Poetic Devices Ballads:: Narrative Music French

Poetic Devices
Ballads:
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically
of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the
next. Basically ballads are FOLK SONGS. A ballad is a type of poem that is
sometimes set to music. Ballads have a long history and are found in many
cultures. The ballad actually began as a folk song and continues today in popular
music. Many love songs today can be considered ballads.
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the
medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "danced
songs".
Ballads are often 13 lines with an ABABBCBC form, consisting of couplets (two
lines) of rhymed verse. In poetry, a Ballad stanza is the four-line stanza, known
as a quatrain, most often found in the folk ballad. This form consists of alternating
four- and three-stress lines. Usually only the second and fourth lines rhyme (in an
a/b/c/b pattern).
Example:
I can’t help falling in love with you by elvis.
Dramatic Monologue
Definition:
Dramatic monologue, also known as a persona poem, is a type of poetry written in
the form of a speech of an individual character. A dramatic monologue is a long
excerpt in a play, poem or story that reveals a character's thoughts and feelings.In
short, a conflict in mind.
EXAMPLE is MY LAST DUCHESS.
Elegy
EXPLANATION OF ELEGY:
Elegy is a form of literature that can be defined as a poem or song in the form of
elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased. It typically laments or
mourns the death of the individual. Elegy is derived from the Greek work elegus,
which means a song of bereavement sung along with a flute. An elegy is a sad
poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead.
Although a speech at a funeral is a eulogy, you might later compose an elegy to
someone you have loved and lost to the grave.
The purpose of this kind of poem is to express feelings rather than tell a story.
Thomas Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” is a poem that reflects on
the lives of common people buried in a church cemetery, and on the nature of
human mortality.
Elegy structure:
A traditional elegy is written in elegiac stanzas, often in lines of iambic pentameter
that have a rhyme scheme of ABAB. (Each letter represents the end sound of the
line, so line 1 would rhyme with line 3, line 2 with line 4.)
Epic
Definition:
The word epic is derived from the Ancient Greek. In literature, an epic is a long
narrative poem, which is usually related to heroic deeds of a person of an unusual
courage and unparalleled bravery. Epic Poetry. An epic poem is a long, narrative
poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the
culture of the poet. Many ancient writers used epic poetry to tell tales of intense
adventures and heroic feats.
Example:
Homer's epic poem The Odyssey
Metaphysical Poetry
Definition:
Highly intellectualized poetry marked by bold and ingenious conceits,
incongruous imagery, complexity and subtlety of thought, frequent use of paradox,
and often by deliberate harshness or rigidity of expression.
Conceit:
Conceit is a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising
and clever way. Often, conceits are extended metaphors that dominate an entire
passage or poem. Metaphysical poet John Donne was known for his conceits
(often called metaphysical conceits).
Paradox:
Paradox self-contradictory statement, the underlying meaning of which is revealed
only by careful scrutiny. The purpose of a paradox is to arrest attention and
provoke fresh thought. The statement “Less is more” is an example.
Example:
Metaphysical poetry John Donne a valediction forbidding mourning.
Ode
Definition:
A lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a particular subject, written
in varied or irregular meter. A classical poem of a kind originally meant to be sung.
They are broken into stanzas (the "paragraphs" of poetry) with ten lines each,
sometimes following a rhyming pattern, although rhyme is not required for a poem
to be classified as an ode. Usually, odes have three to five stanzas.
Characteristics of the Ode:
 A single, unified strain of exalted lyrical verse.
 Tends to focus on one purpose and theme.
 Its tone and manner is typically elaborate, dignified, and imaginative.
Example: Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats.
Sonnet
Definition:
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in
English typically having ten syllables per line. The word sonnet is derived from
the Italian word “sonetto,” which means a “little song” or small lyric. In poetry,
a sonnet has 14 lines, and is written in iambic pentameter. Each line has 10
syllables. It has a specific rhyme scheme, and a volta, or a specific turn.
Difference between Shakespearean and Spenserian sonnet:
The Shakespearean sonnet is written with three Sicilian Quatrains: (abab cdcd
efef) followed by a heroic couplet. ... However, not all Elizabethan Sonnets are
written in Iambic Pentameter.
The Spenserian sonnet is written with three interlocking Sicilian Quatrains: (abab
bcbc cdcd) followed by a heroic couplet.
Petrarchan sonnet:
A sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme
scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes, as cdecde or
cdcdcd.

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