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Key Elements of Poetry Explained

The document outlines the key structural elements of poetry and prose, focusing on elements such as plot, character, setting, point of view, and theme. It discusses the history of sonnets, highlighting notable poets like Francesco Petrarch and William Shakespeare, and explains the structure of English and Italian sonnets. Additionally, it mentions common figures of speech used in poetry, such as simile, metaphor, and personification.

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Key Elements of Poetry Explained

The document outlines the key structural elements of poetry and prose, focusing on elements such as plot, character, setting, point of view, and theme. It discusses the history of sonnets, highlighting notable poets like Francesco Petrarch and William Shakespeare, and explains the structure of English and Italian sonnets. Additionally, it mentions common figures of speech used in poetry, such as simile, metaphor, and personification.

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What are the


different elements
of poetry?
Objectives
1) Identify and describe the key structural
elements of prose, including plot, character,
setting, point of view, and theme.
2) Recognize and describe the key
structural elements of poetry, including plot,
character, setting, point of view, and theme.

3) Evaluate examples whether it agrees


with the concept of prose or poetry.
SONNETS
Sonnets
 were first written as love poems
which started in Italy by Francesco
Petrarch in the 14th century. He was
the first known major sonnet writer.
Petrarch wrote a lot of poems
compiled in a book called
 His first epic poem, Africa, and other
writings on Roman history made him
very popular in Europe. In 1341, he
became Rome’s Poet Laureate, one
who is appointed to write poems for
special events and occasions for the
government.
William Shakespeare
 A well-known dramatist and poet, started
using sonnets during the Elizabethan Era.
He was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon,
England. He is regarded as the god of
English Literature. Today, Shakespeare is
known as one of the most prolific sonnet
writers of all times. He wrote 154 sonnets
which were published in 1609 by Thomas
POETRY

LANGUAGE OF
HEART

HEART
English Sonnet
14 lines divided into three quatrains and a rhyming
couplet
3 Quatrains x 4 lines = 12 lines
Rhyming couplet = 2 lines
Total = 14 lines
First two quatrains present a proposition, an argument,
or a problem

The third quatrain presents a turn from question to


answer, from proposition to question

The final couplet provides the theme of the poem or the


final answer.
Rhyme scheme is abab, cdcd, efef, gg
Italian Sonnet
14 lines divided into two sections: octave and a sestet
Octave= 8 lines
Sestet= 6 lines
Total= 14 lines

The first eight lines present a problem or an argument;


the last six lines provide an answer or a resolution

Rhyme scheme plays around:


abba, abba, cde,cde;
abba, abba, cde,dec;
abba, abba, cdc,dcd

Its meter is iambic pentameter


The most common figures of
speech used in poems are simile,
metaphor, personification,
hyperbole, irony, alliteration,
assonance, consonance,
onomatopoeia, repetition, and
symbolism.
Thank you!

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