Transcript Poetry On the Page PPT full notes

Poetry Terms
On the page
On the page—STANZAS
One of the primary
organizers of poetry
(the paragraphs of
poetry)
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Couplet 2
Triplet 3
Quatrain 4
Quintet 5
Sestet 6
Septet 7
Octave 8
On the page—Line Breaks
Creates rhythm or sound
 Signals meaning
 Sometimes gives
particular appearance

poems a
On the page—Indentations
Foregrounds
different words/ideas
 Signals meaning
 Sometimes gives
particular appearance

poems a
On the page—White Space
Signals meaning
 “I also liked the way poetry
looked on the
page—all that white
space around the
words suggested that
each word had honor.”
-- Shihab Nye
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On the page—Punctuation
Signals meaning
 Signals pause
 Signals breath
 Shapes meaning
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Dawkins Hierarchy of Punctuation