What is Poetry?

1. What is Poetry?

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6. Definitions of poetryfound on the WWW: • literature in metrical form • any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling • Poetry (from the Greek "ποίησις", , a "making") is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. ... • The class of literature comprising poems; Composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns • poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

7. Poetry is just the evidence of life.  If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.  ~Leonard Cohen

8. Imaginary gardens with real toads in them.  ~Marianne Moore

9. Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.  • ~Carl Sandburg

10. Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement.  • ~Christopher Fry

11. Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.  ~Thomas Gray

12. Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.  ~Robert Frost

13. Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.  • ~William Hazlitt

14. Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.  ~Edgar Allan Poe

15. Poetry is… A type of literature in which ideas and Feelings are expressed in compact, imaginative, and often musical language. Poets arrange words in ways designed to touch readers’ senses, emotions, and minds.

16. What is the difference between poetry and prose? • The genre of poetry has distinct characteristics that separate it from all other genres (or prose). • Anything that is not poetry is prose.

17. How to learn from your mistakesBy Scott Burken, July 17 2005Retrieved from: http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/44-how-to-learn-from-your-mistakes/ You can only learn from a mistake after you admit you’ve made it. As soon as you start blaming other people (or the universe itself) you distance yourself from any possible lesson. But if you courageously stand up and honestly say “This is my mistake and I am responsible” the possibilities for learning will move towards you. Admission of a mistake, even if only privately to yourself, makes learning possible by moving the focus away from blame assignment and towards understanding. Wise people admit their mistakes easily. They know progress accelerates when they do. This advice runs counter to the cultural assumptions we have about mistakes and failure, namely that they are shameful things. We’re taught in school, in our families, or at work to feel guilty about failure and to do whatever we can to avoid mistakes. This sense of shame combined with the inevitability of setbacks when attempting difficult things explains why many people give up on their goals: they’re not prepared for the mistakes and failures they’ll face on their way to what they want. What’s missing in many people’s beliefs about success is the fact that the more challenging the goal, the more frequent and difficult setbacks will be. The larger your ambitions, the more dependent you will be on your ability to overcome and learn from your mistakes.

18. Life in Five Short ChaptersBy Portia Nelson CHAPTER 1I walk down the street.There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.And I fall in.I am lost. I am helpless. It isn't my fault.It takes forever to find a way out. CHAPTER 2I walk down the same street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again.I can't believe I am in the same place.But it isn't my fault.It takes a long time to get out. CHAPTER 3I walk down the same street and there is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I see it there, and still I fall in.It's a habit.But my eyes are open and I know where I am.It is my fault and I get out immediately. CHAPTER 4I walk down the same street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I walk around it. CHAPTER 5I walk down a different street.

19. How are poetry and prose different? Poetry Prose Written in sentences and punctuated following appropriate grammatical rules Lines are divided into paragraphs Has an organizational pattern • Written in lines that may or may not be punctuated following standard rules • Lines are divided into stanzas • Has rhyme scheme • Has rhythm

20. How are poetry and prose same? • Both a poem and other forms of literature can have a THEME or message for thereader. • Authors and poets write with a personal TONE • Poems can convey a MOOD to the reader much like a good piece of fiction does. • Both stories and poems are written from a particular POINT OF VIEW or perspective from which the story is told. • A narrative poem can include characters, setting, and plot much like a short story.

21. The Red Wheelbarrow so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens

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