Types of poetry OLEH SYAMRIANI AG 3 40300118064

Types of poetry OLEH: SYAMRIANI AG 3 40300118064

HAIKU POEMS A haiku poem has three lines. Where the first and the last lines have five moras and the middle line has seven. It containts 17 syllables in total. A haiku poems does not rhyme. Frequentlly have a kigo or seasonal reference. Usually about nature of natural phenomena. The poem has two juxtaposed subjecys that are devided into two contrasting parts. In english this division between two parts can be shown by a colon or a dash. Example : “ autumn moonlighta worm digs slently into the chestnut. ” Autumn moonlight, by basho

EPIC The word epic is derived from the ancient greek adjectives, “epikos”, which means a poetic story. In literature, epic is a long narrative poem, which is usually related to heroic deeds of a person of an unusual courage and unparalled bravery. Example: the odyssey by homer

BALLAD Ballad poems also tell a story , like epic poems do. However, ballad poetry is often based on a legend or a talk tale. These poems may take the form of songs, or they may contain a moral or a lesson. Example: the ballad of reading gaol by oscar wilde “ he did not wear his scarlet coat, for blood and wine are red, and blood and wine were on his hands when they found him with the dead, the poor dead woman whom he loved, and murdered in her bed

he walked amongst the trial men in a suit of shabby grey; a cricket cap was on his head, and his step seemed light and gay; but I never saw a man who looked so wistfully at the day. I never saw a man who looked witch such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky, and at every drifting cloud that went with sails of silver by.

ROMANCE A omantic poet is a poet who embraces romanticism. Romanticsm was a 19 th century literary movement and genre that began as a reaction to the industrial revolution. The romantics focus on the forces of nature and powerful emotions. Example: summer’s goodbye dappled sunlight through the summer evening trees a secret meeting spot were loves covers but to say goodbye is cruelty to the heart lingering kiss, to wake my aching heart.

SATIRE Satire is a literary term and form of rhetoric that uses various devices to expose flaws, critique society, and ridicule politics such devices include humor, irony, and exaggeration. Satire is a style of writing that intends to ridicule and point out society’s flaws. This ridicule is often masked in humor Example: 1. what will we do by robert j. burdette 2. double ballade of primitive man by andrew lang 3. contentment by oliver wandell holmes 4. the little vagabond by william blake

ODE An ode is a type of lyrical stanza. It is an elaborately structured poem praising or glorifyng an eveny or individual, describing nature intelectually as well as emotionally. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode. Different form such as the homostrophic ode and the irregular ode also enter. Example: victory ode by pindar creatures for a dya! What is a man? What is he not? A dream of a shadow is our mortal being. But when there comes to men a gleam of splendour given of heaven, then rests on them a light of glory and blessed are their days.

EPIGRAM Epigrams are short poems or statements that are brief messages in and of themselves. These messages are often witty or humorous in nature Here are some example of epigrams written by oscar wilde, who is well known for composing such poetry. Epigram example: • We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the starts. • Experience is the name that everyone gives to their mistake.

LYRIC DEFINITION: highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker. It creates a single, unified impression. v. Short v. Usually in 1 st person point of view v. Expresses emotion or describes a scene v. Does not tell a story v. No syllable requerements v. No rhyme scheme requirements Example: anabel lee by edgar allan poe it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of ANABEL LEE; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me

ELEGY DEFINITION: • An elegy is a sad poem expressing grief or sorrow over the death of a person • It is usually someone that poet admired, loved or respected; sometimes it simply mourns the passing of all life and beauty. Exampe of elegy poetry: An Elegy In Frost cold sunshine writes our elegy in frost author of light a million snowflakes lost, all gone forever into swirling air, a dance of death that is no longer there. pure poetry becomes a stanza said, classical white a message left unread

while we stand longing for a winter past, hurt by a mood that was too fey to last west is a shadow wrapped around frail bones, your hand in mine for eloquence atones. Touch is a brevity that needs to sound to turn the weather of the world around.

IMAGISM Imagism is a type of poetry that describes images with simple language and great focus. It came out of the modernist movement in poetry. In the early 1900 s, poets abandoned the old ways of writing poems and created a new movement in poetry called modernism example: Red Wheelbarrow by william carlos williams so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens

RHYMED POETRY A Rhymed poem is a work of poetry that containts rhyming vowel sounds at particular moments. (common vowel sounds are also known as “assonance-not to be confused with “consonance” which refers to common consonant sounds. ) Example : let go and let god by by dorian petersen potter “ let go and let god have his way” he’s aware of all hardships we face god knows also the outcome of race give your problems to him as you pray

NARRATIVE POETRY Narrative poetry is a form of a poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually writen in metered verse. Narrative poem do not need rhyme. Narrative poems include epics, ballads, idylls, and lays. example: I went out walking with my crocodile when he slipped out from his collar I yelled, “come back!” but he just ran and didn’t hear me holler. I chassed him down the sidewalk and through the playground, too! just when I though I could run no more. he came right back to me for my crocodile can be a bit crazy but in the end he loves me! - crocodile on the loose!” by mrs. prejna

PASTORAL POETRY “Pastoral” (from pastor, latin for shepherd) refers to a literary work dealing with shepherds and rustic life; it presents an idealized rather than realistic view of rustic life. Example: the passionate shepherd to his love by christohper marlowe Come live with me and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove that hills and valleys, dale and field, and all the craggy mountains yield.

SONNET The word sonnet is derived from the italian word “sonetto” which means a “little song” or small lyric. In poetry a sonet has 14 lines, and is written in iambic pentameter. Each line has 10 syllables. Generally, sonnets are divided into different groups based on the rhyme scheme they follow. Example: candy by isba Candy is always a sweet yummy treat. it also comes in all different cool shapes. Candy might look like a glum dull white sheet Maybe it will look like flaming red capes I think candy is very delicious. Candy can look like a cookie that’s blue I think candy is so bubblelicious. Candy can be a sweet sugary blue it is also in all different flavors Candy can be orange or bubble gum There are many other candy flavors I love sweet and sugary candy. yum! Candy is always a sweet yummy treat Candy is always edible to eat.

LIMERICK A limerick is a humorous poem consisting of five lines. The first, second, and fifth lines must have seven to ten syllable while rhyming and having the same verbal rhythm. The third and fourth lines should only have five to seven syllables; they too must rhyme with each other and have the same rhythm. Example : the smilling shark by carolyn wells there was an old shark with a smile so broad you could see it a mile he said to his friends, as he sewed up the ends, “it was really too wide for the style. ”

SOLILOQUY A soliloquy is a monologue in which a character in a play expresses thought and feelings while being alone on stage. Sosiloquies allow dramatists to communicate information about character’s stage of mind, hpes, and intentions directly to an audience. Example: a famous soliloquy To be or not to be –that is the question wheter ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep…. Shakespeare, hamlet ca 1600

VILLANELLE A villanelle is a dance song coupled with pastoral themes. In literature, it is defined as a poetic device that which requires a poem to have 19 lines and fixed form. It has five tercets (first 15 lines), a quatrain (last four lines), and a couplet at the end of the quatrain example: do not go gentle into that good night by dylan thomas do not go gentle into that good night old age should burn and rave at close of day; rage, rage against the dying of the light. through wise man at their end know dark is right because their words had forked no lightening they do not go gentle into that good night

good men, the last wave boy, crying how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, rage against the dying of the light wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight and learn, too late they grieved it on its way do not go gentle into that good night, grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay rage, rage against the dying of the light and you, my fathere on the sad height curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray do not go gentle into that good night rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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