the greater potential for creative resonance.
- Obtain quotes. If it is a family member, make a list of quotes from that person, for example. If there is no such body of work, create two or three imagined quotes. See the poems below for reference.
- Pay attention to the world of the character. Include those observations in the poem.
- Write in the time, region, and era of the person. Use dialect or colloquial speech if appropriate.
- Locate and incorporate the mood, tone, and feeling of the person.
- Tell highlights and lowlights of the person’s story. Remember that it is not necessary to tell the whole
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