Teaching Series Prosody, Rhythm and Metre PART 1. Poetry is writing using concentrated language to make specific emotional responses through meaning sound and rhythm. To write exemplary poetry as opposed to ok poetry one needs to understand these elements… the ability to manipulate language, how words and syllables create sound and how to work with… Continue reading Prosody
Category: poetry theory
Rhyme schemes
Chiasmus
Poetry as visual Art
Poetry as Visual Art Whilst poetry has an aural tradition we also read it and look at it. Therefore you should consider the look of your poem as well as the way ut sounds. Poetry should be visual art as well as gaving musicality and flow. Therefore the poet needs to also consider the visual… Continue reading Poetry as visual Art
How to read poetry
Lines in poetry and found poems!
Poetry is made up of lines and stanzas….in prose it would be sentences and paragraphs. So what is the difference between the poetry and prose variations? Don’t they do the same job? ….Well not exactly The line is a unit of words typically written to have a specific effect…such as a line break …a pause,… Continue reading Lines in poetry and found poems!
The stresses on words and the rythmn of poetry
The best way to read poetry is aloud. The choice of words the amount of syllables and the arrangement of lines will dictate the rhythm The time taken to say the word will depend on the amount of syllables and where the stress lies. Punctuation affects rhythmn . Line stops or the running of two… Continue reading The stresses on words and the rythmn of poetry
Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery 