Written Report
Written Report
Written Report
Introduction
In the previous lesson, you have learned about the survey of the poetry
authors and their unique styles. Today, let’s move on the topic about the language of
poetry. The language of poetry is a distinctive form of literary expression that
employs language in a unique way to create meaning and emotion.
Language of Poetry
Poetry uses language in many different ways. By noticing the techniques
poets use with language, it becomes easier to understand and talk about a poem. If
you are a writer, consider using some of these language techniques to emphasize
certain ideas, themes or images.
What you’ll most likely notice first about a poem is its form, or the distinctive way the
words are arranged on the page. Included in a poem’s form are its graphic elements, such as
the length and placement of lines and the way they are grouped into stanzas. Similar to a
paragraph in narrative writing, each stanza conveys a unified idea and contributes to a poem’s
overall meaning.
2 Form of Poems
Traditional Follow fixed rules, such as specified numbers of lines.
Has a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme.
Includes following forms: sonnet, ode, haiku, limerick, ballad and
epic.
Organic Does not have a regular pattern of rhythm and may not rhyme.
Use unconventional spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Includes following forms: free verse, and concrete poetry.
Sound Devices
Like music language has rhythm. In poetry, the pattern of stressed and unstressed
syllables in each line creates the rhythm.
Rhyme, also enhances the musical quality of poem. It can occur at the ends of lines as
end rhyme or within lines as internal rhyme, perfect rhymes concluding consonant and vowel
sound rhyme and inexact (near) rhymes.
Onomatopoeia words that imitate a sound; a verbal echo of the action being described, such as buzz, hum,
slap.
“I hear quiet clicks, cups of black coffee, click, click like facts” “Sonrisas” Pat Mora
2. Simile
A comparison device where “like” or “as” is used as the clause.
Example: The door of winter is frozen shut.
—from “Wind Chill” by Linda Pastan
3. Apostrophe
Words that are addressed to an absent or imaginary person, an
object, or an abstract thought.
4. Personifications
A description of an object, an animal, a place, or an idea in human terms.
Example: Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so.
—from “Sonnet 10” by John Donne
5. Hyperbole
an exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect.
Example: Here once the embattled farmers stood
Imagery Plain and simple, imagery is the word used to describe the
types of images a poet uses throughout the poem.
Example:
Summary
Poetry is a unique style of literary expression that uses language to convey
meaning and emotion. It discusses how poetry uses language in a variety of ways,
including form, sound techniques, imagery, and figurative language. Metaphor,
simile, apostrophe, personification, and hyperbole are examples of figurative
language used in poetry. Furthermore, the use of imagery in poetry and how it
might contribute to the overall meaning of a poem are significant.
Overall, the study strives to improve the reader's understanding and
appreciation of poetry by providing insight into the particular ways in which
language is used in this form of literature.
References
https://ucps.instructure.com ›
Most, G. W. (1993). The Languages of Poetry. New Literary History, 24(3), 545.
https://doi.org/10.2307/469422
Prepared by:
Dologuin, Rutchell M.