Saturday, April 30, 2011

Lines

Def: it is what separate the lines in between.

Ex:
I am absolute;
'Twas very Cloten.



There's a line separates in between the sentence.


Sig: lines divide up ideas and makes them easier and clearer to understand.

Meter

Def: repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables


Ex: hat time | of year | thou mayst | in me | behold


Sig: meter makes the poem sounds better when read aloud and sometimes makes the poem meaningful to the readers. 

Elegy

Def: a type of poem to grief somebody

Ex:
poets of centuries,
their words ever so
-eloquent
whisper their lives
which
Result in catastrophe
but preserve them forever
-in elegy 



Sig: elegy is use for honoring the people who had died. it shows deep sorrow of the poet.

Onomatopoeia

Def: a word that represent a sound:

Ex: Water = splash
       wood break = crack
       bee = buzz

Sign: this will make the reader sense better the sound of your poem.

Symbol

Def: an picture that stand for word.

Ex: Dove = peace
       Heart = love

Sign: It help reader know more about what you're trying to say.

Couplet

Def: pair of lines in of meter.

Ex: Love is
being happy for the other person
when they are happy
being sad for the person
when they are sad
being together in good times
and being together in bad times
Love is the source of strength

Love is
being honest with yourself at all times
being honest with the other person at all times
telling, listening, respecting the truth
and never pretending
Love is the source of reality

Sign: Couple sometimes make the reader confuse by it rhyme scheme.

Personalfication

Def: When the poet give a human characteristic to an object:

Ex: This computer is nut.

Sign: This figured of speech make the reader interested and make the action clearer.

Speaker

Def: the person who read out loud the poem to the other. It's not always the poet who read the poem.

Ex: I have read out loud Whitman poem to the whole class.

Sign: Speaker can spread the poet's poem to the whole other audience.

Tone

Def: mood of the poem

Ex:      Green frog,
  • Is your body also
  • freshly painted?
  • Sick and feverish
  • Glimpse of cherry blossoms
  • Still shivering.
  • This tone is Curious.

Sign: Mood of the poem make the poet to express his mood to his reader easier.

Extended metaphor

Def: it's a compared between 2 unlike things but extend in whole poem or stanza.

Ex: John is like a bomb/He is waiting to explode./The bomb is full of anger;/he has a short fuse./He may go off at any time.


Sign: This poetry device help the reader image the picture better. 


Stanza

Def: Stanza is make up of 2 or more lines in a poem. It have rhyme or rhythm in common.

Ex: Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me. 


Sign: stanza is separate by lines. Some stanza use to said one small topic in a whole large idea that the poet want send his/her reader.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Rhythm

Def: rhythm is the word came from greek mean measure motion.

Ex: This is the | forest pri | meval, the | murmuring | pine and the | hemlock

Sign: Rhythm make the poem more musical and the reader will enjoy reading it.

Rhyme

Def: the repetition of sound after a word in two or more line.

Ex:       I miss you in the morning; /I miss you late at night./Just to think about you

Is my joy and my delight./I can't wait to see you;
Please hurry and come back./
You always make me happy;/You have that special knack!


Sign: Rhyme is the best part in poetry, it make reader read smoother and find that rhyme is cool.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Interpretation

Def : the understanding of something.

Ex : Charlie Gordon thinks a blob of ink is somewhat an octopus.

Sign : Helps the readers to understand the message the poet is giving throughout the poem.

Simile

Def : compared 2 things using as, like or than.

Ex : His voice is louder than an airplane.

Sign : This way of writing help the reader easier to image the picture of the story.

Metaphor

Def : writing compared two things that is similar in something.

Ex : His student is like a puppet in a string.

Significance : we can simpered 2 thing so that the reader understand more about what we write about.

Imagery

Def : image or picture.

Example : This imagery remind me of when I was young.

Significance: imagery is all around us, each remind us of something has past.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Poetry


Definition: an art of literal writing or spoken which rhymes. Poetry helps express ideas or provoke imagery of one’s mind.

Example:
Learning out and learning in
both from now and here begin.
Going back to change the clock
yesterday’s secrets will not unlock.
Writing plans on your diary’s page
makes nothing happen (except old age) .

Singing old songs, 
reciting old parts, 
rights no wrongs, 
breeds more false starts. 



Significance: Poetry is the same as other types of art which is written or spoken in language arts. Poetry should be appreciated and studied about just like the other. Poetry is written for entertainment. A poem could be sang into a ballad which is kind of another level of poetry.