WHAT IS POETRY?
-Poetry has been used for so many centuries. Poetry is defined as a piece of imaginative writing laid out in lines. For some, it is an art. For others, it is a pure inspiration from God.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF POETRY (There are a lot, here are a few)
-Triolet
A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well. The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital letters representing the repeated lines.
-Sonnet
A Sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines (iambic pentameter) with a particular rhyming scheme: Examples of a rhyming scheme:
- #1) abab cdcd efef gg
- #2) abba cddc effe gg
- #3) abba abba cdcd cd
-Rondelet
The Rondelet is a French form consisting of a single septet with two rhymes and one refrain: AbAabbA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats. The refrain is written in tetra-syllabic or dimeter and the other lines are twice as long - octasyllabic or tetrameter.
-Quatrain
A Quatrain is a poem consisting of four lines of verse with a specific rhyming scheme. A few examples of a quatrain rhyming scheme are as follows:
- #1) abab
- #2) abba -- envelope rhyme
- #3) aabb
- #4) aaba, bbcb, ccdc, dddd -- chain rhyme
-Monody
A monody is a poem in which one person laments another's death, as in Tennyson's Break, Break, Break, or Wordsworth's She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways.
-Free Verse
Free Verse is an irregular form of poetry in which the content free of traditional rules of versification, (freedom from fixed meter or rhyme). In moving from line to line, the poet's main consideration is where to insert line breaks. Some ways of doing this include breaking the line where there is a natural pause or at a point of suspense for the reader.
-Alexandrine
An alexandrine is a line of poetic meter compromising 12 syllabes. Alexandrines are common in the German literature of the Baroque period and in French poetry of the early modern and modern periods.
-Acrostic Poetry
Acrostic Poetry is where the first letter of each line spells a word, usually using the same words as in the title.
POETRY, WHAT’S THE USE?
Poetry can be used for different uses.
It is as first a beautiful way to express itself, share his feelings. It has also been used by several to bring out what others for whatever reason are afraid of saying or are saying silently.