Download Introduction to poetry/ key features of poetry and poetic and more Study notes English in PDF only on Docsity! Introduction to poetry. . What is poetry ? • Refers to type of literature that conveys a thought, describe a scene or tells a story in a concentrated form, lyrical arrangement of words. • Poems can be structured, with rhyming lines and meter, the rhythm and emphasis of a line based on a syllabic beats. • Poems can also be a free form, which follows no structure. Poetic devices • (types of imagery) ➢ Auditory imagery refers to sounds and reminds the reader of common or specific sounds as point of reference to deepen understanding ➢Kinesthetic imagery – is related to movement and reminds the reader of the body movement ➢ Tactile imagery refers to texture and feelings Poetic Devices • Metaphor – common poetic device where an object in , or the subject of a poem is described being as the same as another otherwise unrelated object. • It is a direct comparison. • Onomatopoeia- refers to format of words which describe sound. • Personification- is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects, are given human qualities- resulting in a poem full of imagery and description. • Rhyme- is the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of the verse or line. ➢ Rhymed words conventionally share all sounds following the word’s last stressed syllable ➢ Internal rhyme does not occur at the end of the line (usual place where rhyme is found) ➢ Rhyming patterns can be in couplets, where pairs of lines rhyme. Poetic Devices • Simile- is a common poetic device. The subject of the poem is described by comparing it to another object or subject, using ‘as’ or ‘like’ E.g The subject may be ‘creeping as quietly as a mouse’ or be ‘sly like a fox’ • Stanzas- can be described as a groups of lines , sometimes referred to (less precisely) as verses. • Poems can be broken into stanzas which usually share a common features such as length, rhythm. • Stanzas can also be irregular and have no regular patterns to speak of. • Tercet- three lines long • Quatrain- four lines long. • 6,7 and 8 lines –Quintrain, sestet, septet and octave or octet respectively.
