EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH POETRY

FROM THE 7TH CENTURYTO

THE 18TH CENTURY

JESUS MOSQUERA

INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES• TO PROMOTE INTEREST FOR

POETRY

• TO INSPIRE MY CLASSMATE TO WRITE POEMS

• TO RECREATE LITTLE PART OF POETRY’S HISTORY AND

EVOLUTION.

METHODOLOGY

• RESEARCH• DATA ORGANITATION• RELEVANT FACTS• SUMMERY OF IDEAS• FINAL WORK

WHAT IS A POEM?• 1. A verbal composition designed to convey experien

ces, ideas, or emotions in a vivid andimaginative way, characterized by the use of  language chosen for its sound and suggestivepower and by the use  of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.

• 2. A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of  language more characteristic of poetry than of prose.

SONNETS

• It is a short rhyming poem with 14 lines. Sonnets use iambic meter in each line and use line-ending rhymes

LIMERICK

• It is a five-line witty poem with a distinctive rhythm. The first, second and fifth lines, the longer lines, rhyme. The third and fourth shorter lines rhyme. (A-A-B-B-A).

Narrative

• - It is a narrative poem tells the story of an event in the form of a poem. There is a strong sense of narration, characters, and plot.

Epic

• It is a lengthy narrative poem in grand language celebrating the adventures and accomplishments of a legendary or conventional hero

Couplet

• It is two lines of verse which rhyme and form a unit alone or as part of a poem

FREE VERSE

• A Free Verse Poem does not follow any rules. Their creation is completely in the hands of the author. Rhyming, syllable count, punctuation, number of lines, number of stanzas, and line formation can be done however the author wants in order to convey the idea. There is no right or wrong way to create a Free Verse poem.

THE EARLY ENGLISH POETRY(ANGLO-SAXON

POETRY)

• WRITTEN AROUND 7TH/ 8tH CENTURY

• POEMS HAD NOT TITLE

• POEMS WERE ANONYMOUS

• PROVINENCE AND DATING WERE UNCERTAIN

• DEPENDS ON ALLITERATIVE VERSE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPTSOF THE PERIOD WERE:

CAEDMON MANUSCRIPTS

EXETER BOOK

BEOWULF MANUSCRIPT.

POETRY IN THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD

POETRY IN THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD

• Norman became standard language of courts, parliment, and polite society.

• English literature died out

14th CENTURY

• ENGLISH LITERATURE APPEAR ONCE AGAIN

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT

PIERS PLOWMAN

CONFESSIO AMANTIS

CHAUCER’S WORKS

POETRY IN ENGLAND’S RENAISSANCE

THE INTRODUCTION OF THE MOVABLE-BLOCK PRINTING BY CAXTON IN 1474

CAXTON PRINTEDCHAUCER GOWER

THOMAS WYATT AND HENRY HOWARDINTRODUCED SONNET

POETRY IN THE ELIZABETHAN PERIOD

INTRODUCTION AND ADAPTATION OF THEMES, MODELS, AND VERSE FORMS

POEMS WERE WRITTEN IN IAMBIC METERS

COURTLY POETRY

POETRY IN THE RESTORATION

satire

classicism