Elements

of

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

Epithalamion A song or a poem celebrating marriage

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

Epigram A brief pointed statement

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

Hymn A religious song or poem, typically of praise to God or a god

Parts of
Speaker:

Poem

Persona A voice or character representing the speaker in a literary work

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

Theme: Syntax: Diction:

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:

Language that uses images

Visual Of or relating to the sense of sight

Tactile Olfactory Of, relating to, or contributing Perceptible to the sense of to the sense of smell touch

Auditory Of or relating to the sense of hearing

Gustatory Of or relating to the sense of taste

Kinesthesia Body positions n stuff

Synesthesia One or more sense at the same time

Figures

of

Speech
Metaphor Comparing two things not using like or as Euphemism Something bad, that is covered up by different words

Simile Comparing two things using like or as

Elements Personification Giving human like qualities to a non living thing

of

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

Symbolism When something in a poem represents something else

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

Oxymoron A figure of speech that combines two opposite things

Sound

Devices: used to add a musical quality to the languate in a poem

Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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

Onomatopoeia Use of a word that sounds like what it means

Rhythm: a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound

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Elements Meter Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

of

Poetry Elision The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking

Scansion The action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm Types of feet:

Foot Unit of Rhythm

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: