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Form in PoetryMs. GuerraEnglish III
What does form in poetry do?
Poetry communicates ways that are often more condensed, more suggestive and more emotional
Definition of poetry form-The way its language is arranges in lines
Elements of poetry formRhythm
Rhyme
Arrangement of lines
Form can range from fixed and prescribed to free and irregular
Why do we like poetry?
Some of our favorite poems tend to strike a chord of recognition: they make connections with how we see the world.
Two Categories of Poetic Form
Poetic forms fall into two categoriesConventional form
Organic form
Conventional FormConventional form follows certain fixed rules. (Fixed Form)
They have a limited number of lines
Specified meter and rhyme scheme
A definite structure
Examples of conventional form poetry: Sonnet
Ballad
Epic
Elegy
Ode
Villanelle
Blank Verse
Organic Form (Irregular Form)
This form of poetry developed in the early 19th century
English romantic poets wanted more flexible verse forms
Takes shape and pattern from the content of the poem itself
The form of poem “grows” naturally out of what the poem says
Free Verse- Vers Libre
Different from conventional and other organic forms
Lacks regular meter and rhyme
Free verse still uses rhythm but not in the regular patterns of meter
Depends largely on other sound devices besides rhyme to achieve musical effects
Uses various types of repetition
Walt WhitmanMaster of free verse in American poetry
Created a new form of poetic song
Poems lack meter, but provides a recognizable cadence by repeating words
Uses Anaphora- same word or phrase repeated at the beginning of two or more lines
Whitman referred to free-verse as “Barbaric Yawps”
Whitman’s revolutionary poems were first published in 1855.
Most poets did not agree with his use of free-verse in the 19th century, but it later caught on with poets of the 20th century and is one of the most widely used forms of poetry today.
Explore Parallel Phrasing and Anaphora in the Twenty-third Psalm
Analyzing Poetry
When reading poems we need to consider:What appealing imagery does the poet use?
What message does the poem convey?
How does the poem make you feel?
What techniques does the poet use to create the mood of the poem?
Journal Entry
Why do you like some poems more than others?
What is your favorite poem and what do you like about it?
Write a journal entry thinking about these two questions and answer both questions thoroughly…about 1 page hand-written.
