INVESTIGATION ABOUT POEMS!

WHEN DID POETRY STARTED AND WHAT IS ITS PURPOSE?

• We might think of the epic poem as the first instance of poetry, appearing as early as the 20th century B.C. Jumping hundreds of years ahead, we might turn, then, to the sonnet form and its early appearance in the 13th century.
• The purpose of poetry for most of human existence has been to enable the passing of stories between generations

THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POETRY THAT EXIST

• Sonnet: A short rhythm with 14 lines
• Limerick:a five-line witty poem with a distinctive rhythm
• Haiku: This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines

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• Narrative - A narrative poem tells the story of an event in the form of a poem.
• Epic - a lengthy narrative poem in grand language celebrating the adventures and accomplishments of a legendary or conventional hero
• Couplet - two lines of verse which rhyme and form a unit alone or as part of a poem
• Free Verse - A Free Verse Poem does not follow any rules. Their creation is completely in the hands of the author.

The most famous poets to date and what made them famous

• Wordsworth , William Major English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, born in 1770, is considered to be one of the most important literary figures in modern history, as well as one of the leading purveyors of the Romantic Movement.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

• Was born in April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. His plays and poems have been studied, analyzed, read, and loved for centuries.

OSCAR WILDE

• An Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason.. Irish writer playwright and poet, his 2 most famous poems are “in the forest” and “Helas”

EMILY DICKSON

• born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, is one of the premier American poets of the 19th century, her best poems are “I’m nobody! Who are you?” And “How far is it to heaven”

What is your favorite type of poetry style and why?

• My favorite type of poetry is lyrical, one example of lyrical poem a good example is, Sonnet number 18 by William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;…