Glossary of Poetic Terms
... the rhyming of a word with another in one or more of their accented vowels, but not in their consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme. Asyndeton (Greek ‘unconnected’): lists of words, phrases, or expressions without conjunctions such as ‘and’ and ‘or’ to link them. George Herbert uses this figure of ...
... the rhyming of a word with another in one or more of their accented vowels, but not in their consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme. Asyndeton (Greek ‘unconnected’): lists of words, phrases, or expressions without conjunctions such as ‘and’ and ‘or’ to link them. George Herbert uses this figure of ...
Jamaicaâ•Žs first dub poets: Early Jamaican
... tailored to suit the metrical constraints of the hexameter line. By manipulating formulaic elements from this story — the ‘building blocks’ — he could construct a poem based on traditional material which was still his own and personal composition. (Finnegan 60) ...
... tailored to suit the metrical constraints of the hexameter line. By manipulating formulaic elements from this story — the ‘building blocks’ — he could construct a poem based on traditional material which was still his own and personal composition. (Finnegan 60) ...
Macquarie University Marcelle Freiman Ekphrasis, poetry and
... dynamic energies of its form. Subjective perception is affective and emotive. Even before it begins to be rendered in language, the visual response is initially one of affect because initially we do not articulate or consciously register feelings associated with seeing (Shouse 2005 n.p.). Our affect ...
... dynamic energies of its form. Subjective perception is affective and emotive. Even before it begins to be rendered in language, the visual response is initially one of affect because initially we do not articulate or consciously register feelings associated with seeing (Shouse 2005 n.p.). Our affect ...
Understanding Poetry
... Astrophel and Stella. It was published after his death. Another great poet of the age was Sir Walter Raleigh. He was also a soldier, courtier and a poet. His poetry is known for the plain style. Most of his poems are short lyrics. They were inspired by actual events. His lyrics have the themes like ...
... Astrophel and Stella. It was published after his death. Another great poet of the age was Sir Walter Raleigh. He was also a soldier, courtier and a poet. His poetry is known for the plain style. Most of his poems are short lyrics. They were inspired by actual events. His lyrics have the themes like ...
12 Writing about Poetry
... What is poetry? The most ancient forms of literature were oral rather than written, and they were poems. Songs are the oldest genre of literary creation, and poetry originated from songs of oral traditions around the world. Many consider poetry the most challenging of literary genres. Often, you hav ...
... What is poetry? The most ancient forms of literature were oral rather than written, and they were poems. Songs are the oldest genre of literary creation, and poetry originated from songs of oral traditions around the world. Many consider poetry the most challenging of literary genres. Often, you hav ...
"Poetics"
... the name. Even when a treatise on medicine or natural science is brought out in verse, the name of poet is by custom given to the author; and yet Homer and Empedocles have nothing in common but the meter, so that it would be right to call the one poet, the other physicist rather than poet. On the sa ...
... the name. Even when a treatise on medicine or natural science is brought out in verse, the name of poet is by custom given to the author; and yet Homer and Empedocles have nothing in common but the meter, so that it would be right to call the one poet, the other physicist rather than poet. On the sa ...
1 Note on the text: the following pages are the script of a lecture given
... twentieth-century NEA project I alluded to earlier (which resulted in his book Can Poetry Matter?), or even in less public-minded literary critical views like Terry Eagleton’s nostalgia for a practical criticism of poetry, or Jim Longenbach’s claim that “poets since the time of Callamachus have resi ...
... twentieth-century NEA project I alluded to earlier (which resulted in his book Can Poetry Matter?), or even in less public-minded literary critical views like Terry Eagleton’s nostalgia for a practical criticism of poetry, or Jim Longenbach’s claim that “poets since the time of Callamachus have resi ...
History of English Literature - ORBi
... of their military and metal-working skills, or just wandered in and settled. Their arrival is marked by the first individual graves, furnished with pottery beakers, from which these people get their name. The Beaker people probably spoke an Indo-European language. They also brought skills to make br ...
... of their military and metal-working skills, or just wandered in and settled. Their arrival is marked by the first individual graves, furnished with pottery beakers, from which these people get their name. The Beaker people probably spoke an Indo-European language. They also brought skills to make br ...
The Epic Elements in Yeats`s Poetry
... being Ireland’s epic poet and not only its Homer, but its Sophocles and its Sappho as well” (14) in “Introduction: W. B. Yeats’s Poems.” In fact, a reading of Yeats’s book of poems and some individual poems leads us to see that the they are based upon the poet’s epic imagination, which was heavily i ...
