3. What is Literature?
Literature is the art of written work, and
is not confined to published sources.
It is literally means "acquaintance with
letters" and the pars pro toto term
"letters" is sometimes used to signify
"literature," as in the figures of speech
"arts and letters" and "man of letters."
The four major classifications of
literature are poetry, prose, and fiction
and non-fiction..
4. What is a Poem?
A poem is a composition written
in verse.
It is rely heavily on imagery, precise
word choice, and metaphor;
They may take the form of measures
consisting of patterns of stresses or
of patterns of different-length
syllables
They may or may not utilize rhyme.
6. Voice (Who is speaking?
How are they speaking?)
Stanzas (how lines are
grouped)
7. Sound (includes rhyme, but
also many other patterns)
Rhythm (what kind of "beat"
or meter does the poem
have?)
8. Figures of speech
(many poems are full of
metaphors and other figurative
language)
Form (there are standard types
of poem)
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11. May our friendship last forever;
May I sail upon your sea.
May we go through life together;
May there always be a "we."
May I be your endless sky;
May you breathe my gentle air.
May you never wonder why
Each time you look for me, I'm there.
12. May we be for each a smile
Like the warm, life-giving sun;
Yet when we're in pain awhile,
May our suffering be one.
May we share our special days,
The happiness of one for two;
And if we must go separate ways,
Let my love remain with you.
