POETRY HOW DOES A POET’S DICTION, SYNTAX, & FIG. LANG. CREATE TONE & THEME?

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POETRY HOW DOES A POET’S DICTION, SYNTAX, & FIG. LANG. CREATE TONE & THEME?

DICTION... WORD CHOICE POETIC FORMAL/ELEVATED/HIGH... COMPANION MIDDLE/NEUTRAL... FRIEND LOW/INFORMAL... PEEP OR BRO (SLANG, COLLOQUIAL, DIALECT) JARGON (SPORTS, MEDICAL, HOBBY, JOB, EDUCATION, ETC.) IDIOM (PUT IT IN A NUTSHELL.) CONCRETE VS. ABSTRACT NOUNS

WHICH ONE? WHAT UP, DOG? HOW DO YOU FARE TODAY, COMRADE? HOW ARE YOU? JUMP SHOT HOOPDIE BRAIN-BASED LEARNING AND GUIDED PRACTICE OF THE LESSON “THE PRIDE OF LIFE THAT PLANNED HER, STILLY COUCHES SHE.” ICE-BREAKER KICKED THE BUCKET

DENOTATION VS. CONNOTATION WHAT IS THE DENOTATION (DEFINITION) OF 9-11? HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE CONNOTATION (EMOTIONS & BAGGAGE/MEMORIES/INFORMATION ATTACHED)?

WHAT IS THE DENOTATION OF “SUMMER”? CONNOTATION? HOW ABOUT “GRADUATION”?

PERSONA OR SPEAKER NOT NECESSARILY THE POET! FICTIONAL CREATION

AMBIGUITY HALLMARK OF MODERN LITERATURE VARIETY OF INTERPRETATIONS, DELIBERATELY VAGUE OR DOUBLE MEANINGS (DOUBLE ENTENDRE)

SYNTAX... SENTENCE STRUCTURE OR LAYOUT ON THE PAGE POETIC FORMAL/ELEVATED/HIGH... VERB BEFORE SUBJECT OR PHRASES BEFORE VERB (SORT OF LIKE YODA !)YODA “A STORY OF WOE SANG SHE” OR “OF MAN’S FIRST DISOBEDIENCE... SING, HEAVENLY MUSE” (MILTON’S PARADISE LOST) OR “WHAT DIRE MIGHTY CONTESTS RISE FROM TRIVIAL THINGS, I SING.” (POPE’S “THE RAPE OF THE LOCK”) MIDDLE/NEUTRAL... AVERAGE (SUBJECT-VERB-PHRASES/ADJECTIVE ORDER) LOW/INFORMAL... (COLLOQUIAL, DIALECT)... FRAGMENTS, RUN-ONS, 2 ND PERSON APPARENT POV

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WHAT IS THE KEY ELEMENT IN TYING THE DICTION & SYNTAX TO THEME?