ELEMENTS OF POETRY

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most closely related to music

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Poetry

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contends that “ a poem is a meaningful organization of words

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Gemino Abad

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categorizes poetry as “the fusion of two poles of mind; emotion and thought.”

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T.S. Eliot

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states that “poetry is the union of thoughts and feelings.”

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Manuel Viray

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“poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recorded in tranquility

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William Wordsworth

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“it is the rhythmic creation of beauty.”

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Edgar Allan Poe

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“it is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.”

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Percy B. Shelly

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posits that “poetry is the ‘essence’ of the creative imagination of man.

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James G. Ong

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Elements of Poetry

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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

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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

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enjambment or run-on lines.

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the line that ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning

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enjambment

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it is a strong pause within a line of poetry.

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run-on line, caesura

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An indirection prominent in the method of poetry is the

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use of sound effects to intensify meaning

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These sound effects are the products of organized repetitions

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THE SOUND OF WORDS

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repeats similar sounds in some apparent scheme

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Rhyme

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is the result of systematically stressing or accenting words and syllables

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Rhythm

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means the repetition for effect for initial vowels or consonants.

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Alliteration

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refers to the correspondence of vowel sounds.

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Assonance

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is an imitation in words of natural sounds

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Onomatopoiea

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It is the regularized and pattern rhythm.

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METER

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four conventional types of meter in poetry

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Iambic meter, Trochaic meter, anapestic meter, dactylic meter

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the most popular and the most natural to English expression. Its basic unit or foot is one unaccented and one accented syllable. ( _ / )

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Iambic meter

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The reverse of iambic meter. Each foot contains an accented and an unaccented syllable. ( / _ )

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Trochaic meter

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Contains in each foot two unaccented syllables and one accented. ( _ _ / )

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Anapestic meter

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Contains in each foot two unaccented syllables and one accented. ( / _ _ )

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Dactylic meter

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More than a visual detail, _________ includes sounds, textures, feel, odors, and sometimes even tastes.

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imagery

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Selection of concrete details is the poet’s way of giving his reader a __________.

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sensory image

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Reveals the attitude toward the subject and in some cases the attitude of the persona or implied speaker of the poem as well.

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TONE