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Introduction To Literature

This document introduces some key elements of poetry including allegory, connotation, denotation, diction, and various types of figurative language such as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. It also discusses imagery, rhythm and meter, sound techniques like rhyme and alliteration, poetic structure, symbolism, syntax, voice, tone, and provides examples of poems.

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Introduction To Literature

This document introduces some key elements of poetry including allegory, connotation, denotation, diction, and various types of figurative language such as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. It also discusses imagery, rhythm and meter, sound techniques like rhyme and alliteration, poetic structure, symbolism, syntax, voice, tone, and provides examples of poems.

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Introduction to Literature - Poetry

As for poetry, there are elements that are not included in short stories and novels such as: Allegory - A form of narrative in which people, places, and events seem to have hidden meanings. Often a retelling of an older story. Connotation - The implied meaning of a word. Denotation - The dictionary definition of a word. Diction - Word choice and usage (for example, formal vs. informal), as determined by considerations of audience and purpose. Figurative Language - The use of words to suggest meanings beyond the literal. There are a number of figures of speech. Some of the more common ones are: Metaphor - Making a comparison between unlike things without the use of a verbal clue (such as "like" or "as").
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Simile - Making a comparison between unlike things, using "like" or "as". o Hyperbole - Exaggeration
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Personification - Endowing inanimate objects with human characteristics


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Imagery - A concrete representation of a sense impression, a feeling, or an idea which appeals to one or more of our senses. Look for a pattern of imagery.
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Tactile imagery - sense of touch. Aural imagery - sense of hearing. Olfactory imagery - sense of smell. Visual imagery - sense of sight.

Gustatory imagery - sense of taste. Rhythm and Meter - Rhythm is the pulse or beat in a line of poetry, the regular recurrence of an accent or stress. Meter is the measure or patterned count of a poetry line (a count of the stresses we feel in a poem's rhythm). The unit of poetic meter in English is called a "foot," a unit of

measure consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables. Ask yourself how the rhythm and meter affects the tone and meaning. Sound - Do the words rhyme? Is there alliteration (repetition of consonants) or assonance (repetition of vowels)? How does this affect the tone? Structure - The pattern of organization of a poem. For example, a sonnet is a 14-line poem usually written in iambic pentameter. Because the sonnet is strictly constrained, it is considered a closed or fixed form. An open or free form is a poem in which the author uses a looser form, or perhaps one of his or her own invention. It is not necessarily formless. Symbolism - When objects or actions mean more than themselves. Syntax - Sentence structure and word order. Voice: Speaker and Tone - The voice that conveys the poem's tone; its implied attitude toward its subject examples of poetries are: I Wonder, The River, Mr. Nobody, Heir Conditioning, A Fighter's Lines, Leisure, In The Midst Of Hardship, He Had Such Quiet Eyes, Nature and Are You Still Playing The Flute?

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