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Poetry 5.

Symbolism
- Is a form of art in which language is used for its - Virtual substances and themes to
aesthetic and evocative qualities with or without express the deep hidden meaning
its apparent meaning. behind the words.
- Derived from Greek word poieses meaning - Gives a more reflective empathy to the
making or creating poem.
Poems 2 levels of symbolism:
- Are literary attempts to share personal 1. Literal
experiences and feelings. 2. Figurative
Epic of Gilgamesh 6. Alliteration
- The oldest surviving poem from the 3rd - The repetition of initial consonant
millennium BC in Sumer(Mesopotamia, now sounds in two or more neighboring
Iraq) words or syllables.
- Written in cuneiform script on clay tablets and 7. Figures of speech
later, papyrus. - Used when words and phrases that
Greek Epics: help the reader to picture ordinary
1. Iliad and Odyssey things in new ways are chosen in
Indian Epics: poetic lines
1. Ramayana and the Mahabharata 8. Imagery
GENRES OF POETRY: - More than a visual detail, imagery
1. Narrative poetry includes sounds, textures, feel, odors,
Tells a story and sometimes even tastes. Selection
Oldest genre of poetry of concrete details is the poets way of
Include epics, ballads, idylls and lays giving his reader a sensory image. By
2. Epic Poetry means of images, the poet makes the
In recounts, in a continuous narrative, reader think about the meaning of the
the life and works of heroic or poem.
mythological person or group of Another important thing to know:
persons. 1. Stanza- consists of two or more lines of poetry
3. Dramatic Poetry that together form one of the divisions of a
Written in verse to be spoken or sung, poem.
in appears in varying and sometimes 2. Couplets- stanzas of only two lines which usually
related forms in many cultures. rhyme
4. Satirical Poetry 3. Tercets- stanzas of three lines.
A punch od an insult delivered in verse 4. Quatrains- stanzas of four lines.
Often written for political purposes
A notable example is the Roman Poet
Juvenal
5. Lyric Poetry
Portrays the poet's own feelings, state
of mind, and perceptions.
Derived from the word "lyre; implies
that it is intended to be sung
Includes sonnets, elegy, ballads, odes,
villanelles and pastorals.
BASIC ELEMENTS OF POETRY:
1. Rhythm
Is the actual sound that results from a line of
poetry.
2. Meter- is the regularized and pattern rhythm
based on stressed and unstressed syllables.
Often scanned based on the arrangement of
poetic feet into lines.
3. Rhyme- consists of identical (hard-rhyme) or
similar (soft-rhyme) sounds placed at the ends of
lines or at predictable locations within lines
(internal rhyme).
4. Theme- can be described as the soul of a poem.

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