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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