Introduction to Poetry

TO BE REPORTED BY:Mr L Mosimango

Definition

• A collection of words that express an emotion or idea.

• Poems are literary attempts to share personal experiences and feelings.

• Good poems show images which leave the reader the sense of delight, awe and wonder.

Definition of Poetry

• Poetry - A type of writing that uses language to express imaginative and emotional qualities instead of or in addition to meaning.

• Poetry may be written as individual poems or included in other written forms as in dramatic poetry, hymns, or song lyrics.

Which half do you use when studying poetry?

• Poetry requires creativity• Poetry requires emotion• Poetry requires an artistic quality• Poetry requires logic.

Purpose of Poetry

• To express ideas, feelings and emotions.

Key Elements of Poetry

• Form• Speaker• Sound• Imagery• Figurative Language

Types of Poetry

Free Verse:Poetry that doesn’t follow any specific patterns in rhythm, rhyme scheme, or line length; free

verse may contain rhymes, but they are

not used in a prescribed manner

Types of Poetry

A three-line Japanese poetic form in the lines

follow the pattern of five syllables in the

first line, seven syllables in the

second line, and five syllables in the third

line.

Haiku Kochira mukeWare mo sabishiki

Aki no kure

Will you turn toward me?

I am lonely too,This autumn

evening.

Types of Poetry

Types of Poetry

Narrative Poem:

A poem that tells the sequence of events of a story; “The Song of Wandering Aengus” is a narrative poem

Types of Poetry

Sonnet:

A very structured fourteen-line poem that follows a specific rhyme structure and

rhythm. The two most common sonnets are the Italian sonnet and the English sonnet. William Shakespeare wrote many English

sonnets, which are also referred to as hakespearean sonnets.

Rhyme

One of the most beautiful elements found in poetry is rhyme.

Rhyme is the matching of sounds that are similar.

Say, Pay, Tray, Spray, Day, May

Blue, True, zoo, do, too

Rhyme

When working with rhyme, you should always remember that the most

important part of verse is the last word.

• The last word of each verse is what establishes they rhyme.

Twinkle, twinkle little star!How I wonder what you areUp above the world so high.Like a diamond in the sky.

A

A

B

B

Rhyme Scheme

Rhythm

•  It is a movement with uniform recurrence of a beat or accent." In its crudest form rhythm has a beat with little or no meaning. 

Alliteration

• The repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line.

To the lay-person, these are called “tongue-twisters”.

• Example: How much dew would a dewdrop drop if a dewdrop did drop dew?

Repetition

• Using the same key word or phrase throughout a poem.

This should be fairly self-explanatory,

but . . .at risk of sounding

like a broken record . . .

Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Figurative Language is the use of words outside of

their literal or usual meaning to add beauty or

force.

It is characterized by the use of similes and

metaphors.

Figurative Language

Simile:

Example:

A direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another in which the words like or as are used.

She looks like an angel.

Her lips are as sweet as honey.

Figurative Language

Personification:

Example:

The strategy of giving animate qualities to abstract concepts, or

inanimate things.

This handless clock stares blindly from its tower.

Figurative Language

Onomatopoeia:

Example:

The attempt to echo or imitate sounds with

words.

Bow-wow, oink-oink, tic-tac, howling

Figurative Language

Hyperbole:

Example:

An exaggeration

I have been waiting for a million years.

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