English 211

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Poetry Materials

Hello Poetry Enthusiasts! After a while we are seeing each other again. Posted here is a  guide for your upcoming midterm exam. Enjoy!

English 44 Understanding Poetry

Images – appeals to us through our senses. They deal in color or sound, temperature, feelings or physical contact

Concrete Image – appeals  to us as bodily sensations

            Ex. Men do their broken weapons rather use

                        Than their bare hands.

Abstract Images – appeals to us a ideas, aspirations, et al.

            Ex. Just because you’re so proper, does that mean other people cannot enjoy?

Symbol – from Greek word Symbolon which means something put together; an image that stands for more than it denotes literally

Figures of Speech

‘The most exalting word is the word LIKE, whether it is pronounced or implied.”

-          Andre Breton

Simile – Latin word for “like”

Metaphor - - from Greek word for transfer; stronger than simile since it is more concentrated, it                            hits with greater impact.

Analogy – shows resemblance in form or function, between unlike objects

Synesthesia – from a Greek word which means blended feeling

Allusion – follows a “it-reminds-me-of” pattern; an incomplete reference to something that those              who share our knowledge or background will understand

Personification – seeing abstractions, movements, or events as people

Mythology – natural product of the symbolizing mind; it allows us to see people, places,                           abstractions, or events in a different light as associated to the figure with which they                     stand

Synecdoche – from Greek word which means taking as a whole ; it singles out some part of a       thing as important enough to stand for the whole thing

Metonymy – so close that it overlaps. Ex. I saw the Axe today!

Allegory – a narrative in which characters and events stand for ideas and actions on another

            Level.

Paradox – a statement that seems to imply contradiction

Oxymoron – translated from the Greek as cleverly stupid or paraphrased as absurd on purpose

Irony – directs our attention, to a play of opposites

Archetypal Image – patterning whose unconscious charge can stir and disturb us

Emotions

Dark                                                                Light

Despair                                                            Pity

Apathy                                                            Love

Sorrow                                                           Pride

Fear                                                                 Joy

Hate                                                                wonder

Anger                                                              Hope

Please make certain you have known by heart the poems we have tackled in class.