poetry

- a literary type written in

verses that make up stanzas

- a compact language that

expresses
complex feelings
ELEMEN
OF
TS
POETRY
 Elements of poetry
SOUND
creative use of

03
words by the
01 poets to imitate
sound
SENSE
02
STRUCTURE
words, images, arrangement of words
and lines to fit
and symbols together, and the
organization of the
parts from the whole
 SENSE
a. Diction refers to the denotative and
connotative meanings of the lines of
poetry.
b. Images and Sense
Impressions pertain to the choice
of words used to create sensory images
SOUND
a. Rhythm refers to the order alteration of
strong and weak elements in the flow of
sound and silence.
b. Meter pertains to the duration, stress, or
number of syllables per line.
c. Rhyme Scheme defines the formal
arrangement of rhymes in a stanza of the whole
STRUCTUR
E Order refers to the natural
a. Word
arrangement of words in each verse.
b. Punctuation pertains to the use of
punctuation marks to clearly indicate
emotions.
c. Shape defines the poet’s choice of
contextual and visual design, omission of
spaces, capitalization, and lower case.
STRUCTUR
E refers to the poet’s or speaker’s
d. Tone
attitude toward the subject, toward the
reader, or toward himself.
e. Voice explains the speaking persona
in poetry where specific characters are not
indicated as the speaker.
 love is more thicker than forget
by E.E. Cummings

love is more thicker than love is less always than to win

forget
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is
wet
more frequent than to fail
 
it is most mad and moonly
and less it shall unbe
than all the sea which only
is deeper than the sea
less never than alive
less bigger than the least begin
less littler than forgive
 
it is most sane and sunly
and more it cannot die
than all the sky which only
is higher than the sky
 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And both that morning equally lay
And sorry I could not travel both In leaves no step had trodden black.
And be one traveler, long I stood Oh, I kept the first for another day!
And looked down one as far as I could Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
To where it bent in the undergrowth; I doubted if I should ever come back.
   
Then took the other, as just as fair, I shall be telling this with a sigh
And having perhaps the better claim, Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Because it was grassy and wanted Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
wear; I took the one less traveled by,
Though as for that the passing there And that has made all the difference.
Had worn them really about the same,
 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
by Robert Frost

Two roads / di verged / in a yel / low wood,

And sor / ry I could / not tra / vel both
And be / one tra ve / ler, long / I stood
And looked / down one / as far / as I could
To where / it bent / in the un / der growth;
 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
by Robert Frost

Two roads / di verged / in a yel / low wood,

And sor / ry I could / not tra / vel both
And be / one tra ve / ler, long / I stood
And looked / down one / as far / as I could
To where / it bent / in the un / der growth;

IAMBIC TETRAMETER
 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow And both that morning equally lay
wood, In leaves no step had trodden black.
And sorry I could not travel both Oh, I kept the first for another day!
And be one traveller, long I stood Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
And looked down one as far as I I doubted if I should ever come back.
could  
To where it bent in the undergrowth; I shall be telling this with a sigh
  Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Then took the other, as just as fair, Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
And having perhaps the better claim, I took the one less travelled by,
Because it was grassy and wanted And that has made all the difference.
wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the A B AA B
same,
 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow And both that morning equally lay
wood, In leaves no step had trodden black.
And sorry I could not travel both Oh, I kept the first for another day!
And be one traveller, long I stood Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
And looked down one as far as I I doubted if I should ever come back.
could  
To where it bent in the undergrowth; I shall be telling this with a sigh
  Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Then took the other, as just as fair, Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
And having perhaps the better claim, I took the one less travelled by,
Because it was grassy and wanted And that has made all the difference
wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the
same,
 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
by Robert Frost

The tone of the poem is serious.