Post on 17-Jan-2015
description
personal method of writing poetry
personal Poetry or
Lyrical Poetry
This kind of poetry is a direct
record of personal
experience and feelings of the
poet.
The poet speaks in his own voice
Kinds of Lyrical Poetry:
• Lyrics•Sonnets•Odes•Elegy
Lyrics are short poems on any
subject that record an outburst of
feeling inspired by something immediate
• Lyrics don’t have a specific structure• They are the
spontaneity of the emotion expressed
Sonnets :are a type of
lyrical poetry but are written in a
specific form
The sonnet is 14 lines of iambic
pentameter that discuss one idea
Iambic pentameter: a line of verse that has five syllables
unstressed syllable followed by a
stressed syllable
Kinds of Sonnets
Italian sonnet• Italian sonnets are
consist of 2 parts: • Part 1 : is called an
octave and consists of 8 lines
• Part 2: is called a sestet and consist of 6 lines
English Sonnet• The English sonnet
is also known as the Shakespearian sonnet and consist of 3 quatrains and a couplet
Odes: are lyrical poems with irregular meter
that describe or celebrate a special
event
Odes can be short or long but
usually tend to be lengthy
John Keats’ Odes are widely read in
English literature for example:
an Ode to a Nightingale and Ode to Autumn
Elegy:is a lyrical poem that lament the death of
someone. ( a death song)
2 Kinds of Elegies
Plain Elegy• is a poem that
expresses the feelings of grief on the death of someone
• For example: Ben Johnson’s On My Son
Pastoral Elegy• is also a lament but in
fiction. The poem describe the life of the dead person as a shepherd or a shepherdess in a country life
• Example: Shelly’s Adonais
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