THE ELEMENTS OF POETRYTHE ELEMENTS OF POETRY

FORMFORM

Physical form:Sound devices

Structural devicesTypes of poetry

Mental form:Sense devices

Logical sequenceassociation

Physical FormPhysical Form

Types of PoetryTypes of Poetry

Lyric:General DramaticPastoralSonnet

Odeelegy

Narrative:Epic

BalladMetrical tales

LANGUAGELANGUAGE

Denotation(meaning in dictionary)

Connotation:Figures of speech

Imageryallusion

FIGURES OF SPEECH:FIGURES OF SPEECH: - metonymy- metonymy - paradox- paradox - overstatement (hyperbole)- overstatement (hyperbole) - understatement- understatement - irony- irony - synecdoche- synecdoche - symbol- symbol - allegory- allegory - pleonasm- pleonasm - etc- etc

IMAGERYIMAGERY

Kinds Kinds of imagery:of imagery:SimileSimile

MetaphorMetaphorpersonificationpersonification

Types of imagery:Visual

Auditorytactile

C. ALLUSION:C. ALLUSION: - a reference to something in - a reference to something in historyhistory or or previous literatureprevious literature - - a means of reinforcinga means of reinforcing the emotion or the the emotion or the ideas ideas of one’s own work withof one’s own work with the emotion the emotion or ideas of another work or occasionor ideas of another work or occasion - varies widely in the - varies widely in the amount of relianceamount of reliance that the poet puts on to convey the that the poet puts on to convey the meaning of the poemmeaning of the poem

3. THEME3. THEME

- the central idea of the poem- the central idea of the poem

- the experience communicated to the - the experience communicated to the

readersreaders

4. RHYME4. RHYME

5. RHYTHM5. RHYTHM

6. TONE6. TONE

MEANINGMEANING

detailedgeneral

MEETING AT NIGHTMEETING AT NIGHTThe gray sea and the long black land;The gray sea and the long black land;

And the yellow half-moon large and low;And the yellow half-moon large and low;And the startled little waves that leapAnd the startled little waves that leap

In fiery ringlets from their sleep, In fiery ringlets from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, As I gain the cove with pushing prow,

And quench its speed i’ the slushy sand.And quench its speed i’ the slushy sand.

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;Three fields to cross till a farm appears;Three fields to cross till a farm appears;

A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratchA tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratchAnd blue spurt of a lighted match,And blue spurt of a lighted match,

And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,Than the two hearts beating each to each!Than the two hearts beating each to each!

Robert Brownings (1812-1889) Robert Brownings (1812-1889)