ELEMENTS OF POETRY
1. FIGURES OF SPEECH Simile -a comparison using the words like or as Ex. (He is like a dog the way he treats her.) Metaphor -a comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as” Ex. (He is a dog the way he treats her.) Alliteration -Two or more words which have the same initial sound -repeated sound in the first letters of each word in the sentence Ex. (Tiny Tom tipped the tall tree onto the table.) Assonance -A partial rhyme which has the same internal vowel sounds amongst different words Onomatopoeia -formation of a name or word by imitating the sound associated with the thing designated, as in buzz, hum, cuckoo, slap, splash, bang, etc. Repetitions -poets often choose to repeat sounds, words, phrases or whole lines in a poem. This helps the poet emphasize an idea or give a certain feeling (think (think of your your favori favorite te song song that that repeat repeats s the same line line during during the chorus section) Hyperbole -A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect Personification -Giving an animal or object human-like qualities (the rough edge on the desk ate away at his arm as he took the exam)
2. RHYME -The repeti repetitio tion n of sounds sounds within within differ different ent words, words, either either end sound, sound, middle or beginning -poets often choose to repeat sounds, words, phrases or whole lines in a poem. This helps the poet emphasize an idea or give a certain feeling (think (think of your your favori favorite te song song that that repeat repeats s the same line line during during the chorus section)
3. RHYTHM -is the poem’s beat; a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables -The flow of words within each meter and stanza
4. SYMBOL -Some Someth thing ing that that repr repres esent ents s some someth thin ing g else else thro throug ugh h asso associ ciat atio ion, n, resemblance or convention -Often poems will convey ideas and thoughts using symbols. - A symbol can stand for many things at one time and leads the reader out of a systematic and structured method of looking at things.
-Often a symbol used in the poem will be used to create such an effect.
5. THEME -This is what the poem is all about. -The theme of the poem is the central idea that the poet wants to convey. - It can be a story, or a thought, or a description of something or someone – anything which is what the poem is all about.
6. STYLE - The The way the poem is written. Free-style, ballad, haiku, etc. - Incl Includ udes es leng length th of mete meters rs,, numb number er of stan stanza zas s alon along g with with rhyme rhyme techniques and rhythm.
7. METER - This This is the basic structural make-up of the poem. A poem is made up of blocks blocks of lines, lines, which which convey convey a single single strand strand of though thought. t. Within Within those blocks, a structure of syllables which follow the rhythm has to be included. This is the meter or the metrical form of poetry. KINDS OF POETRY
ABC POEM -An ABC poem has a series of lines that create a mood, picture, or feeling. Lines are made up of words and phrases. The first word of line 1 begins with an A, the first word of line 2 begins with a B etc.
CINQUAIN -Cinquain Poetry Type has five lines. Line 1 has one word (the title). Line 2 has two words that describe the title. Line 3 has three words that tell the action. Line 4 has four words that express the feeling, and line 5 has one word which recalls the title.
ACROSTIC -Poetry that certain letters, usually the first in each line form a word or message when read in a sequence.
TANKA - Tanka Tanka is a Japanese poetry type of five lines, the first and third composed of five syllables and the rest of seven. Tanka is the oldest type of poetry in Japan.
CONCRETE -In this kind of poetry, the topographical arrangement of words supports the meaning conveyed by the poem. The poems form a picture of the topic on which they are centered.
LIMERICK -A short sometimes vulgar, humorous poem consisting of five anapestic lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables, rhyme and have the same verbal rhythm. The 3rd and 4th lines have five to seven syllables, rhyme and have the same rhythm.
COUPLET
-It is a very simple form of a verse, which contains two rhyming lines. HAIKU -Haiku Poetry Type is a Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, five, seven, seven, and five five syllab syllables les.. Haiku Haiku poetr poetry y origi originat nated ed in the sixtee sixteenth nth century and reflects on some aspect of nature and creates images.
DIAMOND - This This type of poetry is one of the simplest ones to write. The first line of a diam diaman ante te is a sing single le word word;; the the seco second nd line line cons consis ists ts of two two adje adject ctiv ives es describing that word, third line contains three words about the subject while the fourth line contains four. The fifth line and the lines that follow consist of a similar pattern of words describing the idea opposite to the subject of the poem.
EPIC -Epic Poems are long, serious poems that tell the story of a heroic figure. This genre genre of poetry poetry is a type type of narrat narrative ive litera literatur ture e that that narrat narrates es storie stories s of mythological heroes. TYPES OF POETRY
LAY POETRY -Lay Poetry Types are long narrative poems, especially those that were sung by medieval minstrels and French trouveres.
CLASSICISM POETRY -Poetry which holds the principles and ideals of beauty that is characteristic of Greek and Roman art, architecture, and literature.
ROMANTICISM POETRY -Nature and love were a major themes of Romanticism favoured by 18th and 19th century poets such as Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats. Empha Emphasi sis s in such such poet poetry ry is plac placed ed on the the pers person onal al expe experi rien ence ces s of the the individual.
IDYLL POETRY -Idyll Poetry Types are either short poems depicting a peaceful, idealized country scene, or long poems that tell a story about ancient heroes. The word is derived derived from the Greek Greek word word 'eidyl 'eidyllio lion' n' meaning meaning "littl "little e picture picture". ". Also Also spelled Idyl.
CANZONE POETRY -anzone Poetry Type is usually a medieval Italian lyric poem, with five or six stanzas and a shorter concluding stanza (or envoy). Canzone literally means "song" in Italian.
NARRATIVE POETRY -Narrative Poetry is found in different types of poetry such as Ballads Ballads,, Epics, and Lays Epics, Lays..
RHYME ROYALE POETRY -Rhyme Rhyme Royal Royal Type Type is a type type of poetry poetry introd introduce uced d by Geoffr Geoffrey ey Chauce Chaucerr consisting of stanzas of seven lines in Iambic pentameter. pentameter.
ANALOGY
-An Analog Analogy y is a likene likeness ss or simila similarit rity y betwe between en things things (a subjec subjectt and an analog) that are otherwise unlike. Analogy is the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship.
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