{"id":18293,"date":"2023-10-18T10:54:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T15:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=18293"},"modified":"2023-10-19T12:03:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:03:59","slug":"figure-poetry-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2023\/10\/18\/figure-poetry-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Figure Poetry Trick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

So, I’m sure a lot of you write <\/span>Figure Poetry<\/b>, or whatever it’s called where you write a poem that looks like what it’s describing. Well for this week’s post, I wanted to share a tip, or a time saver if you will, that could help with whatever you’re trying to write your poem as. <\/span><\/p>\n

Below is an example of what I’ve written before using this trick.<\/span>
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This poem is about how the moon. She wishes she would be pulled down into the arms of her lover. The way I got the figure of the poem was really simple and I\u2019ll explain the process in just a few steps.  By the way, I forgot to mention that this is for Google Docs. I’m not sure how to do it for other typing programs. <\/span><\/p>\n

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So first. You’ll want to decide what you want your poem to resemble. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, I chose a simple shape, the moon.
(More complex shapes may be harder to write). <\/span><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve picked your idea, go to Google or some other search engine and look up images<\/strong> of that. <\/span><\/p>\n

Once you’ve found your perfect image, drag it to your desktop<\/strong> on your computer from the search engine. Your image should now be on your desktop home screen. <\/span><\/p>\n

From there, you open Google Docs<\/strong> and create a new document. <\/strong><\/span>
<\/span>Drag the image you selected earlier onto the new document. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Once you have your image on your new document, you\u2019ll click the image,<\/strong> outlining it in a blue rectangle, bringing up a few options near the bottom of the picture. Among the options you will see a Behind text option<\/strong>. You’ll click that<\/strong> first. (This puts the image behind the words which  you’ll be typing later)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image of the Behind text Option
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Then once You’ve applied that option, you’ll go back and click the three dots<\/strong> option that was just beside it. A group of options will appear, you’ll click on the Adjustments Option<\/strong>, (second to last.) Then a bar will slide out from the right-hand side of your screen.<\/p>\n

A number of sliding bars will appear, you’ll want to focus on the Opacity<\/strong> section<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image of Adjustment Menu <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bring the opacity slider to the left<\/strong>, (this affects the image visibility.)<\/strong> Make sure the image is just barely visible.<\/strong> \u00a0Then you’ll click off the adjustments area and begin writing<\/strong>. It will take a few tries to get the wording perfectly aligned with the barely visible image, but it will work eventually.
You’ll have to use space, enter, and tab, to get on the right lines.

Once you’ve finished writing your masterpiece, simply click the image,<\/strong> and either drag it off the piece of paper, or click backspace<\/strong> on your keyboard to delete it.\u00a0 \u00a0

And there you go, a perfect figure poem.\u00a0 I hope this helps!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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