EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH POETRY
FROM THE 7TH CENTURYTO
THE 18TH CENTURY
JESUS MOSQUERA
INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVES• TO PROMOTE INTEREST FOR
POETRY
• TO INSPIRE MY CLASSMATE TO WRITE POEMS
• TO RECREATE LITTLE PART OF POETRY’S HISTORY AND
EVOLUTION.
METHODOLOGY
• RESEARCH• DATA ORGANITATION• RELEVANT FACTS• SUMMERY OF IDEAS• FINAL WORK
WHAT IS A POEM?• 1. A verbal composition designed to convey experien
ces, ideas, or emotions in a vivid andimaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestivepower and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.
• 2. A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language more characteristic of poetry than of prose.
SONNETS
• It is a short rhyming poem with 14 lines. Sonnets use iambic meter in each line and use line-ending rhymes
LIMERICK
• It is a five-line witty poem with a distinctive rhythm. The first, second and fifth lines, the longer lines, rhyme. The third and fourth shorter lines rhyme. (A-A-B-B-A).
Narrative
• - It is a narrative poem tells the story of an event in the form of a poem. There is a strong sense of narration, characters, and plot.
Epic
• It is a lengthy narrative poem in grand language celebrating the adventures and accomplishments of a legendary or conventional hero
Couplet
• It is two lines of verse which rhyme and form a unit alone or as part of a poem
FREE VERSE
• A Free Verse Poem does not follow any rules. Their creation is completely in the hands of the author. Rhyming, syllable count, punctuation, number of lines, number of stanzas, and line formation can be done however the author wants in order to convey the idea. There is no right or wrong way to create a Free Verse poem.
THE EARLY ENGLISH POETRY(ANGLO-SAXON
POETRY)
• WRITTEN AROUND 7TH/ 8tH CENTURY
• POEMS HAD NOT TITLE
• POEMS WERE ANONYMOUS
• PROVINENCE AND DATING WERE UNCERTAIN
• DEPENDS ON ALLITERATIVE VERSE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPTSOF THE PERIOD WERE:
CAEDMON MANUSCRIPTS
EXETER BOOK
BEOWULF MANUSCRIPT.
POETRY IN THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD
POETRY IN THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD
• Norman became standard language of courts, parliment, and polite society.
• English literature died out
14th CENTURY
• ENGLISH LITERATURE APPEAR ONCE AGAIN
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT
PIERS PLOWMAN
CONFESSIO AMANTIS
CHAUCER’S WORKS
POETRY IN ENGLAND’S RENAISSANCE
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE MOVABLE-BLOCK PRINTING BY CAXTON IN 1474
CAXTON PRINTEDCHAUCER GOWER
THOMAS WYATT AND HENRY HOWARDINTRODUCED SONNET
POETRY IN THE ELIZABETHAN PERIOD
INTRODUCTION AND ADAPTATION OF THEMES, MODELS, AND VERSE FORMS
POEMS WERE WRITTEN IN IAMBIC METERS
COURTLY POETRY
POETRY IN THE RESTORATION
satire
classicism
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