Each one of you. You're a poet and I know it...
But I've got something wholesome...here I'll show it.
POETRY METRICAL PATTERNS:
(1) Question: "What are the three metrical variations in poetry?"
(a) Answer: "Feet, meter, and rhyme-scheme."
(2) Question: "How can you learn to judge a poem?"
(b) Answer: "By reading it aloud."
(3) Question: "What are the three main types of poetry?"
(c) Answer: "Lyric...Narrative...Dramatic."
(4) Question: "What language has poetry based on an accentual meter?"
(d) Answer: "English."
(5) Question: "How would you explain the melody of a poem?"
(e) Answer: By making subtle variations in the rhythm."
(6) Question: "What can you gain by reading a poem aloud?"
(f) Answer: "Greater Enjoyment."
(7) Question: "Where did the major 14-line poetic form develope?"
(g) Answer: "Italy."
(8) Question: "Why is rhythm important to poetry?"
(h) Answer: "We tend to hear the syllables of a line
in twos or threes. Each of these rhythmic units is called a foot.
In English poetry, the rhythm is based on the natural accents,
that we place on words."
(9) Question: "How does narrative poetry differ from lyric poetry?"
(i) Answer: "In lyric poetry, usually the poem is short, with a song like quality.
The poet expresses his personal reactions to things."
In narrative poetry, the poem is usually long.
The poet suggests a story and its settings and its theme."
(10) Question: "What is dramatic poetry?"
(j) Answer: These poems are fairly long. The poet tells the story from
the character's point of view...also through the character's
actions and speech...etc."
BONUS QUESTION:
"What is the best way to discover a poem's meaning?"
Answer: "Read the poem out loud...and rather slowly.
Read it again...and again. Read it with an open and an alert
mind full of questions about life it self. Be curious about words
that it contains that you don't understand. Look up the meanings of those words."
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Author Notes
A Taste Of Honey. Just A Little Bit...Just A Taste.
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