Poetry B A I Semester Dr Suruchi Upadhyay

Poetry B. A. I Semester Dr. Suruchi Upadhyay Assistant Professor Department of English D. A. V. P. G. College (A Constituent Unit of J. P. University, Chapra)

• • What is Poetry? Evokes imagination Has vast subject Way of using language it is in verse Has rhythm rhyme

• • Poem: literary piece of writing Poetry: literary work in form of poems Poet: who writes poetry Oldest Epic Poem: Epic of Gilgamesh Epic Greek Poetry: Illiad, Odyssey Roman National Epic: Virgil’s Aeneid Indian Epics: Ramayana, Mahabharata

• How to Study Poetry? Poetry can be studied on the following grounds: • Subject Matter • Theme • Technique • Tone • Mood • Language • Imagery • Rhythm • Rhyme • Figure of Speech

• • • Forms of Poetry: Sonnet Ode Lyric Epic Satire Elegy Dramatic Monologue Ballad

• • Why we study poetry? It develops sensitivity Acute observation Deep thinking Art of expression Ability to delve on various subjects Beautify language in verse Gives us aesthetic acumen

• Topics of Poetry? • It can be written on simple subjects like flower, train, or on various human emotions like love, nature, childhood, youth, old age, culture, traditions, superstitions, Tree, and can even cover myths to impart values to human life so on. .

• At the end you can understand in simple concepts: • Poetry • Poem • Poet • Forms • Content evaluation of poem • What it teaches us.

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