What is special about the language of poetry?
In the Penguins edition of Literary Terms and Literary Theory the definition of a poem is ‘a work of art’(Penguin p678) however, a poem can be a lot more than that. Poems are a shortened version of a story, which can be filled with intense emotion or be light hearted. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms informs those that there are three main categories of poems, lyrical, which is a more elaborate form of poem and sometimes called an elegy, narrative, a more of a storytelling poem and a dramatic poem, which speaks for itself.
A poem is something special, to be admired, read and even indulged in. By reading a poem, a person can reminisce of memories past or simply fall in love with the
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Coming from a very creative and educated background Rossetti used poetry as an outlet to express her opinions on the activities and social downfalls of society. For instance, Rossetti involved herself in ‘good works’ as all middle class women did at the time by helping and visiting sick and needy people during the time of the Crimean War. By eighteen fifty nine, Rossetti had begun assisting at the St Magdalene Penitentiary in Highgate, helping prostitutes and destitute women. Through this time of working with these women, Rossetti used her experiences of this time in her life by voicing her concerns on the control of these women and the use of sex by men through her poetry and as a cosseted middle class woman, Rossetti used these experiences to voice women’s subjugation. An example of this can be found in stanza two. It could be interpreted that Rossetti is drawing on her knowledge of these women’s cruelty by men, as in lines eleven to nineteen, Rossetti describes a want or need to hide oneself from something or someone and has used a good sense of metaphors to show this which becomes clear in line twelve, ‘A veil, a cloak, and other wraps’ (Rossetti 1862). To back up this interpretation of hiding oneself, it could be said that line seventeen of the same stanza, Rossetti writes, ‘Nipping and clipping thro’ my wraps and all.’ This could be inferred to as men ‘mauling’ and ‘groping’ at these
Poetry in my opinion is best defined as artistic work that was created to express the thoughts or feelings of a person or poet. Expressing thoughts or feelings through poetry can be used by rhythmic patterns or a type or distinctive style. However, poetry does not always have to rhyme or have a rhythmic pattern. Poetry could just be a list of jotted down words that came off the top of the person’s head.
The first two stanzas in the poem offer an insight into the narrator’s past, showing the loss of her innocence the impact of the actions of the ‘great lord’ and an inner anger at her past actions, in the third and fourth stanzas the anger is directed at Kate for stealing the lord and sending her to her ruin, however in the fifth paragraph the direction of her anger is changed again and this time is directed at the lord himself. However the last stanza shows the narrator’s anger to be resolved for although she may have suffered an immense loss of reputation she can be happy now as she’s expressed her anger and knows within her heart that she has something neither the lord and lady Kate have: real love. This suggests that Rossetti doesn’t agree with confinement of the labels given by society, Kate is seen as ‘lovely and pure’ and she as ‘outcast’ but by presenting her as the one who is ultimately happy and proud it’s expressing that society values the wrong virtues, and has
Poetry is a very misunderstood form of writing, however one of the purest and beautiful forms of writing. It is a sense of the beautiful; portrayed by a love of beauty and expressing thus through words. It is an art, but like art it is very hard to define because it is an expression of the authors thoughts and feelings and may take any form the author wishes.
Poetry is the art of minimal story telling, often containing hidden or abstract ideas as the theme. Theme in other types of literature tends to be more distinct and clear cut, a theme tell the lesson or point of a book, story, or movie. In poetry however, it can be necessary to read three or four times over to merely understand the “point” of the poem. While poems are much shorter than other literary forms, it can require the most thought and probe your mind for alternative perceptions.
Poetry is a type of literature or work of art that use musical qualities of a language. It uses conventions and forms to evoke different emotional responses to the reader. Poems suggest different interpretations of words through the use of alliterations, rhythm, assonance, and onomatopoeia in achieving musical effects. In many situations, a poem is always left open for multiple interpretations, due to the sophisticated use of irony, ambiguity, and symbolism. Simile, metonymy, and metaphors are used to create different meanings in poems by painting vivid pictures in the mind of the reader.
