Intro Poetry 1

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WHAT IS POETRY?


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POETRY IS A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

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 cryor yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this orthat or nothing."


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WHAT IS A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO POETRY?


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Right Brain:

Creativity

Emotions

Left Brain:

Logic

Reality

The Human Brain

Divided into 2 parts

Each half has its

own function


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To clarify

When you arelooking at big

puffy clouds . . .

Your right brain tells you, Hey!That one looks like a bunny.

While your left brain tells you . . .


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Its a cloud,Stupid!


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SO, WHICH HALF DO YOU USE WHEN STUDYINGPOETRY?

Here are a few hints:Poetry requires creativityPoetry requires emotion

Poetry requires an artistic qualityPoetry requires logicc


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FOR THE LEFT BRAIN:

Recognizing certaindevices used within apoem will give the left

brain something toconcentrate on.

Well start with the sound devices:


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RHYME THE REPETITION OF SOUNDS

FIRE AND ICE(Robert Frost)

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.From what I've tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would suffice.


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DOES THAT MEAN THAT RHYME IS WHAT MAKES A POEMWHAT IT IS?

Of course NOT!


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FREE VERSE - A FORM OF POETRY WHICH REFRAINSFROM METER PATTERNS, RHYME, OR ANY OTHER MUSICAL PATTERN

A Childs Amaze (Walt Whitman)

SILENT and amazed, even when a little boy,I remember I heard the preacher every Sunday put God in hisstatements,As contending against some being or influence.


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A poem sometimes has stanzasHope is the Thing With FeathersEmily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,And never stops at all,And sweetest in the gale is heard;

And sore must be the stormThat could abash the little birdThat kept so many warm


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and sometimes it has a chorus

or none of thisWhat Inn is This? (Emily Dickinson)

What Inn is thisWhere for the nightPeculiar Traveller comes?Who is the Landlord?Where the maids?

Behold, what curious rooms!No ruddy fires on the hearthNo brimming Tankards flowNecromancer! Landlord!

Who are these below?


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Is this poetry? My love is strengthened, though more weak in seeming;I love not less, though less the show appear;

That love is merchandized, whose rich esteeming,The owner's tongue doth publish every where.(William Shakespeare)

Or this?His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's

spaghetti

He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and

ready to drop bombs,

but he keeps on forgettin what he wrote down,the whole crowd goes so loud

He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out

(Eminem)Or this?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN0Ybn5jFoU

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