Poetry

ELEMENTS AND
TYPES OF
POETRY
literary work in which special intensity is given to the
expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive
style and rhythm.
et ry ? writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative
i s P o awareness of experience in language chosen and
h a t arranged to create a specific emotional response through

W meaning, sound and rhythm.
ELEMENTS OF POETRY
• A unit of lines grouped together
• Some of different types of stanzas are as follows:
1. Couplet
2. Tercets (ABA or AAA)
Stanza
3. Quatrain (AAAA, AABB, ABBA, ABAB)
4. Quintet
5. Sextet
6. Septet
7. Octave
• The pattern in which end rhyme occurs.
• This technique makes the poem easy to
remember.
Rhyme Scheme
• The repetition of the same or similar sounds,
usually in stressed syllables at the end of the
Rhyme
lines, but sometimes within a line.
• The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem.
• Poets use patterns of stressed and unstressed
Rhythm
syllables to create a regular rhythm.
• A word or phrase repeated within a line or
stanza. Sometimes, it reinforces or even
Repetition
substitutes for meter (beat), the other chief
controlling factor of poetry.
• A technique where several phrases or
phrases begin with the same words.
Anaphora
• A technique where several phrases or
Epistrophe phrases end with the same words.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the
beginning of the words.
Alliteration
Assonance Consonance
The repetition of vowel sounds which The repetition of a consonant sound
creates rhyme. at the beginning, middle or end of the
Examples: word.
Examples:
• The black cat had the rat’s bag
• Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
• How now brown cow?
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art
• Do you do voodoo? with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
• Zach sneezed when he heard the jazz music.

• Words that are used to represent particular
sounds.
Examples:
• Machine noises – honk, beep, broom,clang

• Animal noise – cuckoo, whooping crane, chickadee
Onomatopoeia, • Impact sounds - boom, crash, whack, thump, bang
• Sounds of the voice - shush, giggle, growl, whine, murmur, blurt, whisper,
hiss
• Nature sounds - splash, drip, spray, whoosh, buzz, rustle
1. I was just beginning to yawn with nerves thinking he was trying to make a
fool of me when I knew his tattarrattat at the door.
• The theme of the poem talks about the central
idea or in short, a theme stands for whatever
the poem is about.
Two Essential Elements • The tone refers to the attitude and mood of
of Poetry the poem. It is the overall atmosphere of the
poem which influences the emotional response
of the reader.
✔ Symbolism
✔ Imagery
Other Elements
✔ Simile
✔ Metaphor
✔ Personification
TYPES OF POETRY
1. Lyric Poetry
2. Narrative Poetry
3. Dramatic Poetry
• A poem that is very personal in nature. It
expresses the author’s own thoughts, feelings,
moods and reflections in musical language.
• It derived it’s name from the musical
Lyric Poetry instrument, the lyre.
1. Ode
2. Elegy
3. Song
4. Sonnet
Ode
• This is a poem of nobelling feeling, expressed
with dignity and praises for some persons,
objects, events or ideas.
Elegy
• This is a lyric poem which expresses lament
and mourning of the dead, feeling of grief and
melancholy.
• The theme of this poem is death
Song
• A lyric poem in a regular metrical pattern set
to music.
• These have twelve syllables and slowly sung
to the accompaniment of a guitar and
banduria.
Sonnet
• The name “sonnet” derives from Italian word
sonnet which means little song.
• It is a relatively short poem consisting of
merely fourteen lines.
• It is known to follow a strict pattern of rhyme.
• Classified into Petrarchan, Shakespearean,
Spenserian and Miltonic sonnets
• It narrates a story through the use of poetic
diction either real or imaginary.
• This form of poetry describe events in a vivid
way, using some of the elements as short
Narrative Poetry stories, plot characters and dialogue.
1. Epic
2. Metrical Tale
3. Ballad
Epic
• This is a long and narrative poem that
normally tells a story about a hero or an
adventure.
• Epics can be oral stories or can be poems in
written form
Metrical Tale
• A narrative poem consisting usually a single
series of connective events that are simple.
• Examples of these are simple idylls, home or
love tales, tales of the supernatural .
Ballad
• Ballad poetry is often based on a legend or a
folk tale.
• Most ballads are written in four-six stanzas
and has a regular rhythms and rhyme
schemes
• The simplest type of narrative poetry
• The word “drama” implies one or more
characters and actions.
• Dramatic poetry aims at involving the readers
in an experience or situation, and creates
Dramatic Poetry tension, immediacy, expectation and conflict
• More emphasis on character rather than on
narrative
Dramatic Monologue
• A combination of drama and poetry
• It presents some line or speech of single
character in a particular but complicated
situation and sometimes in a dilemma.
Dramatic Monologue
• A combination of drama and poetry
• It presents some line or speech of single
character in a particular but complicated
situation and sometimes in a dilemma.
Oration
• This is a formal address elevated in tone and
usually delivered on some notable occasion
Character Sketch
• This is a poem which the writers concerned
less with the elements of story.
• He presents his observations and comments
to a particular individual

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ELEMENTS AND

et ry ? writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative

i s P o awareness of experience in language chosen and

h a t arranged to create a specific emotional response through

• Zach sneezed when he heard the jazz music.

• Machine noises – honk, beep, broom,clang

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