Poetry is a way for people to express themselves. Written in stanzas, there is much more art to it than simply putting words down on paper so they sound nice. Poets keep in mind the syllable count, the rhyme scheme, the order of unstressed and stressed syllables, and many more techniques, depending on the type of poem. Also, every poem has a unique, powerful message. Langston Hughes was a recent American poet who wrote countless quality works, many of which have an enduring impact.
If you are reading this anthology, then there must be a part of you that is curious as to what is considered poetry and the reason that it has existed in our human culture for so long. Poetry is a form of communication that is adept at using creative techniques to tell a story, or express an emotion or idea. It provides insight and is a looking glass into people, culture, and experiences. It helps both the creator and the observer. For the writer, it provides a medium into which they can express their ideas, and tell their story in a way that can be understood by someone from any background. The observer is afforded the opportunity to look at the world from a different perspective and hopefully gain a better understanding of their own
Poetry is a form of coping that many people turn to in times of strife. Whether personal, national, or global, people want to express their pain. Her poetry is similar to the poetry many have written
Poetry is a type of literature that express deep battles that gravitate readers to know more about why the author feels a certain way. Overcoming battles is a success story to all authors because they are the ones who feel the hurt
To summarize this poem, one would say that it is basically about how male artist tend to objectify their female models in their art because these women are painted “ Not as she is, but as she fills his dream” (line 14). Also this poem points how these male artist only see and depict women as being one of two things. They are either “an angel” or a seductive queen “in ruby dress” (5, 7). This poem also brings up how the male artists only focus and feed off of the physical attributes of a women like her face (9). The following few paragraphs will go over a close reading of the poem, examining line by line how the author, Christina Rossetti, gets her point across (Bryson, 1).
When thinking of literature a person can never leave out poetry. Poetry is defined as “writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm”. And even though there are many people who dislike poetry, maybe because they have a hard time comprehending what the author is saying, this form of writing is very important to the writing world and without it we would probably view writing very differently. Poetry allows our brains to think more creatively. This is because the author never says exactly what they mean in a poem, which makes the reader think more deeply and create their own interpretation of the poem. Poem’s
A poem is of the form of stanzas instead of paragraphs, essentially units of meaning arranged in subsequent order. The author generally uses four or six lines. Perhaps to establish balance and completeness in prosody. Occasionally he has used as many as nine lines. Some to enable transition between connected ones.
After having my own chance to write my own poem, and also having to recite another poet’s poem, my perspective changed a bit on the whole concept of poetry. Now if someone were to ask me what poetry is and what it meant I would say poetry is a way to express ones self. Writing a poem is another way of showing whom you are and how you feel to people who don’t know you, or people who don’t know you well enough. It’s also a way to relax and release some stress. Just like athletes go to the gym when they need to relieve some stress, writers grab their notebook and a pencil. Poetry is like picking out what clothes you want to wear in the morning. You can either decide to be yourself
Poetry is a varied art form. Poetry is expression with words, using aesthetics and definition. Word choice in poetry is the single most important thing. Devices such as assonance, alliteration and rhythm work in a poem to convey a certain image or to facilitate understanding. Similes and metaphors can take two unlike objects, such as a potato and cinderblock, and if done the correct way use them to describe how Abraham Lincoln dealt with scoundrels. Poetry is beautiful. One of the best genres in poetry, let alone a great literary movement is Romanticism or the post-enlightenment Romantics.
Literature from then to today has been the most outstanding art that almost all enjoy from any where around the world. Literature has various types that each one enjoys. There are short stories that are small and concise stories of similarity to novels, novels that are longer versions of short stories, plays or acts that have people play the characters of the written work, and finally we have poetry the most short yet most difficult to understand. I find poetry one of the literary works I prefer reading. In my opinion poetry will always be something I could relate to and problem solve. There are so many mysteries that poetry include in such a small and concise literary work. In many cases poetry will lead you to so much questions that all vary on your perspectives and what you think and believe the poetic work consist of, what it all means all fall under what the reader’s point of view is. Just like any other literary