POETRY
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Oldest language art form
*Oral history;
epic poetry—mnemonic device
(Ex: Epic of Gilgamesh—the
oldest written story on Earth; from ancient Sumeria, written
on 12 clay tablets in cuneiform, 2150-2000
B.C.E.)
*Others: Iliad, Odyssey, Theogony,
Beowulf
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Needs to be read
ALOUD: Sounds! (emotion)
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Requires a dictionary to
get double entendre
*Ex: Hence=Therefore AND Later
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Offers an experience
while telling of one (757)
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Combines rhythm, word
choice, and images
Poetry is a melding of
two things:
THEME: *Theme is the universal
message
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You may not relate to
the content, but you will relate to the emotion (Ex: 981).
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Often the theme of a
poem is not the subject but what the subject is able to convey.
*Ex: brand new, white tennis shoes.
ELEMENTS: *Elements are
temporal
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Form, language (rhythms;
word play), & imagery