Creative Poetry

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 Ballad
A ballad (or ballade) is a
form of narrative verse that can
be either poetic or musical. It
typically follows a pattern of
rhymed quatrains. From John
Keats to Samuel Taylor
Coleridge to Bob Dylan, it
represents a melodious form of
storytelling.

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 Ballad
A quatrain is a rhymed
grouping of four lines in a poem.
It can be a poem that has only
four lines, or it can be a stanza in
a longer poem.
Folk (or traditional) ballads
are anonymous and recount
tragic, comic, or heroic stories
with emphasis on a central
dramatic event.

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 Ballad
Examples are the following:

● John Keats’s “La Belle Dame

sans Merci”
● Thomas Hardy’s “During
Wind and Rain”
● Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel
Lee.”

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 Ballad
example
John Keats’s
“La Belle Dame
sans Merci”

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 Ballad
example
Elvis Presly’s
“I Can’t Help
Falling In Love With
You”

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 Soliloquy
so·lil·o·quy | \ sə-ˈli-lə-kwē \
plural soliloquies
Definition of soliloquy
1
: the act of talking to oneself
2
: a poem, discourse, or utterance
of a character in a drama that
has the form of a monologue or
gives the illusion of being a
series of unspoken reflections.

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 Soliloquy
so·lil·o·quy| \ sə-ˈli-lə-kwē \
plural soliloquies
Definition of soliloquy
1
: the act of talking to oneself
2
: a poem, discourse, or utterance
of a character in a drama that
has the form of a monologue or
gives the illusion of being a
series of unspoken reflections.

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 Soliloquy
so·lil·o·quy| \ sə-ˈli-lə-kwē \
plural soliloquies
Definition of soliloquy
1
: the act of talking to oneself
2
: a poem, discourse, or utterance
of a character in a drama that
has the form of a monologue or
gives the illusion of being a
series of unspoken reflections.

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 Soliloquy
A soliloquy is a monologue in
which a character speaks to
him or herself, expressing inner
thoughts that an audience
might not otherwise know.
Soliloquies are not
definitionally poems, although
they often can be — most
famously in the plays of William
Shakespeare.

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 Soliloquy in
Shakespearean Works
William Shakespeare utilizes
soliloquy in many of his plays as a
means for his characters to express
what they are thinking and feeling.
During a soliloquy, a character on stage
is not speaking to any other character
nor the audience members. Instead, this
literary device functions like a stream
of consciousness to allow the
audience to “hear” what a character is
thinking or feeling in order to further
the plot or provide information and
opinions without any filter due to
listeners.

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 Example of
Soliloquy in
Shakespearean Works
Othello
Haply, for I am black
And have not those soft parts of
conversation
That chamberers have, or for I am declined
Into the vale of years—yet that’s not
much—
She’s gone, I am abused, and my relief
Must be to loathe her. Oh, curse of marriage
That we can call these delicate creatures
ours
And not their appetites! (spoken by
Othello)

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 Example of
Soliloquy in
Shakespearean Works
Julius Caesar
It must be by his death: and for my
part,

I know no personal cause to spurn

at him,
But for the general. He would be
crown’d
How that might change his
nature, there’s the question.
(spoken by Brutus)

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 Example of
Soliloquy in
Shakespearean Works
Romeo and Juliet
O, she doth teach the torches to
burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the
cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s
ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth
too dear! (spoken by Romeo)

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