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1 An Introduction to Poetry
Mrs. Nadia Khawandanah

2 Poetry Traditional: is language arranged in lines, with a regular rhythm and often a definite rhyme scheme. Nontraditional: Does away with regular rhythm and rhyme, although is usually set up in lines.

3 Type Form Language

4 Lyric Narrative Dramatic
Types of Poetry Lyric Narrative Dramatic

5 Lyric Poetry Short poems that express an intense emotional response of the speaker to some person, place, object, or idea. Kinds: Sonnets, hymns, songs, odes, and elegies.

6 Narrative Poetry Tells a story. Kinds: Epic and the ballad.

7 Dramatic Poetry Poetry in which one or more characters speak.
Each speaker always addresses a specific listener. This listener may be silent, but identifiable Or may be another character who speaks in reply. Example: My Last Duchess = (dramatic monologue)

8 Form Stanza: A group of lines forming a unit in a poem. Many stanzas have a fixed pattern. The couplet .

9 Language 1- Figurative Language: Language that is not intended to interpreted in a literal sense. By appealing to the imagination, it provides new ways of looking at the world. Elements: (Figures of Speech) Metaphor, simile, and personification.

10 2- Imagery Language that appeals to any sense or any combination of senses. Visual, sound, smell, taste, feel to the touch

11 3- Sounds A- Rhyme : The repetition of sound in two or more words or phrases that usually appear close to each other. Examples: day/ May, abide/ tide, song/ long. B- Rhythm: The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern.

12 3- Onomatopoeia : The use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning. Examples: cuckoo, crow, hiss, clang.

13 References 1-Abrams M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 6th ed. Orando: Harcourt, Keach, William et. al. Adventures in English Literature. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Wonston, 1996.


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