Understanding Poetry: Types, Devices, and Famous Poems, Slides of English Language

Download Understanding Poetry: Types, Devices, and Famous Poems and more Slides English Language in PDF only on Docsity! Poetry Introduction & Poetic Devices Docsity.com Poetic License “The freedom given to poets to ignore standard rules of grammar or proper diction in order to create a desired artistic effect.” Glencoe Literature Book Docsity.com Ballad A form of verse to be sung or recited. F. B. Gum describes the ballad as "a poem meant for singing, quite impersonal in material, probably connected in its origins with the communal dance." Docsity.com Me & Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin Docsity.com Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train And I’s feeling nearly as faded as my jeans. Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained, It rode us all the way to New Orleans. I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna, I was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues. Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby’s hand in mine, We sang every song that driver knew. Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose, Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free. And feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues, You know feeling good was good enough for me, Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee. Docsity.com They say that Richard Cory owns one half of this whole town, With political connections to spread his wealth around. Born into society, a banker's only child, He had everything a man could want: power, grace and style. But I work in his factory And I curse the life I'm living And I curse my poverty And I wish that I could be, Oh, I wish that I could be, Oh, I wish that I could be Richard Cory. Docsity.com Confessional Poetry Movement started in the 1950s Poets write about their own personal experience in an open, direct style Examples: Robert Lowell, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath Docsity.com Papa was a Rolling Stone by The Temptations Docsity.com I was born by the river in a little tent Oh and just like the river I been a runnin' ever since It's been a long, a long time coming but I know A change gon' come oh yes it will It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die Cuz I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming but I know A change gon' come oh yes it will I go to the movie, and I go downtown Somebody keep tellin me "don't hang around"It's been a long, a long time coming, but i know A change gon' come oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say "brother, help me please" But he winds up knocking me Back down on my knees There been times that I thought I wouldn't last for long Now think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, along time coming but I know A change gon' come, oh yes it will Docsity.com What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye Docsity.com Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today Ya Father, father We don't need to escalate You see, war is not the answer For only love can conquer hate You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Talk to me, so you can see Oh, what's going on What's going on Ya, what's going on Ah, what's going on In the mean time Right on, baby Right on Right Docsity.com Goodbye Norma Jean Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawled They crawled out of the woodwork And they whispered into your brain They set you on the treadmill And they made you change your name And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in And I would have liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did Docsity.com Candle in the Wind by Elton John Docsity.com Goodbye England's rose; may you ever grow in our hearts. You were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart. You called out to our country, and you whispered to those in pain. Now you belong to heaven, and the stars spell out your name. And it seems to me you lived your life l ike a candle in the wind: never fading with the sunset when the rain set in. And your footsteps will always fall here, among England's greenest hills; your candle's burned out long before your legend ever will. Docsity.com would you know my name if i saw you in heaven would it be the same if i saw you in heaven i must be stong and carry on 'cause i know i don't belong here in heaven would you hold my hand if i saw you in heaven would you help me stand if i saw you in heaven i'll find my way through night and day cause i know i just can't stay here in heaven beyond the door there's peace i'm sure but i know there'll be no more tears in heaven time can bring you down time can bend your knees time can break your heart have you beggin please beggin please would you know my name if i saw you in heaven would it be the same if i saw you in heaven beyond the door there's peace i'm sure but i know there'll be no more tears in heaven Docsity.com Imagist Poetry Name given to a movement in poetry, originating in 1912 and represented by Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell, and others, aiming at clarity of expression through the use of precise visual images. Docsity.com Bag Lady by Eryka Badu pes Ps ae Bs — There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea You, became the light on the dark side of me Love remains, a drug that's the high and not the pill But did you know that when it snows My eyes become large And the light that you shine can't be seen? Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels yeah Now that your rose is in bloom A light hits the gloom on the grey There is so much a man can tell you So much he can say You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain Baby, To me, you're like a growing Addiction that I can't deny Won't you tell me, is that healthy, baby? But did you know that when it snows My eyes become large And the light that you shine can't be seen? Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey Docsity.com Lyrical Poetry Expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts and feelings An ode is an elaborate lyric poem expressed in a dignified and sincere way Ex. “The Road Not Taken” Robert Frost “New York State of Mind” Billy Joel Docsity.com New York State of Mind by Billy Joel Docsity.com Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo... Understand the things I say, don't turn away from me, 'Cause I've spent half my life out there, you wouldn't disagree. Do you see me? Do you see? Do you like me? Do you like me standing there? Do you notice? Do you know? Do you see me? Do you see me? Does anyone care? Unhappiness where's when I was young, And we didn't give a damn, 'Cause we were raised, To see life as fun and take it if we can. My mother, my mother, She hold me, she hold me, when I was out there. My father, my father, He liked me, oh, he liked me. Does anyone care? Understand what I've become, it wasn't my desing. And people ev'rywhere think, something better than I am. But I miss you, I miss, 'cause I liked it, 'Cause I liked it, when I was out there. Do you know this? Do you know you did not find me. You did not find. Does anyone care? Docsity.com Narrative Poetry Verse that tells a story Many types of poetry fall under this umbrella: ballads epics elegies Docsity.com Copa Cabana by Barry Manilow Docsity.com Three thirty in the morning Not a soul insight The city's lookin' like a ghost town On a moonless summer night Raindrops on the windshield There's a åstorm moving in He's headin' back from somewhere That he never should have been And the thunder rolls And the thunder rolls Every light is burnin' In a house across town She's pacin' by the telephone In her faded flannel gown Askin' for miracle Hopin' she's not right Prayin' it's the weather That's kept him out all night And the thunder rolls And the thunder rolls The thunder rolls And the lightnin' strikes Another love grows cold On a sleepless night As the storm blows on Out of control Deep in her heart The thunder rolls She's waitin' by the window When he pulls into the drive She rushes out to hold him Thankful he's alive But on the wind and rain A strange new perfume blows And the lightnin' flashes in her eyes Docsity.com And he knows that she knows And the thunder rolls And the thunder rolls The thunder rolls And the lightnin' strikes Another love grows cold On a sleepless night As the storm blows on Out of control Deep in her heart The thunder rolls She runs back down the hallway To the bedroom door She reaches for the pistol Kept in the dresser drawer Tells the lady in the mirror He won't do this again Cause tonight will be the last time She'll wonder where he's been Docsity.com