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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Poetry Analysis: Elements of Poetry

1.Dramatic Situation
    - Speaker
           ~Male, Female, how many, era, duration, circumstances (where?)


2.)Structure
     - parts of the poem
     -Where ideas start and begin
          ~syntax [not necessarily where lines end]


3.)Theme
    -For example, not just love but what kind of love
4.)Grammar and Meaning
5.)Images and Figure of Speech
    -Senses (smell, touch, fee, etc.)
    -Figurative and Literal
6.)Important Words
      -Diction
7.)Tone
       -More Essay
       -"attitude author feels towards subject"
       -Atmosphere: mood inherit in story
8.)Literary Devices/Techniques
9.)Prosody


    1. The patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry


    2. The theory or study of these patterns, or the rules governing them

      • The patterns of stress and intonation in a language

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