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    Introduction to Poetry

    Introduction
    A type of literature that:
     expresses ideas, feelings, or
    tells a story in a specific form, using lines &
    stanzas.
    One of the oldest forms of literature - oral poetry
    existed before written literature.
    Normally divided into stanzas; a unit of lines
    grouped together. It is similar to a paragraph in
    prose.
    Types of themes in Poetry
    Love poem
    Political poem
    Confessional Poem = Poem of self exploration
    /revelation
    Elegy= Poem reflecting on death or other solemn
    themes;
    Epithalamion= Poem to praise a wedding
    Puns = poems that depend on word play, humor,
    cleverness
    Epigram short, witty, concise saying
    Content

    Ask: what is the poem all about - the ideas,


    themes, and storyline that it contains.
    get a general outline of what it is about.
    This is sometimes referred to as the surface
    meaning of the poem.
    Content - an initial idea or impression of
    what a poem is about, is an important first
    step towards a fuller understanding thereof.
    Cont….
    When considering content of a poem, also identify
    poetic voice - who is the 'speaker' of the poem.
    The poetic voice could be the poet's genuine voice
    expressing a heartfelt emotion or the voice of a
    character or narrator expressing a view or feeling
    that the poet may or may not share.
    Identifying the 'speaker' also helps to determine
    aspects such as tone, mood, and the overall
    intention of the poem.
    Elements of Poetry

    Rhyme
    Voice
    Rhythm

    Imagery POETRY Tone

    Form Content
    Mood
    Tone and Mood
    The effect that a poem has on the reader is closely
    determined by the tone & mood it creates.
    Tone might be angry or reflective, melancholy or
    joyful, bitter or ironic.
    Tone of the 'poetic voice' tells us how the poet/narrator
    feels.
    Mood = the feeling a poem creates for the reader;
    Tone = the author’s attitude towards a subject.
    Cont….

    The mood, although closely connected with tone,


    but not the same thing.
    The mood refers to the atmosphere that the poem
    creates.
    Tone and mood are often closely linked,
    A certain tone produces a certain mood.
    For example, if the poet uses a melancholy tone
    the mood of the poem will not be bright and lively.
    An effective way to recognise tone is to hear the
    poem read aloud.
    Imagery
    The concept of imagery is used in poetic writing
    and other kinds of writing too.
     An image is language used to help us to see,
    hear, taste, feel, think about or generally
    understand more clearly or vividly what is being
    said or the impression that the writer wishes to
    convey.
    Consider your recent encounters with similes and
    metaphors.
    Simile, Metaphor & Personification

    Similes = easy to spot; make the comparison quite


    clear often by using the words 'as' or 'like'.
    Metaphor is like a simile in that it too creates a
    comparison.
    Metaphor is less direct than the simile - it does not use
    'as' or 'like' to create the comparison.
     Often the metaphor describes the subject as being
    the thing to which it is compared.
    Personification occurs when poets attribute human
    qualities or actions to an inanimate object or
    abstract idea
    Alliteration and Assonance
    Alliteration = the repetition of the same
    consonant sound, usually at the beginning of
    each word, over several words together: it can be
    seen in phrases such as 'I pondered pages ...
    Crowds, colourless and careworn ... Still act
    their solemn-sinister ...'
    Assonance = the repetition of a vowel sound to
    achieve a particular kind of effect.
    Example: Summer grows old; Cold-blooded
    mother'
    Alliteration or Assonance?

    1. “Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet


    sleep.”
    2. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
    peppers, how many pickled peppers did
    Peter Piper pick?
    3. The lake’s fate is at the base of the lake
    and so it fades.
    Onomatopoeia
    Onomatopoeia = words that by their sound reflect
    their meaning - boo, bang, knock knock, tick tock,
    actually sound like the noises they describe.
    Must be able to spot the different kinds of images
    present in a poem
    More important to understand why the poet has used
    a particular image and be able to see how it works
    in the mind of the reader.
    Must be able to show what the alliteration
    contributes to the overall effect of the poem

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