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Elementsofpoetry 100426133835 Phpapp02 5 1
Elementsofpoetry 100426133835 Phpapp02 5 1
Elementsofpoetry 100426133835 Phpapp02 5 1
FORM
SOUND DEVISES
IMAGERY
MOOD/TONE
THEME
Poetry:
Poetry is a form of writing that uses not only words,
but also form (lines and stanzas),
patterns of sound,
(rhyme, repition, and rhythm) as well as
figurative language and imagery
to convey a message, tell a story, or express the
author’s feelings or thoughts.
Any poem will include some or all of these elements.
How to analyze a poem
1. Read through for overall meaning.
Circle unknown words and look up in
dictionary
2. What information does the title
give you?
3. Read again and annotate for
elements of poetry.
4. Read a final time to determine
theme.
Form/structure
• A poem’s form is its What is the purpose of the first
appearance. Poems are stanza of “The Highwayman”?
divided into lines. Many
poems, especially longer ones, The wind was a torrent of darkness,
may also be divided into among the gusty trees.
groups of lines called stanzas. The moon was a ghostly galleon
tossed upon cloudy seas.
• Stanzas function like The road was a ribbon of moonlight
paragraphs in a story. Each over the purple moor,
one contains a single idea or And the highwayman came riding -
takes the idea one step
Riding – riding –
further.
The highwayman came riding up to
the old inn door.
Crash Boom
Bang Zip
Repetition
The repeating of a particular sound
devise to create an effect.
Sight?
Sound?
Figurative Language