An introduction to elements of poetry Significance of elements in a poem How to analyse a poem using these elements? Comprehend language through literature How to appreciate a poem? A short note on Sarojini Naidu

2. Poetry is when an
emotion has found its
thoughts and the
thought has found words
– Robert Frost
Elements Identification
Imagery
Incorporates all the five senses to paint an
image in reader’s mind
Words
Great poets create great image by
choosing the right words for the poem
Figurative
Language
Simile, Metaphor, Personification
Speaker
Persona/Voice that relates to the idea of the
poem
Rhyme/ Rhyme
Scheme
Repetition of sounds at the end of the line/
The pattern of the rhyming words
Which is the longest
poem in the world?
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3. • Read
• Title
• Speaker
• Mood and Tone
• Paraphrase
• Theme
How to analyze a poem? 3

4. Step 1 4
• Feel free to play a
recording of the
poem
• First impression and
immediate
responses, both
positive and negative

5. Step 2 5
• Often provide
important clues
• May work ironically or
in opposition to a
poem

6. Step 3
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• Who “tells” the poem?
• Does the poem give
any clues about the
speaker’s personality,
the point of view, age,
or gender?
• Who is the speaker
addressing?
• Does
the speaker seem
attached or detached
from what is said?

7. Step 4 7
• Relates with the
attitude of the
speaker
• Brooding; grieving;
song-like cadence
• Setting of the poem
- tone

8. Step 5
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• Self-explanatory
• Apply figurative
language
• Connotative
meaning
• Denotative meaning

9. Step 6
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To determine theme,
connect all the dots
• What is the subject?
• Who is the speaker?
• What situation are
they in?
• How do they feel
about the subject?
• What is the mood?

10. SAROJINI NAIDU
Poet 10

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1. Poem
2. The elements of poem
3. How to analyze a poem?
4. Who is Sarojini Naidu?
Reference
 https://medium.com/@rainbowhowl/the-five-most-important-elements-
of-poetry-9d776e5b5928
 https://www.literacyideas.com/elements-of-poetry
 Picture courtesy : Google Images
 https://mypoeticside.com/poets/sarojini-naidu-
poems#:~:text=Sarojini%20Naidu%2C%20known%20as%20the,Governor
%20of%20Uttar%20Pradesh%20state.&text=Varada%20Sunderi%20Dev
i%2C%20her%20mother%2C%20was%20a%20poet.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfIGqPt6H0w