Catalog of Poetic Elements (Block F) by Ashley Wood https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6 Let's build a catalog of poetic elements we have read and used in our own poems. en-us 2020-10-12 19:20:47 UTC 2025-09-27 11:43:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Directions: awood170 https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/822689113 What are some specific elements (a way of using images, rhyme, grammar, etc.) that you think are...

1. important to look for in poems you read to better understand them ?

2. useful tools in writing your own poems?

Create a new post of each element you think of. Include the title of the poem that you encountered the element in. ]]> 2020-10-12 19:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/822689113 Example: repeated "sh" sound awood170 https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/822689251 In Pickard's "Valentine", this soft, long sound is calming and soothing. It helps further the theme of love as peaceful and everyday. ]]> 2020-10-12 19:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/822689251 negative space https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833510076 In Pickard's "Valentine" there is a lot of negative space used. The negative spaces causes the reader to pause between lines, making the reader think]]> 2020-10-15 18:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833510076 https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833510153 shorter lines/ breaking up lines to force a pause and to emphasize]]> 2020-10-15 18:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833510153 Elements https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833510256 Imagery
helps to submerge the reader into the poem which is helpful to capture attention and deepen the readers involvement and connection to the story or ideas being described.]]> 2020-10-15 18:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833510256 Rhythm samantharoche3 https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833510441 in poetry it adds a smoothness to it and allows the reader to be drawn in and feel the beats intended.]]> 2020-10-15 18:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833510441 Lines repeating between stanzas rubyhatlevig1 https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833510938 The line "Everybody has a heartache" repeating signaled that this was the main idea of the poem that united the stanzas together]]> 2020-10-15 18:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833510938 Using short lines https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833511446 I feel like using short lines helps to not distract from the poem and makes it feel like it isn't dragging on and on ]]> 2020-10-15 18:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833511446 I think line length always adds another level of emotion because it can alter the way someone interprets the poem. Short lines are usually convey a more drawn out idea and make you say the words slower. https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833511786 I have always though puncuation is interesting in poems because no punctuation can create this idea of a never ending thought whereas lots of punctuation can convey an idea different thoughts or differing ideas. ]]> 2020-10-15 18:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833511786 Extended metaphor juliaclark5 https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833512093 tying a feeling to a metaphor to further help the reader understand what it is about that feeling that matters (Wild Nights - Dickinson)]]> 2020-10-15 18:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833512093 Dashes and Apostrophes https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833515434
Used to create pauses in the reading, or speech of a poem. Can be varying in length.]]> 2020-10-15 18:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833515434 Space in between lines https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833515647 Intentionally leaving space in between lines helps to separate ideas and also force the reader to take a breath when wanted in the poem]]> 2020-10-15 18:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833515647 Repetition beginning stanzas rubyhatlevig1 https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833516818 Seen in rumi's poem repeating "love says" and "I say," Starting a stanza with the same line more than once, especially in this case, creates a back and forward feel]]> 2020-10-15 18:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833516818 repetition samantharoche3 https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833518021 nails home the importance of the line]]> 2020-10-15 18:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833518021 repeated harsh "t" sounds https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833519117 Used in "Wild Nights", the harsh t sound at the end of a word often adds drama to the poem, causing the reader to pause briefly before reading the next word]]> 2020-10-15 18:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833519117 Italics juliaclark5 https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833519925 in Everyone has a heartache italics bring outsider dialogue into the poem without needing quotation marks and disrupting the flow of the poem]]> 2020-10-15 18:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833519925 Assonance https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833520585 In 'Everybody has a Heartache,' there is repetitive use of both deep "i' and 'y' sounds in the last stanza]]> 2020-10-15 18:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833520585 capitalization https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833522124 wright it the way you want it to be comprahended]]> 2020-10-15 18:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/awood170/w39rn0icf0c0fsm6/wish/833522124