POETRY (2)

METHAPOR, SIMILE, PERSONIFICATION, IMAGE, IMAGERY,

SYMBOL, AND ANALYSIS OF POETRY

SHINTA ARI HERDIANA

SRIYUMAHMUDA

SAPTIA PAHRINA

Metaphor – direct comparison without using the words

‘like’ or ‘as’

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Desire

Where true Love burns Desire is Love's pure flame;

It is the reflex of our earthly frame,

That takes its meaning from the nobler part,

And but translates the language of the heart."

Simile – comparison using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

A Love Poem

Your love is like a blanketthat keeps me toasty warm.

Your love is like a shieldthat protects me from all harm.Your love is like a chocolate bar,

velvet-smooth and sweetOr like some comfy house slippers

that hug my tired feet

Your heartbeat’s like a lullabyethat beckons me to sleep

You permeate my memoriesRomance from days long past

You underwrite my futurewith a love that’s made to last

I need you more than words can sayMy heart is sure and true

I’m yours until the end of timeLike, baby, I love you

Personification – giving human qualities to objects & animals

Lunch by Denise Rodgers

I'd love to take a poem to lunch

or treat it to a wholesome brunch

of fresh cut fruit and apple crunch.

I'd spread it neatly on the cloth

beside a bowl of chicken broth

and watch a mug of root beer froth.

I'd feel the words collect the mood,

the taste and feel of tempting food

popped in the mouth and slowly chewed,

and get the smell of fresh baked bread

that sniffs inside and fills our head

IMAGE AND IMAGERY

Most figures of speech cast up a picture in your mind.These pictures created or suggested by the poet are called'images'.

We speak of the pictures evoked in a poem as 'imagery'.Imagery refers to the "pictures" which we perceive with ourmind's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, and through which weexperience the "duplicate world" created by poetic language.

SYMBOL

Symbolism can give a literary work morerichness and color and can make the meaning ofthe work deeper. Symbols that usually cast a spellover the readers and are often used to enhancepoetry in motion. Symbols that create colors,waves, movements, transition, and enhance asheer poetry into a form of art.

A poem by William Blake

The Sick Rose

O Rose, thou art sick.

The invisible worm

That flies in the night

In the howling storm

Has found out thy bed

Of crimson joy,

And his dark secret love

Does thy life destroy.

ANALYSIS OF POETRY

Poetry analysis is the process of investigatinga poem's form, content, and history in aninformed way, with the aim of heightening one'sown and others' understanding and appreciationof the work. Analysis means literally picking apoem apart--looking at elements such asimagery, metaphor, poetic language, rhymescheme, and so on--in order to see how they allwork together to produce the poem's meaning.

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