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    This document provides a basic analysis of poetry by discussing several key elements. It begins by outlining general types of poetry, including poetry with rhythm and rhyme, poetry with rhythm but no rhyme, and free verse poetry with no defined rhythm or rhyme. It then explains the difference between poetry and prose. The document concludes by examining specific poetic devices like repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and refrain. It provides examples for each device and instructs students to find examples of different poetry types and devices for a presentation.

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    BASIC ANALYSIS OF

    POETRY
    Nuning Wahyu, M. Tesol.
    Understanding Poetry

    ▪ General types of poetry


    ▪ Poetry and Prose: What’s the Difference?
    ▪ Elements of poetry I : Repetition and Sound
    GENERAL TYPES OF POETRY
    Poetry with Rhythm and Rhyme

    Most people think of poetry as having lines The tide rises, the tide falls

    that rhyme and a musical cadence that The twilight darkens, the curfew calls

    creates a regular rhythm or beat. For Along the sea-sands damp and brown
    example, in Longfellow’s “The Tide Rises, The traveler hastens toward the town,
    the Tide Falls” we find the first verse And the tide rises, the tide falls.
    following a pattern: falls/calls;
    brown/town;falls.
    Poetry with Rhythm and no Rhyme

    Poetry does not always need to rhyme to And see that we, outlaws on God’s
    property,
    be poetry. Poems may have regular
    Fling out imagination beyond the skies
    rhythm, but not rhyme.
    Wishing a tangible good from the
    unknown.
    -Richard Eberhart, “The Horse Chestnut
    Tree”
    Poetry with no Rhythm and no Rhyme

    In addition to not having rhyme nor In Just—

    regular rhythm, many modern poems use Spring when the world is mud—

    punctuation, capitalization, and spacing in Luscious the little


    unique ways in order to create special Lame baloonman
    effects. The most well-known modern Whistle far and wee
    poets making use of this technique is E.E. “chanson innocente”
    Cummings:
    Poetry and Prose: What’s the Difference?

    Poetry is condensed language. In a few words,


    perhaps only one or two, the poet can
    communicate feelings, ideas, or images. When
    Gwendolyn Brooks speaks of “velvet peace”, for
    example, we know that peace is not velvet but
    the image we receive may be that of the soft
    and restful quality of velvet which is a quality
    that peace has by creating an atmosphere of
    rest and non-violence.
    POETIC DEVICES OF REPETITION
    AND SOUND
    Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Refrain
    Alliteration

    The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words.


    Success is counted sweetest Gold and gleaming the empty streets,
    By those who ne’er succeed Gold and gleaming the misty lake,
    -Emily Dickinson The mirrored lights like sunken swords,
    Glimmer and shake.
    Note the alliteration of the letter ‘s’ -Sara Teasdale “Spring Night”
    Note the alliteration of the letter ’g, s, m’
    Onomatopoeia

    A word whose pronunciation is similar to the sound it makes. Hiss, buzz, crash, bang, jingle, whisper
    are a few examples of onomatopoeic words. They imitate sound.

    The banjos rattled and the tambourines

    Jing-jing-jangled in the hands

    Of queens!

    -Vachel Lindsay “General William Booth


    Enters into Heaven”
    Refrain

    One of more lines of a poem or a major portion of a line repeated at regular intervals. The refrain
    usually appears at the end of the stanza.

    The tide rises, the tide falls, Darkens settles on roof and walls,
    The twilight darkens, the curfew calls; But the sea in the darkness calls and
    calls;
    Along the sea-sands damp and brown
    The little waves, with their soft, white
    The traveler hastens toward the town, hands,
    And the tide rises, the tide falls. Efface the footprints in the sands,
    And the tide rises, the tide falls.
    -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”
    Today’s Activity

    Search excerpts of poems which contain the following criteria:


    ❑ Poetry with Rhythm and Rhyme, poetry with rhythm and no rhyme, free verse
    ❑ Poetry (parts of poetry) with poetic devices

    Type your findings on Power Point and present to the class next week. Good luck.
    THANK YOU

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