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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