Wednesday, January 13, 2016

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. 




           

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