Reviewer in Creative Writing September
Reviewer in Creative Writing September
Reviewer in Creative Writing September
1 VERSE
Poetry, as defined, is a rhythmical composition of words The literary device verse denotes a single line of poetry.
expressing an attitude, designed to surprise and delight,
TYPES OF VERSE
and to arouse an emotional response.
There are generally two types of verse, namely free
Poetry is a type of literature that conveys a thought,
verse and blank verse.
describes a scene or tells a story in a concentrated,
lyrical arrangement of words. 1.2 STANZA
Poems can be structured, with rhyming lines and meter, A stanza is the equivalent of a paragraph, whereas a line
the rhythm and emphasis of a line based on syllabic is the equivalent of a sentence in essay writing
beats. Poems can also be freeform, which follows no
formal structure. is a series of lines grouped together in order to divide a
poem;
Poetry writing is a way to grow emotionally and
intellectually, as the language articulates and frames 1.3 METER
experience symbolically Meter is the basic rhythmic structure of a line within a
work of poetry.
Poetry can be so important because it is so intimately A poem may or may not have a rhyme
concerned with feelings. Poems are primarily about Rhyme is basically similar sounding words like cat and
how people feel rather than how people think. hat, close and shows, house and mouse, etc. Free verse
They provide, in fact, a language for feeling, and one of poetry, though, does not follow this system.
poetry’, most insistent virtues involves its attempt to RHYME SCHEME
express the inexpressible.
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of sounds that repeats at
the end of a line or stanza.
ELEMENTS OF POETRY TONE
it evokes strong emotions and imaginative The tone of the poem refers to your attitude toward
consciousness through beautifying a language, your subject and readers
particularly the essential elements of poetry.
SYMBOLISM
THEME
1. Tanaga
2. Diona
3. Haiku
4. Sonnet