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Element of poetry
- 1. ELEMENT OF POETRY M A ST E R B L O G E R . C O M A I T I Z A Z R A H I M A T A L E O F L O V E A N D R E V E N G E B Y
- 2. Poetry is themost compact form of literature. A poem packs all kinds of ideas, feelings, and sounds into a few carefully chosen words. The look, sound, and language of poetry all work together to create a total effect. ELEMENTS OF POETRY
- 3. Form: The waya poem looks Poetry is written in lines, which may or may not be sentences. Sometimes the lines are separated into groups called stanzas. Remember that poets choose the arrangement of words and lines deliberately. The form of a poem can add to it's meaning
- 4. Sound: Poem are meantto be read aloud Poets choose and arrange words to create the sounds they want the listener to hear. There are many techniques the poets can use to achieve different sounds.
- 5. Rhyme Shadows on the wall noisesdown the hall life doesn't frighten me at all When words end with the same sounds, the words rhyme. Poems often contain rhyming words at the end of the lines.
- 6. Rhythm The rhythm is sometimescalled The "Beat" of the poem. It is the pattern of a stressed and unstressed syllable or those word parts that are read with more or less emphasis. The sea/ was wet/ as wet/ could be/ the sands/ were dry/ as dry
- 7. Repetition Poets often choose torepeat sounds words, phrases, or lines in a poem. Repetition helps the poet emphasize an Idea or create certain feelings.
- 8. Alliteration The occurrence of thesame letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Allice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August.
- 9. Free Verse Free verseor poem that do not have a regular Rhythm and sounds more like a conversation. I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox. And which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold.
- 10. Imagery: words and phrasesthat appeal to the five senses Use imagery to create a picture in the Reader's mind, or to remind The Reader of a familiar sensation. Of their concrete barrio Two small boys hold Fat white pigeons Trapped in their trembling hands. From this side......
- 11. Figurative language Poet usefigurative language when they choose words and phrases that help The Reader to see ordinary things in a new way. These special description are called figures of speech.
- 12. Simile When she comes sweet-talkingin the room, A comparison that uses the words like, as. then, or resembled. She wants like grits and gravy and we rise up shining.
- 13. Metaphor A comparison that doesnot use the words like, as, then or resemble is called metaphor. The title "mama is sunrise" is a metaphor. the poem compares mama's warmth and sparkle to sunrise.
- 14. Personification When a poetdescribes an animal or an object as if it were human or had human qualities he or she is using personification. in "southbound on the Freeway" cars are described as if they were live creature. They have four eyes. The two in the back are red.
- 15. Theme All the poetic elementswe have just covered help the poet establish the theme. just as in fiction, the message about life that the poem conveys is the poem's theme.