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POETRY1.Background:
Definition: Poetry, literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative
awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through
language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
poems in general as a form of literature:
contemporary poetry and prose
She started writing poetry at a young age.
Origins: Poetry, from the Greek poesis meaning 'making' or 'creating',
has a long history. As an art, poetry may out date literacy itself. In
prehistoric and ancient societies poetry was used as a way to record
cultural events or tell stories. Poetry is among the earliest records of
most cultures with poetic fragments found on monoliths, rune stones,
and stelae.
The telling of stories about history have been used up until the 20th
century, and in some cases, it is still in use today. During the Middle
Ages, Ballads were a common way of doing just this, and it was also a
way to pass along news throughout the kingdoms. T oday, Ballads are not
used in the same way. However, Odes, for example, have been and will
always be a way to tell stories about histories greatest feats.
The oldest surviving poem is the "Epic of Gilgamesh". The poem, based
on the history of King Gilgamesh, was written around 3000 BC in Sumer,
Mesopotamia in cuneiform script on clay tablets.
2.Characteristics:
Rhyme
* Some poems use rhyming words to create a certain effect.
* Not all poems are rhyming. Poetry that does not rhyme is called "free
verse poetry."
Rhythm
* Sometimes poets use repetition of sounds or patterns to create a
musical effect in their poems.
*Rhythm can be created by using the same number of words or syllables
in each line of a poem.
* Rhythm can be described as the beat of the poem.
Figurative LanguageThis study source was downloaded by 100000820020768 from CourseHero.com on 04-04-2023 14:30:11 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/110512995/POETRYdocx/ * Figurative language is often found in poetry. The following types of
figurative language are often seen in poems.
' Simile - Compares two things using "like" or "as."
^ The girl is like a tornado on the basketball court.
' Metaphor - Comparing two things by saying one thing actually is
another thing.
^ The girl is a tornado on the basketball court.
' Personification - Giving human characteristics to a non-living thing.
^ The autumn leaves danced across the street.
Shape
* You can tell you are reading a poem based on the way it looks. A book
of poems looks different from a regular novel.
* Poems are written in stanzas. Stanzas are groups of lines within a poem
that are similar in rhyme, rhythm, or style. Often, there is a break
between stanzas.
Mood. The mood of a poem is the feeling that it has. A poem can be sad,
gloomy, humorous, happy, etc.
3.Elements: Alliteration is a repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence
of words, usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable:
“descending dew drops;” “luscious lemons.” Alliteration is based on the sounds of letters, rather than the spelling of
words; for example, “keen” and “car” alliterate, but “car” and “cite” do
not. Assonance is the repetition of similar internal vowel sounds in a sentence
or a line of poetry, as in “I rose and told him of my woe.” Figurative language is a form of language use in which the writers and
speakers mean something other than the literal meaning of their words.
T wo figures of speech that are particularly important for poetry are simile
and metaphor. A simile involves a comparison between unlike things
using like or as. For instance, “My love is like a red, red rose.” A
metaphor is a comparison between essentially unlike things without a
word such as like or as. For example, “My love is a red, red rose.”
Synecdoche is a type of metaphor in which part of something is used to
signify the whole, as when a gossip is called a “wagging tongue.”
Metonymy is a type of metaphor in which something closely associated
with a subject is substituted for it, such as saying the “silver screen” to
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