Poetry Crash Course
... I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem’s room and feel the walls for a light switch. I want them to waterski across the surface of a poem waving at the author’s name on the shore. But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and tortur ...
... I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem’s room and feel the walls for a light switch. I want them to waterski across the surface of a poem waving at the author’s name on the shore. But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and tortur ...
The Ironic Dialectic in Yeats
... What I should like to do in this essay is point out five different kinds of ironic dialectics I find in Yeats's poetry (symbol/symbol; form/content; content/ content; tone/ content; and finally irony /doctrine); discuss the way in which they work and the effects they have on a reader who tries to fi ...
... What I should like to do in this essay is point out five different kinds of ironic dialectics I find in Yeats's poetry (symbol/symbol; form/content; content/ content; tone/ content; and finally irony /doctrine); discuss the way in which they work and the effects they have on a reader who tries to fi ...
Glossary of Poetic Terms
... Greek and Latin metrical foot consisting of short, long, and short syllables / ~ ' ~ / (cf. the English word "romantic"). An example is Matthew Prior's "Jinny the Just." See under foot below. Amphimacer (Greek, ‘long at each end’): a Greek and Latin metrical foot consisting of long, short, and long ...
... Greek and Latin metrical foot consisting of short, long, and short syllables / ~ ' ~ / (cf. the English word "romantic"). An example is Matthew Prior's "Jinny the Just." See under foot below. Amphimacer (Greek, ‘long at each end’): a Greek and Latin metrical foot consisting of long, short, and long ...
Poetry Jeopardy - ms
... And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And ...
... And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And ...
Understanding Poetry
... coherence and certainty in the world they belong to. The typical Elizabethan poet dealt with simple and traditional themes. He took interest in producing charming love lyrics. The metaphysical poets were intellectual, learned and cultivated men. They expressed their intellectuality in the matter and ...
... coherence and certainty in the world they belong to. The typical Elizabethan poet dealt with simple and traditional themes. He took interest in producing charming love lyrics. The metaphysical poets were intellectual, learned and cultivated men. They expressed their intellectuality in the matter and ...
And life for me ain`t been no crystal stair.
... the hidden cost of every wasted page. My mother’s room smelled faintly of cologne and medicine. Surrounded by her books, she’d lay in bed with all the blinds pulled down, pretending she was talking on the phone. She used to joke about our firing Cook but still served Campbell’s soup day after day, t ...
... the hidden cost of every wasted page. My mother’s room smelled faintly of cologne and medicine. Surrounded by her books, she’d lay in bed with all the blinds pulled down, pretending she was talking on the phone. She used to joke about our firing Cook but still served Campbell’s soup day after day, t ...
1428 H /2007 M - Repository UIN
... The relationship between universe and art in many different cultures is in harmony. In the west culture histOIY, the relationship betwee:n art and nature is quite central. Both cannot be separated because they are related to one another!. Poetry as one of many arts is a medium for the poet to concei ...
... The relationship between universe and art in many different cultures is in harmony. In the west culture histOIY, the relationship betwee:n art and nature is quite central. Both cannot be separated because they are related to one another!. Poetry as one of many arts is a medium for the poet to concei ...
An Introduction to Emily Dickinson
... material things are used to explain each other, but the relation between them remains complex and unpredictable. **We’ll talk about his in our poem today.** ...
... material things are used to explain each other, but the relation between them remains complex and unpredictable. **We’ll talk about his in our poem today.** ...
08-sep. 17:00 -18:00 english (fal) paper 2: short stories
... How to Approach a Poetry Question? Look at the TITLE of the poem – the meaning in relation to the poem as a whole. Look at POET’s name – who is the poet, when did he/she live, what famous themes does that poet usually write about? Read through poem and try to figure out what the general idea o ...
... How to Approach a Poetry Question? Look at the TITLE of the poem – the meaning in relation to the poem as a whole. Look at POET’s name – who is the poet, when did he/she live, what famous themes does that poet usually write about? Read through poem and try to figure out what the general idea o ...
Plot - Marissa Junior/Senior High School
... Onomatopoeia: the use of a word that suggests the sound it makes; creates clear sound images and helps a writer draw attention to certain words; examples include buzz, pop, hiss, moo, hum, murmur, crackle, crunch, and gurgle Alliteration: the repetition of initial (first) consonant letters or sounds ...
