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| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:04pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Where did Cisse go?  |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:08pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Ghostlady:Welcome |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by EverestdeBliu(m): 9:08pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
EverestdeBliu:Ooops! Its already time...(glares at the few smiling faces) Welcome Texanomaly and myself,we'll be taking y'all on another journey into the vast world of poetry! |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:09pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Ghostlady:#singing... If the green left the grass on the other side (I would make like a tree and leave) But if I reached for your hand Would your eyes get wide? (Who knew the other side could be so green?) -Owl City  I'm in....please adjust lemme join you  |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:12pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
herald9:Guy, Wetin  Ghostlady, abeg slap him moustache commot. Let me beside you bae Ayamlaykorn |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Bhenehdikt(m): 9:12pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
herald9:dnt seat beside ghostlady today |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:13pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Visual Effects in Poetry Just as poets can use sound techniques like onomatopoeia to create auditory imagery, they can also enlist visual techniques to help create visual imagery, or the sense of how something looks. Most of the time, this is done with "descriptive language" that gives you a mental image of something. We have talked about some of these in other classes. Another clever way that poets can create visual imagery is with visual effects, such as altering the poem's physical shape or placement on the page, or adding illustrations. |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Qaisar1: 9:15pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
bros.shift for me! |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Bhenehdikt(m): 9:17pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Qaisar1:no block me o |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:17pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
laykorn:  |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:18pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Bhenehdikt:lol herald9 is my sure guy,always helps me out in class..he knows I ll always keep space for him ..mr laykorn,you are welcome |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Bhenehdikt(m): 9:19pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Ghostlady:Now i knw..heraldo,sharp guy! |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:19pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Bhenehdikt: |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:22pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Ghostlady: We are honey and the bee |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by sosiqdude(m): 9:23pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
texanomaly:Great! |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:23pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
texanomaly:Herald9 ghostlady pay attention. No more derailing please Ayamlaykorn |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:23pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Please stand by. Everest has got a shaky network tonight. |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Samguine: 9:23pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
*Enters class in a Lamboghini * |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:24pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
herald9:lol don't let ur head start swelling and concentrate oo,you knw I ll borrow ur note faa ...  |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Nobody: 9:26pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
texanomaly:I'm on stand-by. Ayamlaykorn |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by EverestdeBliu(m): 9:26pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Function of Imagery The function of imagery in poetry is to generate a vibrant and graphic presentation of a scene that appeals to as many of the reader’s senses as possible. It aids the reader’s imagination so they can envision what the writer is saying more clearly. |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:28pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Images can be drawn by using figures of speech like metaphor, simile, personification, and others we talked about in the "Sounds of Poetry" lessons. These serve the function of beautifying a poem and making them more appealing and fun to read. Everest and I will be taking a closer look at metaphor, simile, and personification in a later class. |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by EverestdeBliu(m): 9:33pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Word placement, line placement and line breaks, which Cisse and others have talked about, all can affect the visual imagery or even the meaning of the poem. One interesting example of this is concrete poetry, or shape poetry, where the words or lines of the poem actually make a picture or visually reflect what the poem is about. In concrete poetry, the words are arranged so that when you look at it as a whole, you can see an image formed by the placement of the poem's parts. |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:35pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
A famous example of concrete poetry comes from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." In the story, a mouse tells Alice his "long and sad tale," which in the book itself is written as a shape poem. The words in the poem are placed so that the poem looks to be in the shape of a mouses tail. The Mouse's Tale by Lewis Carroll "Mine is a long and a sad tale!" said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing. "It is a long tail, certainly," said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouse's tail; "but why do you call it sad?" And she kept on puzzling about it while the Mouse was speaking, so that her idea of the tale was something like this:— Pic below:
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| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by EverestdeBliu(m): 9:36pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Other structural elements might be a bit more subtle. Acrostics for example, are poems with hidden messages. We recently had an acrostic poem challenge. In a basic acrostic, the first letters of each line might together spell out a word or a phrase, as many of you know. Acrostics that are more complicated might make the hidden message difficult to find by putting the essential letters elsewhere. However, not all acrostic poems are so simple. There are many, many variations on the form. Instead of having your vertical (up-down) word be the starting letters of the poem, it can also be the middle letters of your poem or the end letters, like this: |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by Bhenehdikt(m): 9:36pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Samguine:lolz |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by cisse7575(m): 9:37pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
texanomaly:im here! Sorry, I came late, had to get a private jet from Senegal... |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:41pm On Jan 04, 2015*. Modified: 1:48pm On Jan 05, 2015 |
................The sun rise S .pushing back the dar K.......... awakens the da Y .............She C uddles in my lap ...........She w A shes with her tongue and paws Sometimes she chases her T ail If you really like difficult puzzles, try writing an acrostic that has both a beginning and an ending vertical word! Or harder yet, try doing one with a beginning, middle, and ending vertical word. Wow! You really have to be a puzzle master as well as a poet for those complicated acrostics! |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by EverestdeBliu(m): 9:41pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Still another way to write acrostic poems is to use vertical words instead of letters, like this: Take a proverb or saying and put each word on a separate line. For example use the phrase: "Have a nice day” as your vertical words and then write your poem: Have fun with a walk in the woods, A light breeze whispering in your ears. Nice thoughts dancing behind your eyes. Day after day will write poems on your heart. Again, you have a simple poem about ways in which you can “have a nice day.” As with acrostics that use letters, you can also write more complicated word acrostics, using ending words or middle words for your poem. Or you can use two or more combinations of vertical words. |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by herald9: 9:43pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
damn! |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:44pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
Other ways poems can make use of visual elements are by using fancy lettering, like calligraphy, or by including pictures on the page with the poem. Sometimes, the illustration enhances the meaning of the poem. One modern poet, Shel Silverstein, included illustrations with almost all of his poems. Sometimes, the poem itself could be vague or difficult to understand without looking at the picture that goes along with it. With some poems, however, the illustrations may just be ornamental. |
| Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by EverestdeBliu(m): 9:45pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
(Pulls down eyeglass to the bridge of ma nose)...is youngcrysta is class? |