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WHAT IS POETRY
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…..words arranged in a
RYTHMIC pattern with
regular ACCENTS
(like BEATS in music)
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…words carefully selected for sound, accent, and meaning…to express IMAGINATIVELY ideas
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. . . In one wayEVERYONE
Uses poetry whenHe speaks or writes
WithWords that create
IMAGES, such as. . .
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IN CONVERSATION. . .
“I’ve come to the end of my own rope
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In Songs. . . “L-O-V-E is a MANY
SPLENDORED THING”
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In Speeches. . .
“A Nation Concieved in
Liberty—”
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. . .BUT A POET Is a person more
EndowedWith imagination who
Tries to express an idea with words that
Give it FORM and BEAUTY--
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-Looking at the same thing
What do I see?
A BIG TREE AND ITS GETTING
DARK!
I SEE ADARK
HAND ISTEARING
THEVAULT OF
NIGHT
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Each poem has:
•RHYTHM•MELODY•IMAGERY•FORM
And POETRY has a “LANGUAGE” all its own…
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EACH POEM has a RHYTHMCalled a “METRIC PATTERN”
(except in free verse) That is, the ACCENTS of theSyllables in the
Words fall at regularIntervals, like theBEAT of MUSIC
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EACH POEM ALSO HAS“MELODY”. . . .
LIKE MUSIC, EACH POEM HAS
MELODY(I.E. SOUND DEVICES)
OF WHICH THE PRINCIPLE ONE IS. . .
Rhyme—that is- where two words haveThe SAME SOUND on their last accented vowelPreceded by DIFFERENT consonants.
EXAMPLE: dame and same
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SINGLE RHYME
DOUBLERHYME
TRIPLERHYME
LOVE
Dove
Rapping
Tapping
Mournfully
Scornfully
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OTHER RHYMING TERMS:
IMPERFECT RHYMEtwo words that look alike, but
don’tsound alikeExample: LOVE and JOVE
INTERNAL RHYMEthe rhyme occurs inside a single
line of poetryExample: “Let’s beat the heat.”
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…besides rhyme, poets also use these
OTHER SOUND EFFECTS-
ASSONANCE- resemblance of vowel sounds in
wordsExample: “O harp and altar, of the
fury fused”
ONAMATOPOEIA- words sound like their
meanings EXAMPLES: drip, whisper, hoot, meow, murmur
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ALLITERATION-words that begin with the same consonant sound
SUCH AS: In a Summer Season, where Soft was Sun
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EACH POEM ALSO HAS
IMAGERY(figures of speech representing sense
experiences)
-comparisons are one way of creating imagery as in…
1) SIMILE- two unlike things are compared using “like” or “as”
Example: the man paced like a lion
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2) METAPHOR- two unlike things are directly compared without the use of “like” or “as”
Example: The river is a snake which coils on itself.
3) PERSONIFICATION-giving human qualities to anything that is not human
Examples: The trees danced in the breeze
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4) APOSTROPHE- addressing some abstract object
Example: “O world! Tell me thy pain!”
5) LITERARY ALLUSIONS- Referring metaphorically to person, places, and things from history or previous literature.
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-and by EXAGGERATION
1) HYPERBOLE- Saying more than this is true
Example: “He wore his fingers to the bone.”
2) UNDERSTANDMENT- Saying less than is true.
Example: “Losing his job meant ht could sleep late.”
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IRONY- Saying the opposite to what is true.
Example: “War is kind.”
And finally, EVERY POEM has FORM(structure)
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A starIf you are
A love compassionate,You will walk with us this year.
We face a glacial distance who are hereHuddl’d
At your feet
RUN-ON LINE_NOT END SENTENCE OR THOUGHT
LONG LINESOFTER INDICATE DISTANCE OR DIRECTION
NOTE EACH LINE STARTS WITH A CAPITAL LETTER
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REPETITION-of words, sounds, or ideas to enhance
rhythm or to create emphasis
Example :Because I do not hope to turn againBecause I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn
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What’s a “POETIC LICENSE?”
It means that a poet is allowed to break rules of spelling to make his or her rhyme
or meter more perfect-
AS IN: soft oftHope ope
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RHYME SCHEMESARE INDICATED BY THE USE OF LETTERS
Such as in :
1. Roses are red A2. Violets are blue B3. Sugar is sweet C4. And so are you B
The rhyme scheme of this poem is ABCB.
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A LONG POEMUSUALLY CONSISTS OF A
NUMBER OF LINES GROUPED INTO SETS OF
LINES CALLED
STANZAS
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# OF lINES What’s it called? What it is
2 RHYMED COUPLET
2 LINES WITH THE SAME RHYME
4 QUATRAIN 4 LINES WITH ANY RHYME
6 SESTET SIX LINES
8 OCTAVE 8 LINES
14 SONNET 14 LINES OF IAMBIC PENTAMETER
SOME SPECIAL NAMES FOR STANZAS
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SOME TYPES OR GROUPS POEMS FALL INTO
EPIC
BALLAD
ODEELEGY
EPITAPH
LYRICPASTORAL
NARRATIVE
SONNET
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POETS AND THEIR POETRY HAVE THEIR OWN STYLES
(sometimes these are called schools or movements)
“CLASSICAL”“REALISTIC”“ABSTRACT”“ROMANTIC”
“PSYCOLOGICAL”
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Try to Understand the
THEMEOf each poem Ask yourself: “What is
the message?”
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DIFFERENT POETS MY HAVE QUITE DIFFERENT ATTITUDES TOWARD THE SAME SUBJECT
war
War is a dreadful waste of people and resources
War makes the mighty men and eliminates the weak
What Amazing heroism and courage war
brings our in men
As a soldier, I do not see the war, but only
my own misery
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EVERY POET IS INFLUENCED BY…
1)His or her BELIEFS-usually reflected on in his/ her THEMES
2)The PERIOD-usually affects the STYLE of the poem
3)The SUBJECT-often affects the METRICAL PATTERN
4)CREATIVITY will affect his or her use of IMAGERY
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THE END
KEEP POETRY ALIVE