Wedding Ode - Writing Tips

Why do I want a Wedding Ode?

You are either getting married, or know a couple who are tying the knot. If you are the one getting married, you may want to surprise your Bride or Groom with their own dedicated, personalised wedding poem from you; capturing the emotions you feel for them.

If you know a couple who are about to get married, then you may wish to wish them all the best for their marriage and future together.

How do I get started writing a Wedding Ode/Poem?

Either way, the best place to start is by grabbing a pen and paper and jotting down a few notes. What tone do you want for your Wedding Ode? Do you want it to be romantic or perhaps humourous? Or even a mixture of both.

Next, you will need to decide just how long your Wedding poem/ode is going to be. This will of course ultimately govern the amount of information that you can fit in.

Finally you are ready to begin writing. When thinking the order of your poem/ode through, do try and be methodical so that it flows nicely. So as you are writing one line, you must also be thinking about what is coming next.

What should I include in my Wedding Ode/Poem?

The most personal and meaningful wedding poems are bursting with sentimentality and recollections of happy times gone by. And more so, hopes and aspirations for a beautiful future.

Poems To Your Bride Or Groom FROM the Groom or Bride: Why not talk about how you met and how you felt then, compared to the way you feel now. Describe the moment you knew it was love! Take the opportunity to tell the person you are marrying exactly why it is that you wanted to marry them. Take them on a magical trip down memory lane on the happiest day of your life. Why not recall the proposal? Anything goes; if it's something you want to say/talk about specifically, then it should be in there.

To The Bride and Groom FROM others: This is slightly different. If you know them well, you mmay want to give thema brief recap of their own love story, but you might not want to go into such depth. You can tell the happy couple why you think they work well together and of course wish them all the best for the future.

For help or perhaps just for a different angle, why not ask your friends and relatives for key phrases that they would use to describe you as a couple. This also might help if you are writing a poem for friends who are getting married.

Alternatively, you can enlist the help of a professional poet, who will take your details and create a unique personalised wedding poem or wedding ode; perfect for your special occasion.