ELEMENTS OF POETRY Flashcards
most closely related to music
Poetry
contends that “ a poem is a meaningful organization of words
Gemino Abad
categorizes poetry as “the fusion of two poles of mind; emotion and thought.”
T.S. Eliot
states that “poetry is the union of thoughts and feelings.”
Manuel Viray
“poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recorded in tranquility
William Wordsworth
“it is the rhythmic creation of beauty.”
Edgar Allan Poe
“it is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.”
Percy B. Shelly
posits that “poetry is the ‘essence’ of the creative imagination of man.
James G. Ong
Elements of Poetry
The Poetic Line (Enjambment or run-on lines, caesura)
The Sound of Words (Rhyme, Rhythm, Alliteration, Assonance, Onomatopoeia)
Meter (Iambic meter, Trochaic meter, anapestic meter, dactylic meter)
Imagery
Tone
The basic unit of composition in poems. An idea or feeling which is expressed in one line and is frequently continued into the next line. This is called
enjambment or run-on lines.
the line that ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning
enjambment
it is a strong pause within a line of poetry.
run-on line, caesura
An indirection prominent in the method of poetry is the
use of sound effects to intensify meaning
These sound effects are the products of organized repetitions
THE SOUND OF WORDS
repeats similar sounds in some apparent scheme
Rhyme
is the result of systematically stressing or accenting words and syllables
Rhythm
means the repetition for effect for initial vowels or consonants.
Alliteration
refers to the correspondence of vowel sounds.
Assonance
is an imitation in words of natural sounds
Onomatopoiea
It is the regularized and pattern rhythm.
METER
four conventional types of meter in poetry
Iambic meter, Trochaic meter, anapestic meter, dactylic meter
the most popular and the most natural to English expression. Its basic unit or foot is one unaccented and one accented syllable. ( _ / )
Iambic meter
The reverse of iambic meter. Each foot contains an accented and an unaccented syllable. ( / _ )
Trochaic meter
Contains in each foot two unaccented syllables and one accented. ( _ _ / )
Anapestic meter
Contains in each foot two unaccented syllables and one accented. ( / _ _ )
Dactylic meter
More than a visual detail, _________ includes sounds, textures, feel, odors, and sometimes even tastes.
imagery
Selection of concrete details is the poet’s way of giving his reader a __________.
sensory image
Reveals the attitude toward the subject and in some cases the attitude of the persona or implied speaker of the poem as well.
TONE
