Module 2

Purpose of Poetry

Poetry aims to heighten awareness, evoke emotions, and offer different perspectives.

Key Elements in Poetry Analysis

Includes rhyme, punctuation, grammar, word choice, rhetorical techniques, and multiple meanings.

Components of Verse and Rhyme

Consist of verse, stanza, rhyme scheme, end rhyme/internal rhyme, slant rhyme, masculine/feminine rhyme, free verse, and blank verse.

Meter in Poetry

Refers to the rhythmic structure of a verse, with types like iambic pentameter, anapest, trochee, and various meters.

Poetic Form

The structural design of a poem, categorized as closed form (e.g., sonnets), open form, and concrete poetry.

Types of Poetry

Includes sonnet, octave, sestet, quatrain, couplet, heroic couplet, Alexandrine, mock-heroic, epic, ballads, lyrical poetry, elegy, eulogy, ode, villanelle, sestina, epigram, doggerel, limerick, aubade, and serenade.

Meaning in Poetry

Involves denotation, connotation, and symbols to convey literal and implied meanings.

Figurative Language in Poetry

Involves assonance, consonance, diction, syntax, and the use of words in non-literal ways.

Rhetorical Techniques in Poetry

Common techniques like metaphor, simile, allusion, personification, alliteration, apostrophe, hyperbole, irony, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, sarcasm, and synecdoche.

Metaphor

A direct comparison between two things.

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as."

Allusion

A reference to an external event, person, or place.

Personification

Attributing human qualities to non-human entities.

Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds.

Apostrophe

Addressing an absent or imaginary person or entity.

Hyperbole

Exaggeration for emphasis.

Irony

A discrepancy between the intended and actual meaning.

Metonymy

A word or phrase used to stand in for another concept.

Onomatopoeia

Words that imitate sounds.

Oxymoron

A combination of contradictory terms.

Paradox

A statement that appears self-contradictory but may reveal a truth.

Sarcasm

Use of irony to mock or convey contempt.

Synecdoche

A part representing the whole or vice versa.

Iambic Pentameter

5 stresses, 10 syllables.

Hexameter

Meter with 6 stresses.

Diameter

Meter with 2 stresses.

Heptameter

Meter with 7 stresses.

Octameter

Meter with 8 stresses.

Tetrameter

Meter with 4 stresses.

Monometer

Meter with 1 stress.

Trimeter

Meter with 3 stresses.

Iambic Meter and Foot

A specific rhythmic pattern.

Anapest

2 unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.

Trochee

A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.