Structural Elements in Poetry PDF

Poetry uses language to evoke emotions, convey ideas, and paint vivid descriptions. It is typically structured with a pattern and may include rhymes.  Refers to various parts of poetry, such as a single line of poetry, a stanza, or the entire poem.  Rhymed Verse Blank Verse F...

Poetry uses language to evoke emotions, convey ideas, and paint vivid descriptions. It is typically structured with a pattern and may include rhymes.  Refers to various parts of poetry, such as a single line of poetry, a stanza, or the entire poem.  Rhymed Verse Blank Verse Free Verse  The most common and it usually has a metrical form that rhymes throughout.  It is described to have a metrical form but no rhyme. It is described to have no set meter but may or may not be rhymed. Literally, a single row of text in a poem. A stanza is made up of many lines.  Monostich Quintain Couplet Sestet Tercet Septet Quatrain Octave  It often refers to the shared sound of words at the end of two or more verses, which creates a poem’s rhythm.  End Rhyme Rich Rhyme Internal Rhyme Eye Rhyme Slant Rhyme Identical Rhyme  It is any rhyme that occurs at the end of a line of verse, final word or syllables. “Roses are red, violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, and so are you.” “Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the Night;” Are rhyming words that occur within the same line of verse. “I drove myself to the lake and dove into the water.”  “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.”  Involves the repetition of similar consonant or vowel sounds.  consonance “country” and “contra” assonance “crate” and “braid”  “Lots of folk live up lanes With fires in a bucket, Eat windfalls and tinned sardines- They seem to like it.”  Involves words that are pronounced the same but not spelled alike and have different meanings.  “vary” and “very” “break” and “brake”  “two” and “too” “ball” and “bawl”  Include any words that look the same but sound different. “through” and “rough” “Christ” and “wrist” “The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” ‘Tis the last rose of Summer, Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone… Simply using the same word twice. In some cases, the repeated word refers to a different meaning. “There must be a better way No barriers do I see in the way” “We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground — The Roof was scarcely visible — The Cornice — in the Ground.” It is the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables. It helps create rhythm and musicality. Basic unit of measurement of a meter.  The repeated sequences of meter composed of two or more stressed (accented) and unstressed (unaccented) syllables.  The study of meter or the arrangement of beats (and how many there are).  STRESSED SYLLABLES AND UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES  Strong syllables. The stressed syllables are marked with a slash (/).  are long have a pitch change have full vowel sounds  Weak syllables. The unstressed syllables are marked with a dash (-).  are short often have a reduced vowel sound  ACCENTED SYLLABLES AND UNACCENTED SYLLABLES  are pronounced slightly louder and with a higher pitch than unaccented syllables  are pronounced slightly softer and with a lower pitch than accented syllables 1. house (n.) house 2. well (adj.) well 3. near (adv.) near 4. drink (v.) drink 5. in (prep.) in 6. he (pro.) he 7. wow (interj.) wow 8. and (conj.) and 1. parent (n.) par·ent 2. quiet (adj.) qui·et 3. seldom (adv.) sel·dom 4. embrace (v.) em·brace 1. today (adv.) to·day 2. ahead (adv.) a·head 1. energy en·er·gy 2. operate op·er·ate 3. organize or·gan·ize 1. tomato to·ma·to 2. assumption as·sump·tion 3. fantastic fan·tas·tic 1. volunteer vol·un·teer 2. personnel per·son·nel 3. Japanese Jap·a·nese 1. psychology psy·chol·o·gy 2. evaporate e·vap·o·rate 3. certificate cer·tif·i·cate 1. politician pol·i·ti·cian 2. individual in·di·vid·u·al 3. reputation rep·u·ta·tion 1. orderly or·der·ly 2. lovingly lov·ing·ly 3. manager man·ag·er 4. easier eas·i·er 1. record (n.) rec·ord 2. record (v.) re·cord 3. desert (n.) des·ert 4. desert (v.) de·sert 5. dessert (n.) des·sert 1. mustache (US) mus·tache 2. mustache (UK) mus·tache 3. vaccine (US) vac·cine 4. vaccine (UK) vac·cine  Monometer - metrical line of verse with 1 foot Dimeter - metrical line of verse with 2 feet  Trimeter - metrical line of verse with 3 feet Tetrameter - metrical line of verse with 4 feet  Pentameter - metrical line of verse with 5 feet Hexameter - metrical line of verse with 6 feet  Heptameter - metrical line of verse with 7 feet Octameter - metrical line of verse with 8 feet Two Syllables Three Syllables Iamb Anapest Trochee Dactyl Spondee Amphibrach Pyrrhic contains one unstressed and one stressed syllable The bar as much contains one stressed and one unstressed syllable Down the brother contains two stressed syllables  Be near blood creeps contains two unstressed syllables  To a and the consists of three beats, two unstressed and one stressed  On the hill like the wolf  consists of three beats, one stressed and two unstressed picture your All in the  follow a pattern of unstressed, stressed, and unstressed  The figure was walking Dimeter Train chugs onwards Trimeter The mouse ran up the clock. Dimeter Train chugs / onwards Trimeter The mouse / ran up / the clock. Tetrameter And tingle, and the heart is sick, Pentameter Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Tetrameter And tin / gle, and / the heart / is sick, Pentameter Shall I / compare / thee to / a summ / er’s day? DIRECTIONS: Write a poem with a minimum of 4 stanzas and a maximum of 6 stanzas. Apply the structural elements in poetry to create your own. Use 1 whole pad paper.