INACTIVE, EXERCISE.
Inactive
calm, impassive
reposing, relaxing, dreaming
quietude, tranquillity, fatigue, exhaustion
pounding, aching, sweating
weary, drained
exercise.
Okay I know it’s not to everyone’s taste – may be just a string of words – but they are not that easy to put together and require a lot of discipline. These various classical forms are great training for understanding composition and metre which will put any poet in good stead for writing more free flowing work – a bit like learning to draw before learning to paint.