# Book Poetry

> Poetry patterns — form types (sonnet/haiku/free verse), stanza structure, meter/rhythm, imagery systems, collection architecture.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-epicsagas-velith-book-poetry`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [epicsagas](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/epicsagas)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [epicsagas](https://github.com/epicsagas)
- **Source:** https://github.com/epicsagas/Velith/tree/main/skills/book-poetry

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-epicsagas-velith-book-poetry
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Poetry Patterns

**Form types** (selection guide):
- Sonnet: 14 lines, iambic pentameter, Petrarchan (ABBAABBA CDECDE) or Shakespearean (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)
- Haiku: 5-7-5 syllables, seasonal reference (kigo), cutting word (kireji)
- Free verse: No fixed meter/rhyme, natural speech rhythm, enjambment as tool
- Villanelle: 19 lines, 2 refrains, ABA tercets + ABAA quatrain
- Ghazal: 5-15 couplets, radif (refrain), matla (opening couplet both lines rhyme)
- Prose poem: Prose paragraph with poetic density, no line breaks

**Stanza as unit**: Stanza = one breath, one image, one turn. White space between stanzas = pause (comparable to scene break in fiction). Couplets (2 lines), tercets (3), quatrains (4), sestets (6), octave (8).

**Meter and rhythm**: Iambic (da-DUM), trochaic (DUM-da), dactylic (DUM-da-da), anapestic (da-da-DUM). Meter creates mood: iambic = steady/contemplative, trochaic = urgent/chanted, dactylic = flowing/lyrical. Free verse: stress patterns still matter — read aloud to test.

**Imagery systems**: Core image per poem. Sensory hierarchy: visual > tactile > auditory > olfactory > gustatory. Extended metaphor (conceit): one metaphor sustained across entire poem. Image cluster: related images building a field of meaning.

**Line breaks**: Enjambment (thought continues across line) creates tension/speed. End-stopped (thought completes at line) creates pause/emphasis. Line = unit of attention. Short lines = intensity, long lines = expansiveness.

**Collection architecture**: Thematic arc (opening poem sets tone, center = core statement, closing = resolution/echo). Section breaks as movement shifts. Sequences (series of linked poems). Organizing principles: chronological, thematic, formal, conversational. Target: 40-80 poems for full collection.

**Revision checklist**: Sound (read aloud — where does rhythm break?), compression (can any word/line be cut?), specificity (concrete over abstract), surprise (does each stanza add something unexpected?), integrity (does form serve content?).

**Title as threshold**: Title + first line = entry contract. Title can: set scene, provide context, contradict the poem, name the form, name the subject.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [epicsagas](https://github.com/epicsagas)
- **Source:** [epicsagas/Velith](https://github.com/epicsagas/Velith)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-epicsagas-velith-book-poetry
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/epicsagas
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