2. WHAT IS POETRY?
WHAT IS POETRY?
Poetry is a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir
a reader's imagination or emotions. The poet does this by carefully
choosing and arranging language for its meaning, sound, and
rhythm (Britannica).
5. 1. LINE
1. LINE
Line is the most basic element of poetry. It is the
counterpart of sentences in prose.
It may or may not have a fixed number of syllables
based on the type of poem.
6. 2. STANZA
2. STANZA
It refers to a group of lines in a poem. It is the
counterpart of paragraphs in a prose.
There are various types of stanza depending on
the number of lines it is composed of.
7. Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
8. a. Couplet - two lines
b. Tercet - three lines
c. Quatrain - four lines
d. Cinquain - five lines
e. Sestet - six lines
f. Septet - seven lines
g. Octet - eight lines
TYPES OF STANZA
TYPES OF STANZA
9. 3. METER
3. METER
It refers to the measurement of the poem.
Meter describes the rhythm (or pattern of beats)
in a line of poetry. Meter is a combination of the
number of beats and the arrangement of stressed
and non-stressed syllables in each line.
10. Syllabic Meter - the number of syllables is measured but the
number of stresses varies.
1.
Accentual Meter - each line has a fixed number of stresses
but varies in the number of syllables.
2.
Accentual-Syllabic Meter - each line has the same number
of stressed and non-stressed syllables in a fixed order.
3.
Free Verse - lines have irregular patterns of stresses and
syllables.
4.
TYPES OF METER
TYPES OF METER
11.
12. 4. RHYMES
4. RHYMES
Rhyme is the correspondence of two or more
words with similar-sounding final syllables
placed so as to echo one another.
Rhyme is used by poets and occasionally by
prose writers to produce sounds appealing to
the reader's senses and to unify and establish a
poem's stanzaic form.
13. End Rhyme - the most common type of rhyme which can be
found at the end of the lines
1.
Internal Rhyme - rhyme which can be found in between two
or more words in a single line
2.
TYPES OF RHYME
TYPES OF RHYME
14. William Shakespeare's ' Sonnet 18 ' (1609)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date;
EXAMPLE OF END RHYME:
EXAMPLE OF END RHYME:
15. The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.
EXAMPLE OF INTERNAL RHYME:
EXAMPLE OF INTERNAL RHYME:
16. 5. RHYME SCHEME
5. RHYME SCHEME
It refers to the arrangement of rhymes in a poem
or the rhythmic pattern.
It is the assignment of letters to each set of
rhymes of the poem.
17. Lord Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty' (1814)
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
EXAMPLE OF RHYME SCHEME:
EXAMPLE OF RHYME SCHEME:
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18. 6. TONE
6. TONE
Overall impression created by the poem; the
emotion it conveys.
it is influenced by the writer’s choice of words.
19. 7. THEME
7. THEME
The main idea or general topic of the poem.
Some common themes are: love, family,
inspiration, success, hope, etc.
