Poetry is an imaginative form of expression that uses language, rhythm, and sound to evoke emotion. It employs various literary devices and forms, including meter, rhyme, and different structures with set numbers of lines. Themes in poetry include divinity, humanity, love, nature, and social issues. Tone is also important for setting the atmosphere and conveying the message or meaning of the poem. In conclusion, poetry combines creative writing with specific forms and language to communicate ideas and feelings to readers.

1. 1 . D I TA I N D R I A S T U T I K
2 . D U W I R A H AY U
POETRY

2. SCOPE OF DISCUSSION
1. What is the definition of poetry
2. What is the form of poetry
3. What is the language of poetry
4. What is the tone of poetry
5. What is the theme of poetry
6. Conclusion

3. DEFINITION OF POETRY
Poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience
expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic
language choices so as to evoke an emotional response.
Poetry has been known to employ meter and rhyme, but
this is by no means necessary. Poetry is an ancient form
that has gone through numerous and drastic reinvention
over time. The very nature of poetry as an authentic and
individual mode of expression makes it nearly impossible
to define.

4. FORM OF POETRY
The concept of ‘rhythm and rhyme’ refers to a pattern of
rhymes that is created by using words that produce the
same, or similar sounds. Rhythm and rhyme together
refer to the recurrence of similar sounds in prose and
poetry, creating a musical, gentle effect

5. a) Distikon
• distikon consists of two lines
• Rima or rhyme aa-bb
b) Terzina
Poem which consists of three lines with a wisp of rhyme scheme aba, bcb, cdc, DCD.
c) quatrain
Poem consisting of four in a single stanza.
d) Quint
Consists of 5 lines
AAAA rhyme
e) Sextet
consists of 6 lines
free rhyming
f) Septima
• Septime consists of 7 lines
• Rima free end
g) Oktav
• Octave consists of 8 lines
h) Sonnet
Poem that consists of four temple usually 2 first stanza each consisting of 4 rows and 2 last stanza each
consisting of 3 lines. The point is that the original sonnet consists of 14 lines, but there are companies that
sometimes the amount of rows more than 14 lines. The additional line sonnet called coda or tail.
• Rima finally is a - b - b - a, a - b - b - a, c - d - c, d - c - d.

6. LANGUAGE OF POETRY
• litotes: The expression in the form of a decrease in the quality
of a fact with the purpose of degrading themselves.
Example: Take this worthless gifts as a token of my gratitude.
• Hyperbole: Disclosures that exaggerates the fact that reality
becomes unreasonable.
Example: office buildings in major cities have reached the sky.
• Personification: Disclosure of using human behavior given to
something that is not human or inanimate objects.
Example: at the seaside breeze caressing my hair.
• Metaphor: Language Style comparing an object with other
objects due to the same nature or almost the same.
Example: The weather is cloudy because the king appeared
reluctant noon

7. THEME OF POETRY
 The theme is the central idea expressed through his poetry
presentation. There are many themes in the poem is the
theme of divinity, humanity, love, patriotism, struggle,
failure, life, nature, social criticism, democracy, and
solidarity.
The theme of the poem, among others, the theme of
divinity, love, humanity, patriotism, struggle, failure, life,
nature.

8. TONE OF POETRY
The tone poem is a transmission of the content of the poem,
each theme has brought a different tone to read. Tones
presented in writing or reading a good poem, the more the
message conveyed in the poem. The tone poem raises a certain
atmosphere for the reader. Grief tone poets created an
atmosphere can cause liver affection reformist

9. CONCLUSION
Poetry is literature written by the poet who has the form,
language, theme and tone in every stanza to convey
messages express or implied contained therein.
Poetry has many themes that can be lifted to write poetry,
for example, about the divinity that teach about worship
or the other.