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What poetry do you remember? Poetry is as much about form as it is about language and sound. Form refers to a poem’s structure, or the way the word are arranged on the page. All poems are made up of series of line. The length of the lines, where they break, and how they are punctuated all contribute to a poem’s rhythm and meaning.

Structure of Poem • STANZAS A series of lines grouped together an separated by an empty line from another stanzas • FORM a poem may or may not have a specific number of lines, rhyme scheme and or metrical pettern, but it can still labeled according to its form or style. https: //learn. lexiconic. net/elementsofpoetry. htm

There are three common types of poems according to form: lyric poetry, narrative poem, descriptive poem.

Sound Patterns • RHYME Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds. There are two kind of rhyme: end rhyme and internal rhyme eg. I saw a fairy in the wood, He was dressed all in green, He drew his sword while I just stood, And realized I’d been seen. The rhyme scheme of the poem is abab https: //learn. lexiconic. net/elementsofpoetry. htm

Rhythm and Meter: the systematic regularity in rhythm; this systematic rhythm (or sound pattern) is usually identified by examining the type of “foot” and the number of feet. 1. Poetic Foot: the pettern, or foot is designated according to the number of syllables contained, and the relationship in each foot between the strong and weak syllables. a. Iamb b. Trochee c. Anapest d. Dactyl e. Spondee example: U __ U __ a book / of ver / se un / dearneath / the bough https: //learn. lexiconic. net/elementsofpoetry. htm

2. The number of feet contained in a line. Thus: One foot Two feet Three feet Four feet Five feet Six feet = monometer = dimeter = trimeter = tetrameter = pentameter = hexameter That time | of year | thou mayst | in me | bebold https: //learn. lexiconic. net/elementsofpoetry. htm

3. Irregularity: many metered poem in English avoid perfectly regular rhythm because it is monotonous. Irregularities in rhythm add interest and emphasis to the lines. __ U U __ How with / this rage / shall beau / ty hold / a plea https: //learn. lexiconic. net/elementsofpoetry. htm

4. Blank Verse: any poetry that does have a set metrical pattern (usually iambic pantameter), but does not have rhyme, is blank verse. 5. Free Verse: most modern poetry no longer follows strict rules of meter or rhyme, especially throughout an entire poem. https: //learn. lexiconic. net/elementsofpoetry. htm

Word Sound Another type of sound play is the emphasis on individual sounds and words. Sound Device example Repetition : a sound, word, phrase, or line that is repeated for emphasis and unity Back off from this poem It has drown in yr feet Back off from this poem Alliteration : the repetition of initial sounds on the same lineor stanza Big bad Bob bounced bravely Assonance : the repetition of vowel sounds (anywhere in the middle or end of a line or stanza) Tilting at windmills Consonance : the repetition of the consonant sound (anyehere in the middle or end of a line or stanza) And all the air a solemn stillness holds.

FIGURATIVE What is the importance of figure of speech? • To create certain meaning • To achieve intended effects • Open up the mind to more than the literal meanings of words • Convey a stronger emotion

Figurative Language Simile Example My heart is like a singing bird -from “A Birthday” Metaphor Poets make pets of pretty, docile words -from “Pretty Word” Personification It (this poem) has taken in many victims - From “Beware: Do Not Read This Poem” Hyperbole The hunger of this poem is legendary -from “Beware: Do Not Read This Poem”

The Features of Pastoral Poem • Pastoral poetry is a very ancient genre of poetry. • It deals with the loves and lives of shepherds and shepherdesses, and other such country folk. They live far from towns, and spend their lives singing, sometimes mourning the loss of a sheep or a fellow shepherd or a love affair that has gone wrong. • The countryside is idealized, since writers of the genre are usually city people. https: //crossref-it. info/articles/190/pastoral-poery-in-brief

• It is simple and the poetic expression uses a set of conventions that has varied little over the centuries. • Sometimes, it is used symbolically. Often the shepherd is a poet; his songs become hhis poetry. • A tpical theme is the corruption of city life, and, through this theme, political statements are sometimes made. https: //crossref-it. info/articles/190/pastoral-poery-in-brief

Assignment 1. Do the language and sound belong to a poem form? 2. Which one is correct? a. Stanza is a series of lines grouped together an separated by an empty line from another stanzas b. Stanza is a series of paragraph grouped together an separated by an empty line from another stanzas 3. Are there any word that rhyme or repeat below? Mark the words which is rhyme or repeat! I saw a fairy in the wood, He was dressed all in green, He drew his sword while I just stood, And realized I’d been seen.

4. How come modern poets do not write in rhyme? Match the poetic foot below! iamb trochee dactyl 5. __ U Fairer / than the / mermaid / tavern 6. U __ anapest U __ A book / of ver / se un / dearneath / the bough 7. U U __ On this night / of all nights / of the year 8. __ U U How shall I / know whether / they will come / back to me

9. “Poets make pets of pretty, docile words” this piece of poem is included in to figurative language: a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Personification d. Hyperbole 10. Mention the features of pastoral poem!

Example iamb • iamb: weak syllable followed by strong syllable. (note that the pattern is simetimes fairy hard to maintain, as in the third food) U __ U __ a book / of ver / se un / dearneath / the bough

Examle of Trochee: strong syllable followed by a weak syllable __ U Fairer / than the / mermaid / tavern

Example of Anapest: two weak syllables followed by a strong syllable U U __ On this night / of all nights / of the year In her room at the prow of the house Where light breaks, and the windows are tossed -from “The Writer”, by Richard Wilbur

Example of Dactyl: a strong syllable followed by two week syllables __ U U How shall I / know whether / they will come / back to me Here another (silly) example of dactyllic rhythm. A was an / archer, who / shot at a / frog B was a / butcher, and / had a great / dog C was a / captain, all / covered with / lace D was a / drunkard, and / had a red / face

Example of Spondee: two strong syllables (not common as lines, but appears as a foot). A spondee usually appears at the end of a line. U __ __ __ And no / birds sing