PPT-1_The Study of Poetry

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The Study of Poetry:

1stClassProf. Nacira Ortiz lvarez


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Poetry and the Senses


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Denotative meaning

!ord"s literal #dictionary$ meaning. %e&:s'ringtime means the season (et!een!inter and summer)


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Connotative meaning

The additional meanings a !ord gains(ecause of its associations. S'ringtimehas connotations of youth* re(irth* and

romance


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Poetryis a form of literature thatuses aesthetic and rhythmic ,ualitiesof language-suchas 'honaesthetics* sound sym(olism*and metre-to evoe meanings inaddition to* or in 'lace of*

the 'rosaic ostensi(le meaning.


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Poetry has a long history* dating(ac to the Sumerian Epic ofGilgamesh.

/volved from fol songs and oraltradition such as the Sansrit 0edas*omeric e'ics* gemanic /'ics suchas the Poetic /ddas u' to modern'oetry.


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'oem is o'en to many di2erentinter'retations de'ending on thereading that each individual !illatri(ute to the 'oem.

/ach individual has his3her o!nliterary (acground that !ill a2ectthe reading of a te&t.


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Poetic Devices

ssonance lliteration Onomato'eia

4hythm m(iguity Sym(olism 5rony Synesthesia: one sensory 'erce'tion

e&'ressed in a di2erent sense.5 no! theseven fragrances of the rain(o!


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6igures of s'eech such as: metaphor: identi7es something as (eing the same as some unrelated thing

for rhetorical e2ect* thus highlighting the similarities (et!een the t!o. 8hilea simile com'ares t!o items* a meta'hor may com'are or directly e,uate them* and sodoes not necessarily a''ly any distancing !ords of com'arison* such as 9lie9 or 9as9.

Simile:directly com'ares t!o things through the e&'licit use of connecting !ords*.com'aring an inanimate and a living o(ect.

hyperbole: use of e&aggeration as a rhetorical device or 7gure of s'eech. 5t is used in'oems to create em'hasis on a situation. 5t may (e used to evoe strong feelings or tocreate a strong im'ression

personifcation: attri(ution of human form or other characteristics to anything otherthan a human (eing. human 'hysical traits* and ascri(ing human emotions or motives toforces of nature

Metonymy: a term naming an o(ect is su(stituted for another. #old salt$ for a sailor. Synecdoche: a 'art of the !hole re'resents the !hole or a !hole re'resents a 'art.#call

the la!$ %'olice). Oxymoron: contrasting !ords are u&ta'osed in order to encom'ass contrary

im'ressions or ideas.#S!eet* sour e&'erience$ Paradox: meta'horical statement that seems to (e self;contradictory.


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6our o'erations of 7gures of s'eech

addition %adiectio)* also calledre'etition3e&'ansion3su'era(undance

omission %detractio)* also called

su(traction3a(ridgement3lac trans'osition %transmutatio)* also called

transferring 'ermutation %immutatio)* also called

s!itching3interchange3su(stitution3transmutation

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