The term 'sciatica' describes pain along the course of the sciatic nerve in the lumbar spine that causes pain to radiate from the back down the leg in the distribution innervated by one of five distinct nerves: L1 = groin, L2 = upper thigh, L3 = middle thigh, L4 = knee, L5 = shin, top of foot, big toe, S1 = lateral calf, heel, bottom of foot ( ...
PoetrySoup is a great resource for examples of calligram poems or a list of calligram poetry. These examples illustrate what calligram poems look like. There is also a link below to the definition of calligram and a page where you can discuss these types of poems.
Write your lines in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter is a type of poetic meter, meaning that itâs a way of measuring out the rhythm of a line. Iambic pentameter is a very regular meter and is one of the most common meters in English-language poetry. Other than the last line, the curtal sonnet is still written in iambic pentameter. 2  Hopkinsâs âPied Beautyâ is a famous example of a curtal sonnet. 3  Note that the final line, âPraise himâ truncates the 11th line to the 3/4 proportion intended by Hopkins.