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Poetry concentrated imaginative chosen and arranged response through may be distinguished frequent use of use of the line as and freedom of expressed through a description to symbolism, simile.
Basic
Definition of
Poetry:
Poetry is writing that formulates a awareness of experience in language to create a specific emotional meaning, sound, and rhythm. It from prose by its compression, conventions of meter and rhyme, a formal unit, heightened vocabulary, syntax. Its emotional content is variety of techniques, from direct including the use of metaphor and
Two
categories of
poems
Modern Different from classical poetry in that it does not have any rules and categories and thus it may borrow ideas from classics
Traditional The art of creating poems with a structure, rhyme scheme and content that evokes either an emotional or philosophical response in the reader
Three types
Narrative Tells a story
of
poems
Dramatic Uses techniques drama to present speech Lyric Expresses thoughts and feelings of a single speaker
Specific
types
of
poems
Pastoral Of or relating to shepherds or herders, and nature in a positive way Sonnet A poem properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea or sentiment, of 14 lines Ballad A simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing
Elegy A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead Ode A lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion Epic Noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a
Love Poems relating to the feeling of love, with the main subject being love
Elements
of
Poetry
hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated Found poem A composition made by combining fragments of such printed material as newspapers signs, or menus,, and rearranging them into the form of a poem Haiku A major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables Lament A formal expression of sorrow or mourning especially in verse or song: an elegy or dirge
Limerick A kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other
Acrostic A series of lines or verses in which the firs, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell our a word, or a phrase
Parts of
Speaker:
Poem
Dramatic Monologue A poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation
Audience: People being reached by the poem Tone: The authors tone of writing towards the subject Subject:
The basic point of the story or poem
Elements
of
Poetry
The overall meaning for the story The correct grammatical formula
The accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker Connotation An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning Formal vs. Informal Relating to or involving outward form or structure
Denotation The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
Imagery:
Tactile Olfactory Of, relating to, or contributing Perceptible to the sense of to the sense of smell touch
Figures
of
Speech
Metaphor Comparing two things not using like or as Euphemism Something bad, that is covered up by different words
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Poetry Apostrophe Act of addressing some abstraction or personification that is not present Allusion An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
Anthropomorphism The attribution fo human characteristics to a god, animal, or object Metonymy The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
Synecdoche A figure of speech in which a term for a part of something reers to the whole of something, or vise versa
Verbal Irony Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another Paradox Contradictory statement
Overstatement/Hyperbole overexageration
Understatement The presentation of something being smaller, worse, or less than what it really is
Sound
Consonance Rhyme Repetition of sounds at the ends of words Repetition of final consonant sounds Exact: Dog/blog Slant: String/fin Assonance Repetition of similar vowel sounds
Rhyme Scheme A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song
of
Scansion The action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm Types of feet:
Organization
Stanza Group of lines Couplet 2 lines Tercet 3 lines Quatrain 4 lines
Sestet 6 lines
Octave 8 lines
Blank Verse Verse without rhyme esp that which uses iambic pentameter
Free Verse Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
Extra Notes
on
Poetry: