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Introduction to Poetry
“In a poem the words should be as pleasing to the ear as the meaning is to the mind.” -- Marianne Moore

The Human Brain: Left Brain:
Creativity
Emotions

Right Brain:
Logic
Reality

POETRY REQUIRES:
Poetry requires creativity
Poetry requires emotion
Poetry requires an artistic quality
Poetry requires logic

*Rhyme-the repetition of sounds

*Rhythm- the beat *Dactylic *Monosyllabic *Anapestic *Spondaic *Trochaic *Iambic *Accentual
*Meter-length of a line of poetry, based on what type of rhythm is used. *Monometer *Dimeter *Trimeter *Tetrameter *Pentameter *Hexameter *Heptameter *Octameter
*Alliteration-repetition of the or more initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line.
She Walks in Beauty
I.
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.
*onomatopoeia-words that spell out sounds; words that sounds like what they mean.
She Walks in Beauty
I.
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.
She Walks in Beauty
I.
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.