2. What is
poetry?

3. A form of art in which
language is used for
its aesthetic and
evocative qualities
with or without its
apparent meaning.

4. It is derived from
the Greek word
poiesis, meaning
"making" or
"creating‖

5. often uses particular
forms and conventions
to expand the literal
meaning of the
words, or to evoke
emotional or sensual
responses

6. What are
the
origins of
poetry?

7. Many ancient works, from
the Vedas to the
Odyssey, appear to have
been composed in poetic
form to aid memorization
and oral transmission, in
prehistoric and ancient
societies.

8. The oldest surviving poem is the Epic of
Gilgamesh, from the 3rd millennium BC in
Sumer (Mesopotamia, now Iraq), which was
written in cuneiform script on clay tablets
and, later, papyrus.

9. Other ancient epic poetry includes the
Greek epics, Iliad and Odyssey, and
the Indian epics, Ramayana and the
Mahabharata.

10. What are
the
genres of
poetry?

11. POETIC GENRES
Narrative
Poetry
Satirical
Poetry
Epic
Poetry
Lyric
Poetry
Dramatic
Poetry

12. Narrative Poetry
Tells a story
May be the oldest genre
of poetry
Includes
epics, ballads, idylls and
lays

14. Epic Poetry
It
recounts,
in
a
continuous narrative, the
life and works of a heroic
or mythological person or
group of persons.

15. Dramatic Poetry
Is drama written in verse
to be spoken or sung, and
appears in varying and
sometimes related forms in
many cultures.
uses the discourse of the
characters involved to tell a
story or portray a situation.

16. Satirical Poetry
A punch of an insult
delivered in verse
often written for political
purposes.
A notable example is that
of
the
Roman
poet
Juvenal.

17. Lyric Poetry
Portrays the poet's own
feelings, state of mind, and
perceptions.
Derived from the word
"lyre―; implies that it is
intended to be sung
Includes
sonnets, elegy, ballads, odes
, villanelles and pastourelles

18. What are
the basic
elements of
poetry?

19. Basic Elements of Poetry
RHYTHM
is the actual
sound that
results from a
line of poetry.

20. Basic Elements of Poetry
RHYTHM
the pattern of
stressed and
unstressed
syllables in a
line.

21. RHYTHM
THUS, when we describe
the rhythm of a poem, we
―scan‖ the poem and mark
the
stresses
(/)
and
absences of stress (^) and
count the number of feet.

22. Kinds of feet (English):
Iamb — unstressed syllable (^)
followed by a stressed syllable
(/)
iamb
^
The
(^/)
/^
/
^
/^
/
^/^
/
^
/
falling
out
of
faithful
friends
renewing
is
of
love

23. Trochee — one
syllable
followed
unstressed syllable
stressed
by
an
trochee (/^)
/^
Double,
/^
double
/
^
toil
and
/^
trouble

24. Anapest
(^^/)
—
two
unstressed syllables followed
by one stressed syllable
anapest
^
^
/^
^
/
I
am monarch of all
^
^/
I
survey

25. Dactyl (/^^) — one stressed
syllable followed by two
unstressed syllables
dactyl (/^^)
/
^
^
/ ^^
Take
her
up
tenderly

26. Spondee (//)
— two
together
stressed
syllables
Pyrrhic (^^)
– two unstressed syllables
together (rare, usually used to
end dactylic hexameter)

27. Spondee and pyrrhic are called
feet, even though they contain
only one kind of stressed
syllable. They are never used as
the sole meter of a poem. But
inserted now and then, they can
lend emphasis and variety to a
meter.

28. /
^ ^
/
^
^
Tossed by the tempest from
/
/^
/
pole unto pole;

29. Basic Elements of Poetry
METER
the
number of
feet in a
line

30. Basic Elements of Poetry
METER
Meter is the
definitive
pattern
established for a
verse (such as
iambic
pentameter)

31. Basic Elements of Poetry
METER
is often
scanned based
on the
arrangement
of "poetic feet"
into lines.

32. Commonly used names
for line lengths
monometer 1 foot
pentameter
5 feet
dimeter
2 feet
hexameter
6 feet
trimeter
3 feet
heptameter
7 feet
octameter
8 feet
tetrameter 4 feet

33. Some examples of metric system
Iambic pentameter. It contains
five feet per line, in which the
predominant kind of foot is the
"iamb‖
Dactylic hexameter. It has six
feet per line, of which the
dominant kind of foot is the
dactyl.

34. REMEMBER!
1 foot = 1 syllable with a
stress and 1or 2 syllables
without a stress.
trochee (/^)
/^
Double,
/^
double
/
^
toil
and
/^
trouble

35. iamb (^/)
^
The
/^
/
falling out
^
/^
/
^/^
/
^
/
of faithful friends renewing is of love
Number of feet: 7
Meter: IAMBIC
HEPTAMETER

36. anapest
^
^
/^
^
/
I
am monarch of all
Number of feet: 3
Meter: ANAPESTIC
TRIMETER
^
^/
I
survey

37. dactyl (/^^)
/
^
^
/ ^^
Take
her
up
tenderly
Number of feet: 2
Meter: DACTYLLIC
DIMETER

38. TRY THE
FOLLOWING
SCANSION
EXERCISES!

39. #1
If this be error and upon me proved
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
#2
Alas! What hereby shall I win
If he gainsay me?

40. #3
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass
So deep in love am I:
And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

41. #4
Continuous, as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:

42. Basic Elements of Poetry
RHYME
consists of identical
(hard-rhyme) or
similar (soft-rhyme)
sounds placed at the
ends of lines or at
predictable locations
within lines (internal
rhyme).

43. Basic Elements of Poetry
THEME
can be
described as
the soul of a
poem

44. Basic Elements of Poetry
THEME
what the poet
wants to
express
through his
words.

45. Basic Elements of Poetry
THEME
may either be a
thought, a
feeling, an
observation, a
story or an
experience.

46. Basic Elements of Poetry
SYMBOLISM
virtual
substances and
themes to
express the
deep hidden
meaning behind
the words.

47. Basic Elements of Poetry
SYMBOLISM
The use of
symbolism gives
a more reflective
empathy to the
poem.

48. Basic Elements of Poetry
ALLITERATION
the repetition of
initial consonant
sounds in two or
more neighboring
words or
syllables.

49. Basic Elements of Poetry
ALLITERATION
several words in a
line may be
beginning from the
same word for
example 'musical
melody of the
mystic minstrels'.

50. Basic Elements of Poetry
FIGURES OF
SPEECH
Used when words
and phrases that
help the reader to
picture ordinary
things in new ways
are chosen in
poetic lines

51. Another important thing to
know
STANZA
consists of two or
more lines of
poetry that
together form one
of the divisions of
a poem.

52. COUPLETS
stanzas of only
two lines which
usually rhyme
TERCETS
stanzas of three
lines.
QUATRAINS
stanzas of four
lines.