Poetry - is a type

of literature based
on the interplay of
words and rhythm.
Essential Elements of Poetr
y
THEME
– is the main idea or the
underlying meaning.

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Two categories of theme
Thematic Concept
- what your readers think your work is about.
Thematic Analysis
- what your work says about your subject.

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Piano by D. H. LAWRENC
E
Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;
Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see
A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of
the tingling strings
And pressing the small, poised feet of a mother
who smiles as she sings.

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In spite of myself, the insidious mastery of song
Betrays me back, till the heart of me weeps to
belong
To the old Sunday evenings at home, with winter
outside
And hymns in the cosy parlour, the tinkling piano
our guide.

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So now it is vain for the singer to burst into clamour
With the great black piano appassionato. The
glamour
Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast
Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a
child for the past.

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Essential Elements of Poetr
y
TONE
– refers to the attitude of the writer
toward a subject or an audience (formal,
informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad,
or cheerful).
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I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

- The Road Not Taken (excerpt, 1920), Robert

Frost
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Provide any word that will describe the ideas that are found
in the center circles. (10pts)

SUBJECT THEME

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II. Using the words associated with
your subject and theme, combine the
two in a simple verse where “family” is
the topic you will use to discuss the
theme of “love”. (20pts)

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III. Using the poem you have written in
the previous activity, add several more
lines, using images or statements that
will show your tone towards the subject.
(20pts)

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