Lets take a look at the two major divisions of Literature.

1. MAJOR DIVISIONS OF
LITERATURE
by: Geshellou Suacillo
PROSE AND POETRY

2. POETRY: PROSE:
MAY OR MAY NOT
USE RHYTHM.
IT EXPRESSES A
STRONG EMOTION
OR A LOFTY
THOUGHT.
THE MAIN PURPOSE
OF POETRY IS TO
PROVIDE PLEASURE
AND DELIGHT.
IT APPEALS TO THE
EMOTION AND
IMAGINATION.
DOES NOT MAKE
USE OF RHYME AT
ALL.
IT IS GENERALLY
CONCERNED WITH THE
PRESENTATION OF AN
IDEA, CONCEPT OR
POINT OF VIEW IN A
MORE ORDINARY AND
LEISURE MANNER.
THE PURPOSE OF
PROSE IS TO
FURNISH
INFORMATION,
INSTRUCTION OR
ENLIGHTENMENT.
IT APPEALS TO
THE INTELLECT.

3. POETRY MAY BE DESCRIBED AS RHYTHMIC
IMAGINATIVE LANGUAGE EXPRESSING
INVENTION, THOUGHT, IMAGINATION,
TASTE, PASSION AND INSIGHT OF THE
HUMAN SOUL.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH DESCRIBES IT AS
“ THE SPONTANEOUS OVERFLOW OF
POWERFUL FEELINGS”.

4. RHYTHM IS A REGULAR RECCURENCE OF
STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED, LONG AND
SHORT, OR HIGH-PITCHED AND LOW-
PITCHED SYLLABLES, CREATING A
PATTERN IN THE LINES OF A POEM.
THIS GIVES THE POEM ITS MELODIOUS
QUALITY, AND MAKES IT GRAND, SOLEMN
AND MAJESTIC, SLOW AND MOURNFUL
AND RAPID AND LIGHT.

5. THIS IS AN
ORAGNIZED RHYTHM,
IT IS MEASURED AND
COUNTED SYLLABLES,
ACCENT AND
LENGTH.
PATTERN: AAAA
THE LORD INTO HIS GARDEN COMES
THE SPICES YIELD THEIR FIRST PERFUMES
REFRESHING SHOW’RS OF GRACE DIVINE
FROM JESUS FLOW TO EVERY VINE
BY A ROUTE OBSCURE AND LONELY
HAUNTED BY ILL ANGELS ONLY
WHERE ELDOLON NAMED NIGHT,
ON BLACK THRONE REIGN UPRIGHT
PATTERN : AABB
OTHER PATTERNS:
ABAB
ABBA

6. IS A NATURAL FLOW OF
CADENCED RHYTHM AS CREATD
BY THE POET.
NO MEASURES.
IT IS SIMPLY THE UNRHYMED VERSE
TAKE NOTE:
THE PATTERN USED TO
DETERMINE THE RHYME
PATTERNS IS CALLED
“RHYME SCHEME”.

7. IMAGERY REFERS TO
EXPRESSIONS EVOCATIVE OF
OBJECTS OF SENSOUS APPEAL.
IT MAY BE IN THE FORM OF
DIRECT DESCRIPTION OR MAY
BE FIGURATIVE, WHICH LATTER
INVOLVES THE USE OF FIGURES
OF SPEECH AND SYMBOLS

8. THESE ARE SPEECH STYLES
TO INDIRECTLY AND
BEAUTIFULLY DESCRIBE A
NOUN.

9. A POEM MUST SAY SOMETHING.
IT MUST ENLIGHTEN, REVEAL A
TRUTH, GIVE NEW PERCEPTIONS,
ENABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
WORLD AROUND US MORE
DEEPLY, AND SEE THINGS BEYOND
THE PHYSICAL SENSE.

10. LOOK UP THE MEANING OF
UNFAMILIAR WORDS, KEEP IN MIND
THAT A POEM IS NEVER PURELY
LITERAL, AND REMEMBER THAT THE
POET FEELS AND MEANS MORE
THAT WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAYS.
IMAGINE YOURSELF IN THE
SITUATION OF THE POET AND TRY
TO SEE AND FEEL AS HE DOES, GIVE
FREE REIN TO YOUR IMGANIATION
AND FEELINGS, AND USE ALL OF
YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE TO
LIGHTEN YOU SO THAT THE POEM
CAN ACQUIRE MEANING FROM YOU.

11. IT IS THE “UTTERANCE OF THE
HUMAN HEART IN POETIC FORM”.
IT IS DESCRIBED AS BRIEF AND
SUBJECTIVE, MARKED BY
IMAGINATION, MELODY AND
EMOTION, AND CREATING A SINGLE
UNIFIED EXPRESSION.

12. A SHORT LYRIC POEM
WHICH HAS A
PARTICULARLY
MELODIOUS QUALITY
AND IS INTENDED
PRIMARILY TO BE
SUNG OR CAN BE
EASILY SET TO MUSIC.

13. A LYRIC WITH
FOURTEEN LINES AND
HAS A FORMAL RHYME
SCHEME OR PATTERN.

14. IS A LAMENTATION OR
MOURNING FOR THE
DEAD. THE POEMS
MOOD IS SOLEMN AND
SORROWFUL, YET IT
USUALLY CONTAINS
SUGGESTIONS OF
HOPE, AND FAITH TO
ALLEY THE SORROW.

15. ODE IS THE MAJESTIC
TYPE OF LYRIC
POETRY. IT IS
EXALTED IN TONE AND
EXPRESSES PRAISES
TO A PRSON, OBJECT,
EVENT OR IDEA. IT IS
FORMAL IN
STRUCTURE AND
CONTENT.

16. IT TELLS A STORY
FOLLOWING A
CHRONOLOGY OF
EVENTS.

17. A SHORT SIMPLE
NARRATIVE POEM
COMPOSED TO BE
SUNG.

18. RELATES REAL OR
IMAGINARY EVENTS IN
SIMPLE STRAIGHT
FORWARD LANGUAGE.

19. A LONG LOVE STORY
IN VERSE REVOLVING
AROUND THE
ADVENTURES OF
KNIGHTS AND LORDS
AND THEIR HIGHBORN
LADIES DURING THE
AGE OF CHIVALRY.
HEAVILY FLAVORED
WITH ROMANCE,
FANTASTIC EVENTS,
SUPERNATURAL
OCCURENCES, MAGIC
AND THE IDEAS OF
THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD
SUCH AS HONOR,
TRUTH, COURAGE,
JUSTICE AND
REVERANCE FOR
WOMAN, AND
CONFLICT BETWEEN
GOOD AND EVIL.

20. A LONG MAJESTIC
NARRATIVE POEM
ABOUT THE
TRADITIONAL HERO
AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THE NATION.
IT HAS A BROAD
THEME AND SUBJECT
MATTER IS OFTEN A
MIXTURE OF LEGEND,
HISTORY, MYTH,
RELIGION AND
TRADITION.

21. Written intro dramatic poem and uses
dramatic technique and it has more
emphasis on the character than the
story.
Examples:
1. Monologue
2. Soliloquy
3. Character Sketch

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