... being Ireland’s epic poet and not only its Homer, but its Sophocles and its Sappho as well” (14) in “Introduction: W. B. Yeats’s Poems.” In fact, a reading of Yeats’s book of poems and some individual poems leads us to see that the they are based upon the poet’s epic imagination, which was heavily i ...
Voice Inverse
... this special issue revolve, either implicitly or explicitly, around the assumption that poems are transcriptions or prescriptions for voice. Some locate a speaker in their reading of Victorian poetic genres (sonnets, ballads, odes, narrative verse, dramatic monologues, and so on) while others disloc ...
... this special issue revolve, either implicitly or explicitly, around the assumption that poems are transcriptions or prescriptions for voice. Some locate a speaker in their reading of Victorian poetic genres (sonnets, ballads, odes, narrative verse, dramatic monologues, and so on) while others disloc ...
shodh anusandhan samachar
... And hid in darkness that none could behold the hue thereof; for view of cheerful day did never in that house itself display, But a faint shadow of uncertain light: Such as a lamp, whose life does fade away, Or as the moon, clothed with a cloudy night, Does show to him that walks in fear and sad affr ...
... And hid in darkness that none could behold the hue thereof; for view of cheerful day did never in that house itself display, But a faint shadow of uncertain light: Such as a lamp, whose life does fade away, Or as the moon, clothed with a cloudy night, Does show to him that walks in fear and sad affr ...
Lit Terms Glossary
... metaphors, simile, hyperbole, and contradiction. Before the beginning of the seventeenth century, the term conceit was a synonym for "thought" and roughly equivalent to "idea" or "concept." It gradually came to denote a fanciful idea or a particularly clever remark. In literary terms, the word denot ...
... metaphors, simile, hyperbole, and contradiction. Before the beginning of the seventeenth century, the term conceit was a synonym for "thought" and roughly equivalent to "idea" or "concept." It gradually came to denote a fanciful idea or a particularly clever remark. In literary terms, the word denot ...
Chaucer`s Prosody
... fayle[s] in a silable” (House of Fame 1098). Yet this is an ambiguous self-deprecating gesture, since Chaucer may not be speaking about his personal failings so much as the “state of the art” during an early period of literary history when English writers could only make modest claims about their su ...
... fayle[s] in a silable” (House of Fame 1098). Yet this is an ambiguous self-deprecating gesture, since Chaucer may not be speaking about his personal failings so much as the “state of the art” during an early period of literary history when English writers could only make modest claims about their su ...
Teaching Poetry
... Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” the “most important poem for captivating students, for reaching them where they live.” She begins by stressing a detached question of genre and literary history – the poem as a dramatic monologue, descending from Browning. Engagement with the author comes later. Understan ...
... Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” the “most important poem for captivating students, for reaching them where they live.” She begins by stressing a detached question of genre and literary history – the poem as a dramatic monologue, descending from Browning. Engagement with the author comes later. Understan ...
Poetry Party
... The rhythm in this poem is slow – to match the night gently falling and the lights slowly coming on. ...
... The rhythm in this poem is slow – to match the night gently falling and the lights slowly coming on. ...
Peter Saccio - Google Sites
... within, rather than above. C. Aristotle was one of the most systematic thinkers who ever lived. 1. The western presupposition that all of knowledge can be broken up into discrete little packages called disciplines (college students call them “majors”) comes directly from Aristotle. 2. Aristotle wrot ...
... within, rather than above. C. Aristotle was one of the most systematic thinkers who ever lived. 1. The western presupposition that all of knowledge can be broken up into discrete little packages called disciplines (college students call them “majors”) comes directly from Aristotle. 2. Aristotle wrot ...
Why Poetry? - Marc Wordsmith
... Another common, informal definition which I've heard from time to time is this: "Prose is words in the best order. Poetry is the best words in the best order." Here's what I would add: Poetry is words, chosen and arranged in such a way as to inspire the imagination. But, you say, your imagination is ...
... Another common, informal definition which I've heard from time to time is this: "Prose is words in the best order. Poetry is the best words in the best order." Here's what I would add: Poetry is words, chosen and arranged in such a way as to inspire the imagination. But, you say, your imagination is ...
