Nowadays, our there are many dangers and challenges around us especially in the news where most of the topics seems to be about tragedies, disasters and controversies. Not just in newspapers, but in media vehicles such as the internet, mobile phones, TV and radio. With all these happening around us, we can read joyful poems to help bring back the goodness in our lives.
These poems are collections of words that expresses an idea or an emotion that often uses metaphor, sound patterns, or imagery to convey the message. They are composed more in verse rather than prose. A poem has many basic elements that contribute to its beauty and effectiveness such as form, voice, line, stanzas, sound, rhythm, and figures of speech.
One element is the form, which can be flexible such as in free verses, where there is almost no rhythm and rhyme and these are becoming less structured over the generations. Still, it is easy to distinguished it from a prose through its form because it retains its basic structure which can easily be found in many free verses. Many classic styles does not conform to these standards just to have better emphasis for effect.
The three basic type in terms of form are lyric, narrative and descriptive poems, though there are others such as ballads, sonnets, free verse, haiku, limericks, and many more. Stanzas are a group of lines that are separated by an empty line, which is equivalent to a paragraph in an essay. Usually, all stanzas are made up of the same number of lines though there are also many that deviates from this structure.
Sound in poetry can be very complex since it uses a variety of ways and effects. Rhyme, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, euphony, repetition, refrain, and consonance are some example of sound play. Rhymes are usually the most common among them in which the end word of each line sounds the same or just similar.
Rhythm is the pattern in which a poet chooses the sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables to create oral patterns. Meter or metric is the stressing of these syllables so when the reader reads it aloud it will not sound monotonous, but in different tones. Your voice rises and falls as if you are singing, which is sometimes in unconscious manner.
Figurative language is how your choose your words to make a comparison between different things, senses, and even emotions by using the figures of speech. Some of these are metaphor, hyperbole, personification, allegory, irony, and symbolism. On the other hand, imagery is how words are used to convey sensory experiences in vivid detail to create a concrete mental image of the subject.
It can include the vivid sensory experiences of smell, sound, touch, and taste that goes beyond mere description. The voice refers on how it is written, whether in first person, which is called the speaker, or in third person. In most poems, we know that the speaking voice is the poet, though we cannot assume that the author and the character are the same individual.
In literary terms, the tone is referring to how the author feels on that certain subject, which will be reflected on the work. It may indicate feelings such as sadness, joy, confusion, anger, amusement and many others. The tone of joyful poems may evoke a happy, hopeful and loving feelings.
These poems are collections of words that expresses an idea or an emotion that often uses metaphor, sound patterns, or imagery to convey the message. They are composed more in verse rather than prose. A poem has many basic elements that contribute to its beauty and effectiveness such as form, voice, line, stanzas, sound, rhythm, and figures of speech.
One element is the form, which can be flexible such as in free verses, where there is almost no rhythm and rhyme and these are becoming less structured over the generations. Still, it is easy to distinguished it from a prose through its form because it retains its basic structure which can easily be found in many free verses. Many classic styles does not conform to these standards just to have better emphasis for effect.
The three basic type in terms of form are lyric, narrative and descriptive poems, though there are others such as ballads, sonnets, free verse, haiku, limericks, and many more. Stanzas are a group of lines that are separated by an empty line, which is equivalent to a paragraph in an essay. Usually, all stanzas are made up of the same number of lines though there are also many that deviates from this structure.
Sound in poetry can be very complex since it uses a variety of ways and effects. Rhyme, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, euphony, repetition, refrain, and consonance are some example of sound play. Rhymes are usually the most common among them in which the end word of each line sounds the same or just similar.
Rhythm is the pattern in which a poet chooses the sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables to create oral patterns. Meter or metric is the stressing of these syllables so when the reader reads it aloud it will not sound monotonous, but in different tones. Your voice rises and falls as if you are singing, which is sometimes in unconscious manner.
Figurative language is how your choose your words to make a comparison between different things, senses, and even emotions by using the figures of speech. Some of these are metaphor, hyperbole, personification, allegory, irony, and symbolism. On the other hand, imagery is how words are used to convey sensory experiences in vivid detail to create a concrete mental image of the subject.
It can include the vivid sensory experiences of smell, sound, touch, and taste that goes beyond mere description. The voice refers on how it is written, whether in first person, which is called the speaker, or in third person. In most poems, we know that the speaking voice is the poet, though we cannot assume that the author and the character are the same individual.
In literary terms, the tone is referring to how the author feels on that certain subject, which will be reflected on the work. It may indicate feelings such as sadness, joy, confusion, anger, amusement and many others. The tone of joyful poems may evoke a happy, hopeful and loving feelings.
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