... Onomatopoeia: the use of a word that suggests the sound it makes; creates clear sound images and helps a writer draw attention to certain words; examples include buzz, pop, hiss, moo, hum, murmur, crackle, crunch, and gurgle Alliteration: the repetition of initial (first) consonant letters or sounds ...
glossary for poetry
... the plot to us as it would happen in real life. The best examples of the drama in poetry are Shakespeare's plays. VERSIFICATION The elements which enter into poetry may be divided into four classes: rhyme, rhythm, foot, and meter. Rhyme Rhyme, which is the simplest to understand, means the correspon ...
... the plot to us as it would happen in real life. The best examples of the drama in poetry are Shakespeare's plays. VERSIFICATION The elements which enter into poetry may be divided into four classes: rhyme, rhythm, foot, and meter. Rhyme Rhyme, which is the simplest to understand, means the correspon ...
“Cynthia in the Snow” by Gwendolyn Brooks
... As we continue our journey through the world of poetry, we will become more familiar with the research process. During this research process, each of you will investigate a poet of your choice. You will become an expert or an “aficionado” for your particular poet. You will create a PowerPoint for yo ...
... As we continue our journey through the world of poetry, we will become more familiar with the research process. During this research process, each of you will investigate a poet of your choice. You will become an expert or an “aficionado” for your particular poet. You will create a PowerPoint for yo ...
Poetic Elements
... may speak in a dialect, a variation of language. Their speech may differ in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar from the standard form of the language. ...
... may speak in a dialect, a variation of language. Their speech may differ in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar from the standard form of the language. ...
Literary Terms Handbook
... which a character struggles against some outside force, such as another person. Another kind of external conflict may occur between a character and some force in nature. An internal conflict takes place within the mind of a character. The character struggles to make a decision, take an action, or ov ...
... which a character struggles against some outside force, such as another person. Another kind of external conflict may occur between a character and some force in nature. An internal conflict takes place within the mind of a character. The character struggles to make a decision, take an action, or ov ...
War and Words: A Poetry 12 Unit Plan
... Poetry offers the ideal forum for exploring issues of war as the personal nature of poetry captures the intensity of emotion that war evokes and its brevity allows explicit demonstration of how language can be manipulated to create certain stylistic effects. In their journey through this unit, stude ...
... Poetry offers the ideal forum for exploring issues of war as the personal nature of poetry captures the intensity of emotion that war evokes and its brevity allows explicit demonstration of how language can be manipulated to create certain stylistic effects. In their journey through this unit, stude ...
Rhyme and Meter
... Meaning The repetition of similar sounds The sounds are not always exactly the same The spelling does not have to be the same ...
... Meaning The repetition of similar sounds The sounds are not always exactly the same The spelling does not have to be the same ...
Glossary of Literary Terms
... choosing words for their supposedly inherent poetic qualities. Poetry designed to teach an ethical, moral or religious lesson. A derogatory term for common, or trite verse whose subject matter, or sounds are overdone. Ex: Like greeting card poetry. Derived from the Greek word dram, meaning “to do “o ...
... choosing words for their supposedly inherent poetic qualities. Poetry designed to teach an ethical, moral or religious lesson. A derogatory term for common, or trite verse whose subject matter, or sounds are overdone. Ex: Like greeting card poetry. Derived from the Greek word dram, meaning “to do “o ...
Literary Devices and Poetic Terms
... Symbolism is literary device that contains several layers of meaning, often concealed at first sight, and is representative of several other aspects/ concepts/ traits than those that are visible in the literal translation alone. Symbol is using an object or action that means something more than its ...
... Symbolism is literary device that contains several layers of meaning, often concealed at first sight, and is representative of several other aspects/ concepts/ traits than those that are visible in the literal translation alone. Symbol is using an object or action that means something more than its ...
The Sonnet Form in Japanese - Electronic Journal of Contemporary
... influences are evident in writers from Futabata Shimei in the Meiji Era to Murakami Haruki in the present, above all perhaps in the influence of the French Symbolist poets on pioneering free verse poets in the first half of the 20th century, such as Kitahara Hakushū. Symbolism gave these poets a way ...
... influences are evident in writers from Futabata Shimei in the Meiji Era to Murakami Haruki in the present, above all perhaps in the influence of the French Symbolist poets on pioneering free verse poets in the first half of the 20th century, such as Kitahara Hakushū. Symbolism gave these poets a way ...
