Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Definitions of 5 Poetic Terms

1)Connotation: Any meaning suggested by the sound or the look of a word or associated, however remotely, with its usual specific meaning. Connotations of language thicken its ambiguities and also give it greater emotional weight, so that they may enrich its value for the poet.

2)Ambiguities: Occur when double or multiple meanings attach to words or to situations. By competing, several meanings can illuminate more fully the complexities of the experience that the poem offers.

3)Irony: A statement that contradicts the actual attitude of the speaker or a situation that contrasts what is expected with what occurs and always having overtones of mockery.

Romantic Irony:A quality that belongs to poems which mingle self-pity with self-mockery
Tragic Irony:Acknowledges the contradictions of experience

4)Occasional Poetry:That which is composed to commemorate a particular evnt, casual or significant, sad or festive.

5)Rhythmical Pause:One that separates phrases when the speaker draws breath. Not counted as part of the metrical pattern. In the reading of the verse with a strongly marked rhythm it tends to create a singsong effect.

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