diff --git a/CCLC2204 Literary Appreciation/Poetry.md b/CCLC2204 Literary Appreciation/Poetry.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77f2cc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/CCLC2204 Literary Appreciation/Poetry.md @@ -0,0 +1,179 @@ +# Poetry + +## Poetic Devices + +### Figures of Speech + +A way of saying something other than the ordinary way. + +#### Simile + +An **explicit (direct) comparison** between two things using words such as like, as, appears, or seems. + +Examples: + +- A sip of Mrs. Cook’s coffee is like a punch in the stomach. +- He is as rich as Bill Gates. + +#### Metaphor + +Makes an **indirect comparison** between two unlike things without using words such as like or as. + +Examples: + +- Allan is a tower of strength for his family. +- Life is “a brief candle” – William Shakespeare + +#### Personification + + **Human qualities are given to non-human** things such as an animal, thought, or object. + +Examples: + +- The trees screamed in the raging wind. + +- The wind whispered her name. + +#### Paradox + +A statement that initially appears to be self-contradictory but that, on closer inspection, turns out to make sense + +Examples: + +- You can save money by spending it. +- The beginning of an end. +- “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”. -- Animal Farm by George Orwell + +#### Hyperbole / Overstatement + +Use of exaggeration. + +Example: + +- I’ve told you a million times – don’t slam the door! + +- Her brain is the size of a pea. + +#### Understatement + +A deliberate playing down of a situation in order to make a point; intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. + +Example: + +- One nuclear bomb can ruin your day. + +#### Irony + +A meaningful gap between expectation and outcome, or when what is said is different from what is meant. + +Examples: + +- I posted a video on YouTube about how boring and useless YouTube is. + +- “Oh great! Now you have broken my new camera.” + +#### Symbolism + +An object represents the subject / idea. It’s the “symbol” of the idea. + +*Some common associations:* + +- Sleep is often related to death. Night often suggests darkness, death, or grief. Dreams are linked to the future or fate. +- Seasons often represent ages: winter/old age or death; spring/youth; summer/prime of life; fall or autumn/middle age +- Colours are often linked to emotions: red/passion or anger; blue/happiness or calm; green/jealousy; colors are also used to represent states of being: black/death or evil; white/purity or innocence; red/danger; green/growth + +#### Repetition + +Ideas or words that are repeated more than once to emphasise and deepen meaning. + +Example: +“And miles to go before I sleep, + And miles to go before I sleep” + -- Robert Frost’s ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ + +#### Allusion + +A reference to another work of fiction, a film, or a piece of art with which the reader is presumably familiar. + +Examples: +- She felt like she had a golden ticket. (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) +- If I’m not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin. (Cinderella) +- My math teacher is he who must not be named. (Voldemort from the Harry Potter series) + +### Sound Devices + +#### Onomatopoeia + +The use of words which sound like what they mean + +Examples: + +- the **buzzing** of the bee + +- the **splashing** of the rain + +#### Rhyme + +A pattern of words that contains similar sounds at the end of the line. + +Example: + +Baa baa black sheep, have you any **wool**? + Yes sir, yes sir, three bags **full**! + One for the master, one for the **dame**, + And one for the little boy who lives down the **lane**. + +#### Internal rhyme + +Rhyming that occurs within the line(rather than at the end) . + +Examples: + +- p**iece** of m**e** emerges. + +- I went to t**own** to buy a g**own**. + +#### Assonance + +Repetition of internal vowel sounds of words close together in poetry. + +Examples: +- mystery disguised within. +- "Hear the mellow wedding bells" by Edgar Allen Poe. + +#### Consonance + +Repetitive sounds produced by consonants (non-vowel sounds) within a sentence or phrase. + +Examples: + +- ‘Do no***t*** *go gen**t**le in**t**o tha**t** good nigh**t**’ *–* the title of a poem by Dylan + +- Thomas + + - I dropped the lo**ck**et in the thi**ck** mud. + + - Some ma**mm**als are cla**mm**y. + +### Alliteration + +Repetition of the initial consonant sounds. + +Example**s: + +- **t**errible **t**ruths + +- A **b**ig **b**ully **b**eats a **b**aby **b**oy. + +In our daily life, we notice alliteration in the names of different companies. It makes the name of a company catchy and easy to memorize. Here are several common examples. + +- **C**oca **C**ola +- **B**est **B**uy + +## In-class Poetry + +### You Fit Into Me + +### Some Days + +### Funeral Blues