English 1 Academic Vocabulary
... Alliteration: repetition of beginning sounds which provides emphasis to the words. (Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.) Anaphora (uh-naf-er-uh) – One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or s ...
... Alliteration: repetition of beginning sounds which provides emphasis to the words. (Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.) Anaphora (uh-naf-er-uh) – One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or s ...
METER
... Ordinary mortal. The speaker makes it clear though that it is not his true love that disappoints him, ...
... Ordinary mortal. The speaker makes it clear though that it is not his true love that disappoints him, ...
to see
... 1 a : writing usually with a rhythm that repeats: verse 1 b : the productions of a poet: poems 2 : writing chosen and arranged to create a certain emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm Poetry is a special form of writing. It looks and sounds different from prose. It encompasses the h ...
... 1 a : writing usually with a rhythm that repeats: verse 1 b : the productions of a poet: poems 2 : writing chosen and arranged to create a certain emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm Poetry is a special form of writing. It looks and sounds different from prose. It encompasses the h ...
7th Grade English Poetry Unit Assignments Note: There are no
... Just like the body has a skeleton to hold its shape, poems have a structure that hold their ideas together. In poetry, that "skeleton" is called form. Over the next seven (7) lessons you will identify several different types, or forms of poetry such as Haiku, Lantrene, Couplet, Quatrain, Limerick, a ...
... Just like the body has a skeleton to hold its shape, poems have a structure that hold their ideas together. In poetry, that "skeleton" is called form. Over the next seven (7) lessons you will identify several different types, or forms of poetry such as Haiku, Lantrene, Couplet, Quatrain, Limerick, a ...
Pre 1914 Poems Revision
... The last two lines are memorable - a quite complex idea is packed neatly into two rhyming lines, an effect we call an epigram. (The couplet is at the same time both epigram and epitaph!) ...
... The last two lines are memorable - a quite complex idea is packed neatly into two rhyming lines, an effect we call an epigram. (The couplet is at the same time both epigram and epitaph!) ...
Word
... USC seeks to maintain an optimal learning environment. General principles of academic honesty include the concept of respect for the intellectual property of others, the expectation that individual work will be submitted unless otherwise allowed by an instructor, and the obligations both to protect ...
... USC seeks to maintain an optimal learning environment. General principles of academic honesty include the concept of respect for the intellectual property of others, the expectation that individual work will be submitted unless otherwise allowed by an instructor, and the obligations both to protect ...
Topographical poetry
Topographical poetry or loco-descriptive poetry is a genre of poetry that describes, and often praises, a landscape or place. John Denham's 1642 poem ""Cooper's Hill"" established the genre, which peaked in popularity in 18th-century England. Examples of topographical verse date, however, to the late classical period, and can be found throughout the medieval era and during the Renaissance. Though the earliest examples come mostly from continental Europe, the topographical poetry in the tradition originating with Denham concerns itself with the classics, and many of the various types of topographical verse, such as river, ruin, or hilltop poems were established by the early 17th century. Alexander Pope's ""Windsor Forest"" (1713) and John Dyer's ""Grongar Hill' (1762) are two other oft-mentioned examples. More recently, Matthew Arnold's ""The Scholar Gipsy"" (1853) praises the Oxfordshire countryside, and W. H. Auden's ""In Praise of Limestone"" (1948) uses a limestone landscape as an allegory. Subgenres of topographical poetry include the country house poem, written in 17th-century England to compliment a wealthy patron, and the prospect poem, describing the view from a distance or a temporal view into the future, with the sense of opportunity or expectation. When understood broadly as landscape poetry and when assessed from its establishment to the present, topographical poetry can take on many formal situations and types of places. Kenneth Baker identifies 37 varieties and compiles poems from the 16th through the 20th centuries—from Edmund Spenser to Sylvia Plath—correspondent to each type, from ""Walks and Surveys,"" to ""Mountains, Hills, and the View from Above,"" to ""Violation of Nature and the Landscape,"" to ""Spirits and Ghosts.""Common aesthetic registers of which topographical poetry make use include pastoral imagery, the sublime, and the picturesque. These latter two registers subsume imagery of rivers, ruins, moonlight, birdsong, and clouds, peasants, mountains, caves, and waterscapes.