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Poetry is a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm, often employing rhyme and meter. The main forms of poetry are lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry. Lyric poetry expresses personal thoughts and feelings through forms like odes, elegies, sonnets, and songs. Narrative poetry tells stories through epic poems, ballads, metrical romances, and metrical tales. Dramatic poetry portrays life through powerful and emotional language as seen in Shakespeare's plays. Other poetic forms include limericks, haiku, free verse, acrostics, sijo, tanka, and villanelles.

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Poetry PPT 3

Poetry is a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm, often employing rhyme and meter. The main forms of poetry are lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry. Lyric poetry expresses personal thoughts and feelings through forms like odes, elegies, sonnets, and songs. Narrative poetry tells stories through epic poems, ballads, metrical romances, and metrical tales. Dramatic poetry portrays life through powerful and emotional language as seen in Shakespeare's plays. Other poetic forms include limericks, haiku, free verse, acrostics, sijo, tanka, and villanelles.

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POETRY

Poetry
• It is a type of literature based on the
interplay of words and rhythm.

• It often employs rhyme and meter (a set of


rules governing the number and
arrangement of syllables in each line).
Commonly used
poetic devices:
1. Alliteration
2. Assonance
3. Imagery
4. Onomatopoeia
5. Personification
6. Rhyme
Forms of Poetry
Lyric Poetry
Narrative Poetry
Dramatic Poetry
1. LYRIC POETRY
✔ is a kind of poetry that expresses
personal thoughts and feelings.

Examples:ode, elegy, sonnet, song


Examples are:
❑ Ode is a poem in which a person
expresses a strong feeling of love or
respect for someone or something

❑ Elegy is a poem that expresses sorrow for


someone who is dead
ODE
ELEG
Y
❖ Sonnet is a poem made up of 14
lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern

❖ Song is a poetical composition that


creates melody for a lyric poem
SONNET
SONG
Auld Lang Syne
Dougie MacLean is the home for me?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot


And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear


For auld lang syne
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For days of auld lang syne
2. NARRATIVE POETRY
✔ is a kind of poetry that tells a story in
richly imaginative and rhythmical
language
Examples: epic, ballad, metrical
romance, metrical tale
Examples of Narrative
Poetry
Epic is a poem that tells a story about a
hero or a heroine and their adventures.

Ballad a poem that tells a story about a


famous person or event in rhythmic
verse.
EPIC
❑ Excerpt from Beowulf:
❑ Shield was still thriving when his time came 
and he crossed over into the Lord's keeping. 
His warrior band did what he bade them 
when he laid down the law among the Danes: 
they shouldered him out to the sea's flood, 
the chief they revered who had long ruled
them. 
Example of a Ballad
Metrical tale is a narrative poem which is
written in verse that relates to real or
imaginary events in simple, straight
forward language, from a wide range of
subjects, characters, life experiences, and
emotional situations.
Example of a Metrical Tale
Thoughts of the Day
We have a laugh, and drink a beer,
Play some golf, and hunt for deer.

Your patience and wisdom, is without test,


Your confidence and clarity, is at its best.

Mentor and Dad, is what you are,


Saved and glad, your faith will go far.

I’m thankful and blessed, with a father like you,


Proud at its best, for the little things that you do.

Love and care, are words that I say,


Friendship to share, on Happy Father’s Day!
A Metrical romance is a kind of
poetry dealing with the emotions or
phase of life and the story is told in
a simple, straightforward and
realistic manner. It has a happy
ending whether love is involved or
not.
Example of a Metrical romance
DRAMATIC POETRY
✔ it is poetry that portrays life and
character through action in
powerful, emotion –packed lines
such as those in Shakespeare’s
plays.
Other Forms of Poetry
1.Limerick – a five line witty poem
with a distinctive rhythm. The first,
second and fifth longer lines, rhyme.
The third and fourth shorter lines
rhyme. ( A-A-B-B-A )
2. HAIKU an unrhymed verse form of
Japanese origin having three lines
containing usually five, seven and five
syllables respectively.
3. Free Verse a poem that does not follow
any rules. Their creation is completely in the
hands of the author. Rhyming, syllable
count, punctuation, number of lines, number
of stanzas and line formation can be done
however the author wants in order
to convey the idea.
4. Acrostic –a composition usually
in verse in which sets of letters ( as
the initial or the final letters of the
lines) taken in order form a word or
phrase or a regular sequence of
letters of the alphabet.
5. SIJO is a Korean traditional poetic
form that may be narrative or
thematic and introduces a situation
in line 1, development in line 2,and
twist and conclusion in line 3.
6. Tanka is also a Japanese
poem containing 5 lines with
5-7-5-7-7 syllables
7. Villanelle is a nineteen-line
poetic form consisting of 5
tercets followed by a quatrain. It
is noted as a form that treats
the subject of obsessions.
Take note:
FORMS OF POETRY
1. Lyric Poetry -personal thoughts or
feelings
2. Narrative Poetry- narrates a story
3. Dramatric Poetry- portrays life,
through emotioned-
packed lines
OTHER FORMS OF POETRY
1. Limerick > 5. Sijo
2. Haiku > 6. Tanka
3. Free Verse > 7. Villanelle
4. Acrostic
THAT’S ALL,
THANK YOU!!

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