The History of Poetry the term derives from

The History of Poetry (the term derives from a variant of the Greek term, poiesis, "making") is one of the oldest genres in literary history that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre to evoke meanings. The earliest poetry is believed to have been recited or sung, employed as a way of remembering oral history, genealogy, and law. For example the Germanic oral poetry which survives fro the end of Roman Empire, found in writings from Austria to Iceland, has a common form, technique and formulatic repertoire. The oldest surviving speculative fiction poem is the Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor, written in Hieratic and ascribed a date around 2500 B. C. E The earliest known English poem is a hymn on the creation; Bede attributes this to Cædmon (fl. 658– 680), who was, according to legend, an illiterate herdsman who produced extemporaneous poetry at a monastery at Whitby. This is generally taken as marking the beginning of Anglo. Saxon poetry.

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The History of Poetry 1 – 449 AD: Romano-British Poetry 449 – 1066: Anglo-Saxon or Old English Period 1066 – 1332: Anglo-Norman or Middle English Period 1332 – 1486: Late Medieval or Chaucerian Poetry 1486 – 1603: Early Renaissance Poetry or Elizabethan Poetry 1603 – 1690: Jacobean/Caroline/Restoration Poetry 1690 – 1756: Augustan or Neoclassical Poetry 1756 – 1837: Romantic Poetry 1837 – 1901: Victorian and Pre-Modernism Poetry 1910 – 1936: Georgian and the Modern Poetry 1937 – Present: Postmodern Poetry

The differences in coventional forms of poetry with other literary works; Prose and Drama.

Poetry The genre of poetry : • Narrative poetry Includes genres such as the epic long poem, the romance and the ballad, which tell stories with clearly developed, structured plots. � Lyric poetry The focus of the following comments, is mainly concerned with one event, impression or idea.

The most important elements in poetry Lexical-thematic dimension • Diction • Rhetorical figures • Theme Visual dimension • Stanzas • Concrete poetry Rhythmic-acoustic dimension • Rhyme and meter • Onomatopoeia

Prose The basic elements of prose : • Plot • Character • Point of view • Setting

Drama Three interdependent levels of a play : �Text : dialogue, monologue, plot, setting, and stage directions. �Transformation : Directing, stage, props, and lighting. �Performance : Actors, methods, facial expressions, gestures, and language.