how to recite a poem?

1. HOW TO APPRECIATE A
POEM
DR. SARANGPANI RAMCHANDRA SHINDE

2. HOW TO APPRECIATE A POEM
• WHY, IT IS DIFFICULT TO APPRECIATE A POEM?
• WHAT IS A POEM?
• WHAT IS APPRECIATION OF A POEM?

3. CONTENT VS FORM
• WHAT IS THE POEM ABOUT? LEADS US TO THE CONTENT OR SUBJECT
MATTER OF THE POEM,
• HOW IS THE POEM ORGANIZED? LEADS US TO THE FORM OF THE
POEM
• THEME: REFERES TO A GENERAL CONECPTS OR ESSENSE OF THE
POEM, AROUND WHICH THE WHOLE POEM REVOLVES.
• RECURRING THEMES: LOVE, NATURE, IDENTITY, RELIGION, MEMORY,
WAR, CONFLCT, LIFE, DEATH, AGE, DISCOVERY, EXPERIENCE,
INNOCENCE, ETC.

4. IMAGERY
• THEME IS CARRIED OUT BY MEANS OF IMAGERY.
• IMAGERY SIGNIFIES ALL THE OBJECTS AND QUALITIES OF SENSE
PERCEPTION REFERED TO IN A POEM. SUCH SENSE QUALITIES CAN BE:
• VISUAL (RELATED TO SIGHT)
• AUDITORY(HEARING)
• TACTILE (TOUCH)
• OLFACTORY (SMELL)
• GUSTATORY (TASTE)
• KINESTHETIC (SEMSATIONS OF MOVEMENT)

5. FORM
• AN INTERACTION AMONG DIVERSE WORDS AND IMAGES TO
PRODUCE MULTIPLE MEANINGS
• THE POETIC LANGUAGE IS FIGURATIVE
• DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMON LANGUAGE AND FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• FIGURES OF SPEECH ENABLE THE POET TO ACHIEVE A DEPARTURE IN
THE MEANING OF THE WORDS.
• LET US DISCUSS FIGURES OF SPEECH

6. FIGURES OF SPEECH
• SIMILE