Wednesday, October 8, 2014

ELEMENTS OF POETRY

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TONE-  The tone of a poem is roughly equivalent to the mood it creates in the reader. Much, however, depends on interpretation.

Tone is the emotional spin a poet puts on his words; the edge or attitude in the "voice of a poem."

When we talk to someone, we can hear their tone of voice. It is the same with a poem.

A poem gives its readers clues about how you should feel about it.


SYMBOLISM - A symbol is an image that radiates meaning perhaps hard to express in other words, but can be felt. It plunges to the "soul" of the reader.

Poems will often convey ideas and thoughts using symbols.  Symbols can stand for many things at one time and leads the reader out of a systematic and structured method of looking at things.

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