Elements%20of%20Poetry

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Elements of Poetry
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• Poetry is a form of literature that relies on
  length of line, sound, rhythm, and compression of
  statement.

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Traditional Poetry-

• Arranged in lines with a regular rhythm and
  often a definite rhyme scheme

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Nontraditional Poetry-

• No regular rhythm and rhyme, though usually set
  up in lines

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Poetic Form-

• The structure of a poem
• stanzas and pattern of rhyme and rhythm

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Stanza-

• Group of lines

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Sound Devices-

1. Rhyme-Words that end with the
   same sound
2. Rhythm-The beat or meter
3. Alliteration-Matching initial (first)
   sounds
4. Onomatopoeia-Use of words
   that imitate
   sound

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Rhyme Scheme

• Regular pattern of rhyming words
• (abc)

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Free Verse

• Poems with no regular rhythm and rhyme

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Narrative Poem-

• Story told in verse

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Repetition-

• Repeated sounds, words, phrases, or lines

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Refrain-

• Regularly repeated line or group of lines

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Imagery

• Words and phrases that appeal to the
  senses

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Figurative Language-
descriptions or comparisons not meant literally

• 1. Simile-Comparison using like or as
• 2. Metaphor-Direct comparison
• 3. Personification-Giving human qualities

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Theme

• Message about life

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Five Purposes of a Poem

• 1. Tell a Story
• 2. Reveal a Human Character
• 3. Impart a Vivid Impression
• 4. Express a Mood or Emotion
• 5. Convey an Idea, Attitude, or
• Message

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Plain Sense

• 1. Sentences
• 2. Punctuation
• 3. Visual Arrangement

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Dramatic Situation

• 1. Speaker
• 2. Audience
• 3. Subject
• 4. Occasion

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Elements of Poetry

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