How to Sound Smart When Talking about Poetry

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How to Sound Smart When Talking about Poetry

The Basics Diction: the words Imagery: the pictures they make in your head Figurative Language: the literary devices you use to build your meaning Syntax: the order of your words and the way they’re punctuated

Diction Voice: the individual writing style of an author, a combination of their common usage of syntax, diction, punctuation, character development, dialogue, etc., within a given body of text Speaker: where the voice is coming from Persona: the “character” of that voice Agency: the power that character has to take action; the ability of the “I” to do something. Word Choice: the poet’s particular selection of vocabulary; defines the tone Tone: the speaker’s opinion on the subject as portrayed by the word choice Sonics: the vocal quality of the piece; how it sounds when read aloud; i.e. alliteration, assonance, consonance, etc.

Imagery The pictures called into the reader’s head as she reads the words. This is very important. The best poems rely on a mix of voice and imagery. The worst don’t paint a picture in the reader’s head.

Figurative Language Symbolism: a concrete image that represents an abstract concept Allusion: a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. Metaphors: a comparison of two things without the phrase like or as. Juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. There are many, many, MANY literary terms. http://www.bathcsd.org/webpages/edepartment/literary_terms.cfm http://literary-devices.com/ http://literarydevices.net/

Syntax Sentence structure Meter: the rhythmic pattern in a line of verse Feet: the units of that rhythm We will go over this in more detail later. Line: a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin. Stanza: like a paragraph in a poem End-stopped: when a line is punctuated at the end, as with a period or semicolon Caesura: a pause or break in the middle of a line of poetry Penultimate: a fancy word that means next-to-last.

Clichés: using words or phrases that we’ve all heard before. http://literarydevices.net/cliche/ Why is this bad? Clichés make poetry sound stale and unexciting. Some particularly heinous ones involve describing bruises, blood, beating hearts, and sorrow. “Blood tears” in particular makes me cringe. Please avoid this kind of writing. Try to think of something fresh to say. When in doubt, Google it.