POESIA VERIFICA 1

Poetic Text Characteristics

• Poetry employs evocative language and imagery to convey emotions, thoughts, and experiences.
• Poets create a world of meaning through carefully chosen words and structures.

Poetic Language

• Denotation: Refers to the literal, dictionary definition of a word.
• Connotation: Refers to the implied or suggested meaning of a word, often based on personal associations or cultural understanding.

Subjects in Poetry

• Real Subjects: Actual individuals or events that serve as inspiration for the poem.
• Fictional Subjects: Imaginary characters or events created by the poet.

Parafrasi (Paraphrase)

• A paraphrase is a restatement of a text in simpler language.
• It aims to clarify the meaning of a complex or difficult text.
• Derived from the Greek word "para" (beside) and "phrasis" (speech).

Metrical Matrix

• The metrical matrix is a table that outlines the specific rhythm and rhyme scheme of a poem.

Rhythm

• Rhythm in poetry is determined by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a line.

Types of Words

• Oxytone: Word with stress on the last syllable.
• Paroxytone: Word with stress on the penultimate syllable.
• Proparoxytone: Word with stress on the antepenultimate syllable.

Versification

• Versification: The art of composing verses.
• Versi a Maggiore: Verses with main stresses on the 6th and 10th syllables.
• Versi a Minore: Verses with the main stresses on the 4th and 8th syllables.

Poetic Figures

• Metrical Figures: Variations in rhythm and stress within a line of verse, used for poetic effect.

Rhyme

• Rhyme: The repetition of similar sounds, often in the final syllables of words.
• Hypermetric Rhyme: An extra syllable added at the end of a line that rhymes with the next.
• Rich Rhyme: A rhyme with additional internal rhymes.
• Identical Rhyme: Two words that are spelled and pronounced the same.
• Equivocal Rhyme: Words that share a similar sound but have different meanings.
• Rimamezzo (Half rhyme) : Rhyme between the final two syllables of words.
• Internal Rhyme: Rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry.

Rhyme Schemes

• AABB: Each line rhymes with the one following it.
• ABAB: Lines alternate between two rhyming pairs.
• ABBA: Used often in sonnets, the rhyme scheme is ABBA for the first quatrain, CDECDE for the second, and EFEFGG for the last.

Cesura and Enjambment

• Cesura: A pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation.
• Enjambment: When a line of poetry continues onto the next without a pause.

Functions of Cesura and Enjambment

• Cesura: Adds emphasis, slows down the reading pace, and can break up a line to create a more concise structure.
• Enjambment: Creates a sense of movement, links lines together, and can mimic natural speech patterns.

Versification Techniques

• Free Verse: Poetry that does not follow a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme.
• Blank Verse: Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
• Sciolti Verses (Loose Verses): Verses that are not bound by a specific metrical pattern.

Sonnet

• A type of poem with 14 lines; typically written in iambic pentameter, consisting of three quatrains (four lines) and a final couplet (two lines).
• They often follow a specific rhyme scheme.