2. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Visual Overview of Poetry Presentation

3. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Please don’t groan… …yet

4. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Overview and Objectives What is the point of writing and reading poetry? Or is it only for people like that? I am soooo smart!

5. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation What is Poetry? Poetry vs. Prose Rhythm and Meter Imagery

6. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Good Form and Content Do you have what it takes? Vs. Bad

7. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Creating Poetry Authors Audiences Contexts

8. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Let me explain… Genres Movements Forms (No, no time. Let me sum up!)

9. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Anglo-Saxon and Middle English Alliteration Types Simple Themes

10. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Sonnets Renaissance Origins Two Types Love

11. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Romantic Lyrical Individualism Nature

12. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Humorous Epigrams Limericks Satire

13. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation Modern The Time Period Existential Narrowed focus

14. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation And so we return… Why we read poetry Why we write poetry Its purpose and use in society More information So wait… what am I supposed to be doing?

15. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ~William Hazlitt General Overview Examples and Genres Poetry: A Presentation