This presentation is a part of my academic presentation of Literary theory and criticism Semester 1 of Department English MA English, MKBU and it is submitted to Prof. Dr. Dilip Barad Sir.

1. Name: Rinkal Jani
Roll no: 30
Seam: 1
Year: 2016-2018
Enrolment no: 2069108420170012
Email Id: rinkaljani1807@gmail.com
Paper: Literary theory and criticism
Topic: Different between poem and poetry

2.  “ Poetry of the highest kind may exist
without metre and even without the
contradistinguishing objects
of a poem”

3. The Meaning of poem : -
 “poem is a literary term,
written in verse, with rhyme,
metre and musicality
which delights us”
 The poem of any length neither can be, nor
ought to be, all poetry.

4. Different between..
Poem Poetry
• Different than prose
• Gives pleasure
• It is merely a form of verbal
expression of poet’s mind.
• Smaller is poem
• Piece of poetry / written
piece of
• Fundamental unit of poetry
• It is used in the sense of an
individual piece of work
• It could be a Part of Prose
• Gives an aesthetic delight
• It is an activity of poet’s
mind
• Longer is poetry
• Something higher than
poem
• Literary art/form
• Is made of poems
• Collected work

5.  “ It is a distinction resulting from
the poetic genius itself, which
sustains and modifies the images,
thoughts, and emotions of
the poet’s own mind”

6. Thank You