"One term derived from the Greek word poiesis, 'making,' poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language."
The use of language to express emotions, ideas, and experiences, often employing rhyme, rhythm, and imagery.
Metaphors: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Similes: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.
Rhythm: A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
Meter: A unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats.
Stanzas: A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
Symbolism: The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Personification: A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.
Alliteration: The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Onomatopoeia: The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Enjambment: The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
Free Verse: Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Blank Verse: Unrhymed verse in iambic pentameter.
Haiku: A traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines. The first and last lines have five syllables, while the middle line has seven.
Sonnet: A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English characteristically having ten syllables per line.
Sonnet: A 14-line poem that follows a strict rhyme scheme and typically expresses a single idea or perspective.
Haiku: A traditional Japanese poem consisting of three lines, with the first and last lines having five syllables and the second line having seven syllables, typically focused on nature.
Epic: A long narrative poem that tells the story of a hero's journey or some other significant event.
Ode: A lyrical poem that celebrates a particular person, object, or idea, often through elaborate metaphors.
Free verse: Poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme or meter pattern, instead relying on the poet's own sense of rhythm and pacing.
Villanelle: A form of verse that features a repeated refrain and a specific rhyme scheme, typically found in love poetry.
Ballad: A form of storytelling poetry that often has a simple, musical structure and frequently focuses on tragic or heroic events.
Satire: A type of poetry that uses humor, irony, or sarcasm to criticize or mock society or specific individuals.
Elegy: A mournful poem that reflects on loss and mortality.
Ghazal: A form of poetry that originated in Arabic and Persian cultures, featuring rhyming couplets and a refrain, often focused on themes of love or mystical experience.
"To evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning."
"Aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language, such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre."
"It uses forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretations of words, or to evoke emotive responses."
"Hunting poetry in Africa and panegyric and elegiac court poetry of the empires of the Nile, Niger, and Volta River valleys."
"Some of the earliest written poetry in Africa occurs among the Pyramid Texts written during the 25th century BCE."
"The Epic of Gilgamesh, written in the Sumerian language."
"Folk songs such as the Chinese Shijing, religious hymns like the Sanskrit Rigveda, and a need to retell oral epics."
"Aristotle's Poetics focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song, and comedy."
"Ambiguity, symbolism, irony, and other stylistic elements of poetic diction."
"Figures of speech such as metaphor, simile, and metonymy establish a resonance between disparate images."
"Some poetry types are unique to particular cultures and genres."
"Much modern poetry reflects a critique of poetic tradition, testing the principle of euphony itself or altogether forgoing rhyme or set rhythm."
"Poets have contributed to the evolution of the linguistic, expressive, and utilitarian qualities of their languages."
"In an increasingly globalized world, poets often adapt forms, styles, and techniques from diverse cultures and languages."
"A Western cultural tradition associates the production of poetry with inspiration – often by a Muse or through other canonized poets' work."
"The lyrics are spoken by an 'I', a character who may be termed the speaker."
"It is the speaker, not the poet, who is the killer (unless this 'confession' is a form of metaphor which needs to be considered in closer context)."
"Poets - as 'makers' of language - have contributed to the evolution of the linguistic, expressive, and utilitarian qualities of their languages."
"Close reading involves considering the context via close reading."