Poetry analysis. Poetry analysis is the process of investigating a poem's form, content, and history in an informed way, with the aim of heightening one's own and others' understanding and appreciation of the work. The words poem and poetry derive from the Greek poiēma (to make) and poieo (to create). That is, a poem is a made thing: a creation; an artefact. One might think of a poem as, in the words of William Carlos Williams, a "machine made of words". Machines produce some effect, or do some work.
They do whatever they are designed to do. The work done by this "machine made of words" is the effect it produces in the reader's mind. A reader analyzing a poem is akin to a mechanic taking apart a machine in order to figure out how it works. Like poetry itself, poetry analysis can take many forms, and be undertaken for many different reasons. Overview[edit] "Another" by Robert Herrick[edit] Here a pretty baby lies Sung asleep with lullabies: Pray be silent and not stir Th' easy earth that covers her. Poetry Foundation. ENG LIT 4930: Appreciating Poetry Syllabus. Appendix F - Elements of Poetry: A Brief Introduction. PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide - An Ongoing Project © Paul P.
Reuben Appendix F: Elements of Poetry - A Brief Introduction Page Links: | 1. What is Poetry? | 2. Reading the Poem | 3. . | Appendix O: American Poetry: Selected Bibliography | Site Links: | Appendices: Index | Alphabetical List | Table Of Contents | Home Page | November 10, 2011 1. It is difficult to define; we have been more successful at describing and appreciating poetry than at defining it. 2. A. 3. The average word has three components parts: sound, denotation, and connotation. 4. Poetry communicates experience and experience comes to us largely through the senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, and touching). 5. Metaphor, Personification, and Metonymy: Figures of speech are another way of adding extra dimensions to language. 6. Symbol and Allegory: A symbol may be roughly defined as something that means more than what it is. 7.
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