The road not taken

• offer a chance to explore something different, break away from the usual and create your own way.

(Poem)

• about making choices in life and how those decisions shape who we become.

• Reflects on the moment of choosing between two paths, knowing you can’t go back, and how the choice, whether big or small, making a lasting difference in your life.

What is literature?

refers to creations of written or spoken to express ideas, stories

• poetry

• Prose

• Drama

poetry

• uses language to evoke emotions convey ideas and point vivid descriptions

  • imagery

  • Metaphore

Elements

Verse: single line of poetry

Stanza: made up of many lines. Provides a way of changing the subject or tone “structure & flow”

Rhyme: shared sound of words at the end of two or more verses.

Meter: pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables helps create rythme.

REMEMBER:

Structuralism/Formalism is like being a detective who looks for clues within the text itself to understand its deeper meaning.

Lyric poetry is a type of poetry that expresses personal emotions or feelings. It often creates a mood or atmosphere rather than telling a story. Think of it as a musical piece that expresses feelings through words.

Unlike narrative poetry, which recounts events and tells a story, lyric poetry explores the emotions of the speaker of the poem.

• Lyric poetry originated in ancient Greek literature and was originally intended to be set to music accompanied by a musical instrument called a lyre, which resembles a small harpl

• Lyric poetry traditionally follows strict formal rules, but because there have been many different types of lyric poetry over centuries, there are now various different forms of lyric poetry.