Why Poetry?
What is poetry?
Any literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. The original word comes from Latin poetria or poeta which means "creative literature" in general.
William Wordsworth defined poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings;"
Emily Dickinson said, "If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry;"
Dylan Thomas defined poetry this way: "Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this or that or nothing."
One of the most definable characteristics of the poetic form is economy of language. Poets are miserly and unrelentingly critical in the way they dole out words to a page. Carefully selecting words for conciseness and clarity is standard, even for writers of prose, but poets go well beyond this, considering a word's emotive qualities, its musical value, its spacing, and yes, even its spacial relationship to the page. The poet, through innovation in both word choice and form, seemingly rends significance from thin air.
Source:
http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/poetry/a/poetry.htm
William Wordsworth defined poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings;"
Emily Dickinson said, "If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry;"
Dylan Thomas defined poetry this way: "Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this or that or nothing."
One of the most definable characteristics of the poetic form is economy of language. Poets are miserly and unrelentingly critical in the way they dole out words to a page. Carefully selecting words for conciseness and clarity is standard, even for writers of prose, but poets go well beyond this, considering a word's emotive qualities, its musical value, its spacing, and yes, even its spacial relationship to the page. The poet, through innovation in both word choice and form, seemingly rends significance from thin air.
Source:
http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/poetry/a/poetry.htm
Modes of the Genre:
Students come into contact with poetry on a daily basis. Some of these include:
Poems-Nursery Rhymes
Raps
Songs/song lyrics
TV Shows
Jingles
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Poems-Nursery Rhymes
Raps
Songs/song lyrics
TV Shows
Jingles
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