Text: Questions About Poetry
Task: Writing to Study
WHAT IS A POEM?
A POEM IS A SELF-CONTAINED TEXT, WHICH MAKES SENSE AS IT STANDS.
IN WICH WAY IS IT DIFFERENT FROM ORDYNARY SPEECH?
IT IS DIFFERENT FROM ORDYNARY SPEECH BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN IN LINES WHOSE LENGTH IS DECIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND NOT BY THE PRINTER.
HOW ARE WORDS SELECTIDE AND ARRANGED INTO A POEM?
THEY MUST PRODUCE A WIDE RANGE OF SOUND PATTERNS.
WHAT IS RHYME AND WHAT DOES IT DEPEND ON?
RHYME IS THE REPETITION OF THE FINAL SYLLABLE SOUND AT THE END OF TWO OR MORE LINES
WHAT IS RHYTHM AND WHAT DOES IT DEPEND ON?
IT IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF SOUND IN POETRY; IT IS CREATED BY THE ARRANGEMENT OF STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES
WHAT IS AN INTERNAL RHYME?
IT IS A RHYME WITHIN THE LINE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY A RHYME SCHEME?
IT IS THE PATTERN OF SOUNDS RHYMING WORDS CREATE IN A POEM
WHAT IS ALLITERATION?
IT IS THE REPETITION OF THE INITIAL CONSONANT SOUND IN TWO OR MORE WORDS IN A LINE OR CONSECUTIVE LINES
WHAT IS ASSONANCE?
IT IS THE REPETITION OF THE SAME VOWEL SOUND WITHIN A LINE OR AT THE END OF A LINE
WHAT IS CONSONANCE?
IT IS THE REPETITION OF THE SAME CONSONANT SOUND WITHIN A LINE OR AT THE END OF A LINE
WHICH IS THE BASIC UNIT OF RYTHM?
I THINK IIT IS THE METRIC FOOT
WHAT DOES A METRICH FOOD CONSIST OF?
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WHICH IS THE IAMBIC FOOT?
IT IS WHEN AN UNSTRESSED SYLLABLE IS FOLLOWED BY AN STRESSED ONE
WHICH IS THE TROCHANIC FOOT?
IT IS WHEN A STRESSED SYLLABE IS FOLLOWED BY AN UNSTRESSED ONE
WHY IS THE LAYOUT IMPORTANT?
BECAUSE IT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEXT TYPE AND SETS SOME RULES ABOUT THE ORGANISATION OF CONTENT
WHAT DOES IT ADD TO MEANING?
I THINK IT ADDS AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF MEANING.
WHAT IS AN ONOMATOPOEIA?
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WHAT IS A STANZA?
IT IS THEWAY LINES OR GROUP OF LINES ARE ARRANGED
WHAT IS FREE VERSE?
WE HAVE FREE VERSE WHEN RHYTM IS ACHIEVED THROUGH MORE SOPHISTICATED AND PERSONAL DEVICES
WHAT IS DENOTATION?
IT IS THE LITERAL MEANING OF A TEXT.
WHAT IS CONNOTATION?
IT IS WHAT THE WORD SUGGEST AND THE ASSOCIATIONS WORDS SUGGESTS TO THE READER
WHAT IS A LYRIC FORM OF POETRY?
IT IS A POEM THAT DIRECTLY EXPRESSES THE PERSONAL THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS AND MOODS OF A SPEAKING VOICE.
WHAT ARE FIGURES OF SPEECH?
THEY ARE FIGURES WHICH ARE NOT TO BE READ LITERALLY, BUT IN A FIGURATIVE WAY
WHAT IS THEIR ROLE?(ES)
Itis of adding further layers of meanings to poetical texts.