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Pathway to Poetry

Pathway to Poetry. What is poetry?. Definitions of Poetry. “. . . The art of poetry is simply the art of electrifying language with extraordinary meaning” Abercrombie, 1926. Emily Dickinson.

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Pathway to Poetry

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  1. Pathway to Poetry What is poetry?

  2. Definitions of Poetry • “. . . The art of poetry is simply the art of electrifying language with extraordinary meaning” Abercrombie, 1926

  3. Emily Dickinson • “If I read a book [and] it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry”

  4. Robert Frost • “[Poetry] is metaphor, saying one thing and meaning another, the pleasure of ulteriority. Poetry is simply made of metaphor”

  5. John Livingston Lowes • “The business of words in prose is primarily to state; in poetry, not only to state, but also (and sometimes primarily) to suggest ”

  6. Ezra Pound • “Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree . . . The language of prose is much less high charged, that is perhaps the only availing distinction between prose and poesy”

  7. Terms to Remember and Apply

  8. Metaphor • Direct comparison of two unlike objects • Uses identification or substitution • Indicates a likeness or analogy • Does not use the words like or as

  9. Can you explain the metaphors? • “All the world’s a stage” • “Life’s but a walking shadow” • “ ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul”

  10. Simile • Direct comparison of two unlike objects • Uses words like or as • Indicates a likeness or a similarity

  11. Can you explain the similes? • “The holy time is quiet as a nun” • “And like a thunderbolt he falls” • “The clock whirrs like insect wings”

  12. Personification • Figure of speech in which objects and animals have human qualities • Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals

  13. Can you explain the personification? • “The red rose whispers of passion / And the white rose breathes of love” • “The poor, the foul, the false love can admit but not the busied man”

  14. Apostrophe • Addressing a person or personified object not present • Person or object is addressed as present

  15. Can you explain the apostrophes? • “O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!” • “England, with all thy faults, I love thee still!” • “Roll on thou deep and dark blue Ocean -- roll!”

  16. Synecdoche • Figure of speech in which a part represents the whole • Mentioning a part of something to represent the whole

  17. Can you explain the synecdoches? • “All hands on deck!” • “Three sails came into harbor”

  18. Now it’s your turn . . . Identify the predominant figure of speech: “Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands in the dirt” Did you say SYNECDOCHE?

  19. Try this one . . . “Death is the broom I take in my hands To sweep the world clean” Did you say METAPHOR?

  20. Think about this one . . . “Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.” Did you say SIMILE?

  21. What do you think about this one? “Bright April shakes out her rain-drenched hair” Did you say PERSONIFICATION?

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