Free Verse, Free Rhythms
... As forms go, iambic pentameter is the most famous poetic form used. Iamb (ta TUM) are considered to be similar to a heart beat and also a natural speech rhythm. Leonard Berstein believed that iambic pentameter was in on the birth of the blues. William Shakespeare used it in the dialogue of his chara ...
... As forms go, iambic pentameter is the most famous poetic form used. Iamb (ta TUM) are considered to be similar to a heart beat and also a natural speech rhythm. Leonard Berstein believed that iambic pentameter was in on the birth of the blues. William Shakespeare used it in the dialogue of his chara ...
Biblical Hermeneutics Interpreting Biblical Poetry
... The importance of understanding biblical poetry A. About 1/3 of the Bible is poetry. 1. Poetry is used in parts of 32 of 39 OT books. The psalms are entirely poetry. Large sections of the OT prophetic books are poetry. 2. Jesus' teachings have a strongly poetic flavor: terse expressions, figures of ...
... The importance of understanding biblical poetry A. About 1/3 of the Bible is poetry. 1. Poetry is used in parts of 32 of 39 OT books. The psalms are entirely poetry. Large sections of the OT prophetic books are poetry. 2. Jesus' teachings have a strongly poetic flavor: terse expressions, figures of ...
glossary for poetry
... Lyric poetry consists of songs, odes, sonnets, and elegies. It deals with the emotions and expresses the author's thoughts and feelings on a subject. The lyric in poetry corresponds to the essay in prose. There are lyrics on love, patriotism, duty, death, joy, sorrow, courage, and many others. The s ...
... Lyric poetry consists of songs, odes, sonnets, and elegies. It deals with the emotions and expresses the author's thoughts and feelings on a subject. The lyric in poetry corresponds to the essay in prose. There are lyrics on love, patriotism, duty, death, joy, sorrow, courage, and many others. The s ...
Whoso List to Hunt
... • Wyatt chose the Petrarchan sonnet as his inspiration. The Petrarchan sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in which the first eight lines, the octave, present a problem, which is resolved by the final six lines, the sestet. • "Whoso List to Hunt" is believed to be Wyatt's imitation of "Rime 190," written ...
... • Wyatt chose the Petrarchan sonnet as his inspiration. The Petrarchan sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in which the first eight lines, the octave, present a problem, which is resolved by the final six lines, the sestet. • "Whoso List to Hunt" is believed to be Wyatt's imitation of "Rime 190," written ...
The Sonnet Form in Japanese - Electronic Journal of Contemporary
... understanding this oxymoron, either by itself or in context. These first two factors can be demonstrated by comparing Shakespeare’s original texts with the numerous translations to have appeared since the Meiji Era, but my third factor is rather harder to demonstrate. This is the realisation that tr ...
... understanding this oxymoron, either by itself or in context. These first two factors can be demonstrated by comparing Shakespeare’s original texts with the numerous translations to have appeared since the Meiji Era, but my third factor is rather harder to demonstrate. This is the realisation that tr ...
Meet the Poet on - The Education Fund
... genres (e.g., poetry, fiction, short story, dramatic literature) as forms chosen by an author to accomplish a purpose; LA7-8.2.1.4- The student will identify and analyze universal themes and symbols across genres and historical periods, and explain their significance; LA.7-8.1.7.8- The student will ...
... genres (e.g., poetry, fiction, short story, dramatic literature) as forms chosen by an author to accomplish a purpose; LA7-8.2.1.4- The student will identify and analyze universal themes and symbols across genres and historical periods, and explain their significance; LA.7-8.1.7.8- The student will ...
Why do poets use alliteration
... In relation to English poetry, poets can call attention to certain words in a line of poetry by using alliteration. They can also use alliteration . May 2, 2016 . A guide to understanding alliteration and assonance and using them. Do they direct attention where you want it to go, or do they misdirec ...
... In relation to English poetry, poets can call attention to certain words in a line of poetry by using alliteration. They can also use alliteration . May 2, 2016 . A guide to understanding alliteration and assonance and using them. Do they direct attention where you want it to go, or do they misdirec ...
English poetry
This article focuses on poetry written in English from the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (and Ireland before 1922). However, though the whole of Ireland was politically part of the United Kingdom between January 1801 and December 1922, it is controversial to describe Irish literature as British. For some this includes works by authors from Northern Ireland. The article does not include poetry from other countries where the English language is spoken.The earliest surviving English poetry, written in Anglo-Saxon, the direct predecessor of modern English, may have been composed as early as the 7th century.