poetry.odt

Literary genres - the part of studying genres is called genology - poetry, prose and drama POETRY I. Rhythm in poetry I. quantative prosody -- long and short syllables II. accentual prosody -- stressed and unstressed syllables with fixed number of stressed III. syllabic...

Literary genres - the part of studying genres is called genology - poetry, prose and drama POETRY I. Rhythm in poetry I. quantative prosody -- long and short syllables II. accentual prosody -- stressed and unstressed syllables with fixed number of stressed III. syllabic prosody -- uses the number of syllables in line as decisive criterion IV. accentual-syllable prosody -- uses the number of syllables and number of stresses in line to decisive criterion regular rhytmic pattern is called metre, basic unit is foot - types of feet - iamb -- unstressed + stressed - trochee -- stressed + unstressed - anapeast -- unstressed + unstressed + stressed - dactyl -- stressed + unstressed + unstressed - spondee -- stressed + stressed - Based on number of feet in the line - - monometer - dimeter - trimester - tetrameter - pentameter - hexameter - heptameter - octameter the most common in literature is iambic pentameter, other frequent metrical pattern include ballad metre and blank verse, special poetic expression is free verse Rhyme location - end rhyme - initial rhyme - internal rhyme number and quality - perfect rhymes - inperfect rhymes - eye rhymes - assonant rhymes - consonant rhymes Stanza -- unit of several lines graphically divided from the following and preceding groups of lines Genres - lyric poetry - ode -- originated from ancient Greece, long poem, **celebrating love and life** - elegy -- long poem, **tragic events**, life situation, death - hymn -- to praise **God** - sonnet -- **14-line lyric** poem - - narrative poetry - epic poem ( The Odyssey, Beowulf ) - long poem -- describes adventures of great heroes and heroines - ballad -- ussualy sad and tragic, contains refrain - dramatic poetry - typical genres include dramatic monologue/dialogue, opera, etc.