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    The document discusses the key elements and devices used in poetry. It identifies 13 major elements and devices, including: 1) Speaker, content, theme, shape and form, mood and tone, imagery, diction, and figurative language as the main elements of poetry. 2) Common figures of speech like simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, litotes, paradox, oxymoron, metonymy, synecdoche, apostrophe, allusion, antithesis, and onomatopoeia that poets use to convey meaning. 3) Examples are provided to illustrate each element and device.

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    The Elements and Devices of Poetry

    1. Speaker – he is the person who is addressing the reader. Sometimes, the speaker is the poet who addresses the
    reader directly or another person.
    2. Content – the subject of the poem. It answers the question “what?”
    3. Theme – the meaning of the poem – the main idea that the poet is trying to communicate. It may be stated
    directly or it may be implied.
    4. Shape and form – the actual shape and form of poems vary dramatically from poem to poem.
    2 forms – Structured Poetry - has predictable patterns or rhyme, rhythm, line-length and stanza construction
    - Free Verse – does not follow a pattern
    5. Mood or Tone – the feeling that the poet creates and that the reader senses through the poet’s choice of words,
    rhythm, rhyme, style and structure. Poems may express many moods – humorous, sarcastic, joyous, angry, or
    solemn.
    6. Imagery – refers to “pictures” which we perceive with our mind’s eyes, nose, tongue, skin, through which we
    experience the “duplicate world” created by poetic language.
    7. Diction – the poet’s choice of words. The poet chooses each word carefully so that both its meaning and sound
    contribute to the tone and feeling of the poem.
    8. Figurative language – It is known as “ornaments of language”. It does not mean exactly what it says, but instead,
    forces the reader to make an imaginative leap in order to comprehend the poet’s point.

    Figures of Speech

    1. Simile – an explicit comparison between two things or ideas which are essentially unlike, but with at least one
    thing in common. It uses like, as, similar to, resembles, etc.
    Ex. Life is like a stage where everyone performs a role.
    She is as graceful as a swan.
    2. Metaphor – an implicit comparison between two things or ideas.
    Ex. She is a swan.
    Love is a fire.
    3. Personification- ascribes intelligence, feeling, or human quality to abstract ideas, concepts, animals, or plants as
    if acting like human beings.
    Ex. The trees are whispering.
    Life is laughing at him.
    4. Hyperbole – an overstatement or exaggerated statement for effect or humour.
    Ex. - I have been to all places looking for you.
    - She cried a river.
    5. Litotes – emphasize its subject by conscious understatement.
    Ex. - War is not bad to humanity.
    Too much fatty food is not bad for your health..
    6. Paradox – an apparent contradiction, which may be a statement or a situation that reveals a striking truth.
    Ex. - She’s NEAR yet so FAR.
    -LESS is MORE.
    7. Oxymoron – two normally contradictory words made for effect.
    Ex. - It was a painful pleasure to see her go.
    -She is a beautiful monster.
    8. Metonymy – uses a closely related idea or concept to represent the idea itself.
    Ex. -He is addicted to bottle.
    -The pen is mightier than the sword.
    9. Synecdoche – uses a part of something or someone to represent the whole thing or the person himself. Ex.
    - Her mother has five mouths to feed.
    - Two heads are better than one.
    10. Apostrophe – addresses abstract ideas or concepts dead or absent as if present or alive.
    Ex. - Oh Love! Can I hold you close enough?
    -Rizal, where are you now?
    11. Allusion – uses a reference, explicit or implicit, from familiar figure in history, literature, religion, etc., for effect.
    Ex. The activists have the courage of Andres Bonifacio.
    He has the creativity of Juan Luna.
    12. Antithesis – a marked contrast in words or clauses, as well as in ideas, in order to emphasize both parts of
    structures.
    Ex. - Love is so short; forgetting is so long.
    -Man proposes; God disposes.
    13. Onomatopoeia – uses a word whose sound suggests the meaning.
    Ex. The hen cackles early in the morning.
    The bees are buzzing.

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