POETRY: TONE & FORM

ENC 1102

Alling

“TONE: THE CREATION OF AT TITUDE IN POETRY ”

&“FORM: THE SHAPE OF POEMS”

All slides contain info. from Roberts & Zweig’s

Literature: An Introduction to Reading & Writing

DICTION—DENOTATION & CONNOTATION

How does a poet create tone?

PARTICIPANTS & SITUATIONS

How does a poet create tone?

SERIOUSNESS OR

HUMOR

How does a poet create tone?

I RO N Y ( M A K I N G A P O I N T BY E M P H A S I Z I N G

A D I S C R E PA N C Y O R O P P O S I T E )

How does a poet create tone?

METAPHORS & SIMILES

How does a poet create tone?

UNDERSTATEME NT, OVERSTATEMENT (HYPERBOLE) , &

OTHER F IGURES OF SPEECH

How does a poet create tone?

S P EA K E R — S E L F - AWA R E N ES S , BA C KG R O U N D,

R E L AT I O N S H I P TO L I S T E N E RS / R EA D E RS

How does a poet create tone?

FORM—LENGTH, REPETITION, STANZA CHOICES, ETC.

How does a poet create tone?

LEVEL OF FORMALITY—GRACEFUL WORDS, SLANG,

RHYMES, ETC.

How does a poet create tone?

BY USING ALL DEVICES TO CREATE A CONSISTENT

INTENTION

How does a poet create tone?

MAY GAIN READER’S AGREEMENT, AT LEAST FOR A T IME;

MAY ST IMULATE, ENRICH, & INSPIRE READERS

If poet controls his/her tone:

SHAPE, STRUCTURE, PATTERN, OR LACK THEREOF

What is poetic form?

C LO S E D - F O R MO P E N - F O R M

Two major forms of poetry

CLEARLY-RECOGNIZABLE SHAPE, STRUCTURES, OR PAT TERNS;

USES TRADIT IONAL CONVENTIONS & RESTRICTIONS

What is closed-form poetry?

SONNETLYRICODE

ELEGYBALLAD

HYMNAL

HAIKUVILLANELLE

TRIOLET

Some types of closed-form poems

F R E E F R O M R E S T R I C T I O N S O F C LO S E D F O R M , S U C H A S M E T E R O R R H Y M E

What is open-form poetry?

E M B R AC E S S P O K E N R H Y T H M S ; TO P I C I T S E L F S H A P E S # O F L I N E S , L I N E L E N G T H S , P H Y S I C A L A P P E A R A N C E O N

PA G E ( E . G . V A R Y I N G L I N E L E N G T H S W / I M P O R TA N C E

O F I D E A S , C R E AT I N G PA U S E S , R E LY I N G O N P R O G R E S S I O N O F I M A G E S , E T C . )

What is open-form poetry?

F R E E V E RS E ( N E W , O R I G I N A L W A Y S T O A R R A N G E W O R D S & L I N E S )

V I S UA L P O E T RYP RO S E P O E M S

Some types of open-form poems

YOU READ & ANALYZE EXAMPLE POEMS

Recognizing Tone & Form