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GR8 - Eng - Notes - July 2021
GR8 - Eng - Notes - July 2021
JULY-2021
Unit _1_: GOING UNDERGROUND
GRADE : 8 SUBJECT: ENGLISH
What Is Poetry?
Poetry is a type of literature that conveys a thought, describes a
scene or tells a story in a concentrated, lyrical arrangement of
words. Poems can be structured, with rhyming lines and meter, the
rhythm and emphasis of a line based on syllabic beats. Poems can
also be freeform, which follows no formal structure.
Poetry has been around for almost four thousand years. Like other
forms of literature, poetry is written to share ideas, express
emotions, and create imagery. Poets choose words for their
meaning and acoustics, arranging them to create a tempo known as
the meter. Some poems incorporate rhyme schemes, with two or
more lines that end in like-sounding words.
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4. Epics. An epic poem is a lengthy, narrative work of poetry.
These long poems typically detail extraordinary feats and
adventures of characters from a distant past.
5. Narrative poetry. Similar to an epic, a narrative poem tells a
story. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “The Midnight Ride of
Paul Revere” and Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner” exemplify this form. Haiku. A haiku is a three-
line poetic form originating in Japan. The first line has five
syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the third
line again has five syllables.
6. Pastoral poetry. A pastoral poem is one that concerns the
natural world, rural life, and landscapes. These poems have
persevered from Ancient Greece (in the poetry of Hesiod) to
Ancient Rome (Virgil) to the present day (Gary Snyder).
7. Sonnet. A sonnet is a 14 line poem, typically (but not
exclusively) concerning the topic of love. Sonnets contain
internal rhymes within their 14 lines; the exact rhyme scheme
depends on the style of a sonnet. Learn.
8. Elegy. An elegy is a poem that reflects upon death or loss.
Traditionally, it contains themes of mourning, loss, and
reflection. However, it can also explore themes of redemption
and consolation.
9. Ode. Much like an elegy, an ode is a tribute to its subject,
although the subject need not be dead—or even sentient, as in
John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” Limerick. A limerick is a
five-line poem that consists of a single stanza, an AABBA
rhyme scheme, and whose subject is a short, pithy tale or
description.
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