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.
Form is more flexible in modern poetry and lesser structured than the previous literary eras and often modern poets write in free verse, which has less or no rhyme and rhythm. Yet, it still can be distinguished from a prose by its form since many a basic structure can still be found in the best free verse. Even the best classic styles departs from the strict form for better emphasis or effect.
It has three primary types, which are narrative, descriptive, and lyric poems, with other subtypes such as haiku, ballads, limericks, free verse, sonnets, epics, odes, and many more. Lines of word that are grouped together are known as stanzas and they are separated by a space or an empty line, which is similar to a paragraph in a story or any written composition. Though stanzas are usually made of the same amount of lines, it is not necessary to have stanzas.
A way to enhance the effect of the poem is through sound play or patterns, which is very complex itself. Examples of these are alliteration, rhyme, assonance, repetition, onomatopoeia, euphony, consonance and refrain. The most commonly used among them is the rhyme where the syllables at the end of each line is similar to each other or sounds alike.
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.
The tone, in literary terms, refers to the attitude of the writer towards the subject that is reflected in the work itself. The tone of the poem may indicate emotions such as joy, sadness, frustration, anger, confusion, amusement and so on. Joyful poems can evoke feelings of happiness, hope and love.
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.
Form is more flexible in modern poetry and lesser structured than the previous literary eras and often modern poets write in free verse, which has less or no rhyme and rhythm. Yet, it still can be distinguished from a prose by its form since many a basic structure can still be found in the best free verse. Even the best classic styles departs from the strict form for better emphasis or effect.
It has three primary types, which are narrative, descriptive, and lyric poems, with other subtypes such as haiku, ballads, limericks, free verse, sonnets, epics, odes, and many more. Lines of word that are grouped together are known as stanzas and they are separated by a space or an empty line, which is similar to a paragraph in a story or any written composition. Though stanzas are usually made of the same amount of lines, it is not necessary to have stanzas.
A way to enhance the effect of the poem is through sound play or patterns, which is very complex itself. Examples of these are alliteration, rhyme, assonance, repetition, onomatopoeia, euphony, consonance and refrain. The most commonly used among them is the rhyme where the syllables at the end of each line is similar to each other or sounds alike.
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.
The tone, in literary terms, refers to the attitude of the writer towards the subject that is reflected in the work itself. The tone of the poem may indicate emotions such as joy, sadness, frustration, anger, confusion, amusement and so on. Joyful poems can evoke feelings of happiness, hope and love.
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