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    What's Poety

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    Poetry is defined as a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings presented in rhythmical language according to William Wordsworth. Poetry focuses on emotions like joy, sorrow, fear and surprise. Some key poetic devices include rhyme, rhythm, imagery, diction, mood, tone, alliteration, assonance, refrain and meter. Rhyme is the repetition of sounds, rhythm is the flow of sounds, and imagery creates mental pictures through words. Mood is the poet's state of mind while tone is their attitude revealed through voice.

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    Poetry is defined as a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings presented in rhythmical language according to William Wordsworth. Poetry focuses on emotions like joy, sorrow, fear and surprise. Some key poetic devices include rhyme, rhythm, imagery, diction, mood, tone, alliteration, assonance, refrain and meter. Rhyme is the repetition of sounds, rhythm is the flow of sounds, and imagery creates mental pictures through words. Mood is the poet's state of mind while tone is their attitude revealed through voice.

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    Poetry is defined as a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings presented in rhythmical language according to William Wordsworth. Poetry focuses on emotions like joy, sorrow, fear and surprise. Some key poetic devices include rhyme, rhythm, imagery, diction, mood, tone, alliteration, assonance, refrain and meter. Rhyme is the repetition of sounds, rhythm is the flow of sounds, and imagery creates mental pictures through words. Mood is the poet's state of mind while tone is their attitude revealed through voice.

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    What's Poety

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    Poetry is defined as a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings presented in rhythmical language according to William Wordsworth. Poetry focuses on emotions like joy, sorrow, fear and surprise. Some key poetic devices include rhyme, rhythm, imagery, diction, mood, tone, alliteration, assonance, refrain and meter. Rhyme is the repetition of sounds, rhythm is the flow of sounds, and imagery creates mental pictures through words. Mood is the poet's state of mind while tone is their attitude revealed through voice.

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    What Is Poetry?

    Poetry, according to a romantic poet William Wordsworth, is defined


    as a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings usually presented in
    rhythmical language. One unique feature of poetry as suggested by this
    definition is emotional outpouring. Poetry dwells on emotions such as
    joy, surprise, fear or sorrow.
    Poetic Devices/Terms I
    1. Rhyme: This is the sameness of sounds in lines of poetry. There are
    end rhyme as well as internal rhyme. There are also couplet rhyme
    and alternate rhyme. Below is an example of couplet rhyme (aa,
    bb).
    I pushed my door and crept
    I’m bored; I’ve slept and slept
    Oh grass has barred our feet
    From where we used to meet
    2. Rhythm: Rhythm is the regular flow of sounds in a line of poetry.
    3. Imagery: This is the mental picture or impression created through a special
    use of words. The lines below contain imagery of chaos.
    And the park thrashes around
    Like a snake without a head
    4. Language/diction: These are most often used interchangeably. The
    language of poetry is known for its elevation, literariness and complexity.
    Diction on the other hand refers to the poet’s choice of words.
    5. Mood/tone: Mood is the state of mind of the poet/persona while tone is
    the poet’s or persona’s attitude towards the subject matter which is revealed
    by the quality of his voice. Tone helps us to learn of the mood of the poet.
    6. Sound effect: This refers to the musical make up of a poem. It
    includes rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, assonance, consonance,
    onomatopoeia refrain, repetition, etc.
    7. Alliteration: This is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound
    in a line of poetry. An example is:
    Torn rudely from the saddle of his horse
    8. Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of the same internal vowel
    sound in a line of poetry. An example is:
    When my mouth never refused to shout
    9. Refrain: This is the repetition of a given line at a regular interval in a
    piece of poem.
    10. Meter: This refers to the arrangement of stressed and unstressed
    syllables in a line of poetry. We have iambic meter and trochaic meter
    as some of the types of meter. Below is an example of an iambic meter.
    I pushed my door and crept
    I’m bored; I’ve slept and slept

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