Below are elements of poetry you’ll be considering in analyzing your poem. Read through this information to help you in understanding these elements. You can also consider these elements in creating your own poems
There are many types of poems and variations of poetry elements. Below are five elements found in poetry to consider in analyzing your poem:
1. Rhythm – refers to the movement of words in the poem. May be a definite, repetitive cadence or meter, with certain lines containing a certain number of pronounced beats. Or may be a casual, irregular rhythm similar to that of everyday speech. Poets use rhythm to:
o Increase enjoyment in hearing language
o To highlight and emphasize specific words.
o To create dramatic effects.
o To suggest mood.
2. Rhyme and other Sound Patterns
o Rhyme may occur at end of lines or within lines.
o Alliteration – repetition of initial consonants.
o Assonance – repetition of vowel sounds.
o Onomatopoeia – sounds of the word suggest the meaning of the word.
3. Repetition
o Repetition of words, lines, or stanzas.
o Used to enrich or emphasize words, phrases, lines, or verses.
4. Imagery – figurative language used to clarify, add vividness, and encourage readers to experience things in new ways.
o Metaphor – implied comparisons between things that have something in common but are essentially different.
o Simile – direct comparisons between things that have something in common but are essentially different. The word “like” or “as” is included in the comparison.
o Personification – human emotions and characteristics are given to inanimate objects, abstract ideas, and nonhuman living things.
o Hyperbole – exaggeration that creates specific effects.
5. Shape
o Placement of words on page to supplement meaning and to create visual impact.
o Word division, line division, punctuation, and capitalization are used to give shape to poems.
Norton, Donna E. and Saundra E. Norton. Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall, 2003.
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POEM CHOSEN FOR ASSIGNMENT
Hope” is the thing with feathers –
BY EMILY DICKINSON
“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –
And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
And sore must be the storm –
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm –
I’ve heard it in the chillest land –
And on the strangest Sea –
Yet – never – in Extremity,
It asked a crumb – of me
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