THE RULES OF ENGLISH POETRY

Prose- Words in their best order.

Poetry- Best words in their best order

ENGLISH POETRY HAS BECOME A JUVENILE FANTASY RATHER THAN AN ART.I AM NOT A BIG POET I JUST LEARNED FROM THE POETS AND READ THE POEMS OF CLASSIC POETS AND UNDERSTOOD THEIR MEANINGS FROM MY TEACHERS.BUT AS MY INTEREST WAS IN IT I ALWAYS WONDER WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PENNING DOWN YOUR THOUGHTS AND MAKING IT A POEM.UNFORTUNATELY TODAY ONLY FEW PEOPLE FOLLOW THE POETICAL RULES AND EVEN PEOPLE WHO WRITES POETRY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS SONNET OR IF YOU ASK THE REAL MEANING OF LYRICS PEOPLE CAN’T TELL YOU IN POETICAL TERMS.

LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF RULES AND THE TECHNIQUE OF POETRY MADE IT PROSE-LIKE, RUNNING PARAGRAPHS WITH NO METER IS NOT A POEM.MANY PEOPLE WRITES PROSE AND CALL IT A POEM.WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROSE AND POETRY.I HAVE COLLECTED SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE POETICAL TERMS AND POETICAL WORDS.I AM JUST SHARING WITH ALL PLEASE DON’T TAKE IT AS I AM TEACHING OR IMPOSING.

MOST IMPORTANT THING IN POETRY THAT EVERY LINE SHOULD BE IN METER WHICH CONSTITUTES RHYTHM.RHYMING IS NOT NECESSARY BUT IMPORTANT TO ENHANCE THE BEAUTY ANF FLOW OF POETRY.IT IS NOT AT ALL CHILDISH AND IF ANYBODY THINK LIKE THIS THEN JOHN KEATS AND WILLIAM WORDSWORTH WERE CHILDISH BUT FORCED RHYMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PROSE is a type of poem that reads as a short story. It contains poetical elements including imagery and specially constructed rhythms but no poetical parameters.

POETRY- It constitutes of verses with all the given(below) parameters.

Meter

Meter is the pattern established for a verse (such as iambic pentameter). It is the pattern in which combinations of stressed and unstreessed syllables occur in lines pof poetry and its measure.unit of each pattern is foot.e.g. pentameter[five feet].

Rhythm is the actual sound that results from a line of poetry. Thus, the meter of a line may be described as being "iambic", but a full description of the rhythm would require the pattern analysis of the language to include tempo changes and how the meter interacts with other elements of the vocabulary. In English, metrical rhythm is generally used. It involves exact patterns of stresses or syllables in repeated patterns within a line called "feet." Rhythm based on meter in English usually concerns the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

.An iamb is a metrical foot used in types of poetry. It consists of an unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable, such as at-tempt.

The Foot (plural: feet) is the smallest unit of measurement in English poetry. They are made up of combinations of accented and unaccented syllables. They are: Anapest uu/ Dactyl /uu Iamb u/ Pyrrhic uu Spondee // Trochee /u / represents stressed syllables and u represents unstressed syllables. In verse, the emphasis or accent placed on certyain syllables of words is called as Stress.

A Syllable is a unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound.The word mon-key has two syllables, e-le-phant has three and so on.

Figure of Speech

A figure of speech is an expression that uses language in a figurative sense, a structured or unusual way, or utilizes sound to achieve an effect. Metaphors and similies are examples of figures of speech.

A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two or more unrelated subjects. For example, my hunger is a barely reigned thunder.

A simile is a figure of speech used to compare one subject to another. Frequently, similes are denoted by use of the words "like," "as," or "so." For example, "my smile is like an umbrella" is a simile.

Rhyme scheme

The rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem. Rhyme schemes are denoted by representative letters to show which lines rhyme. For example, abab could denote a quatrain's rhyme scheme.

Rhyme Royal(rime royal)

The rhyme royal is a French stanza with an ababbcc rhyme pattern written in iambic pentameter. Literary legend dates it back to the 15th century. This term can be used to describe a poetic form or simply a stanza within a poem. Geoffrey Chaucer introduced this form into English poetry.

Sonnet

The sonnet usually focuses on the subject of real or imagined courtly love. It is a form of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter in a variation of rhyme schemes: abba abba cd ee dd or abba abba cde cde.

The Petrarchan sonnet is made of two parts the octave and the sestet. The octave (abba abba) introduces a problem from a viewpoint. The sestet (cde cde) changes the viewpoint and the poem concludes with a personal resolution. While the octave must be rhymed abba, there are many variations for the sestet’s rhyme scheme. It may be cce dde or cdd cee, etc.

The Shakespearean sonnet is another variation of the fourteen-line poem consisting of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. The third quatrain is marked by a change in the poem’s tone or the introduction of a revelation or epiphany.

Ballad

The ballad is a short narrative poem with multiple stanzas of four lines each and it usually uses a refrain. The story originates from a wide range of subjects, but it most frequently focuses on folklore or popular legends. Ballads are usually suitable for singing and are generally written with the last words of the second and fourth lines rhyming.

Ballade

The ballade is a twenty-line French form relying on the foundation of three stanzas, an envoi, and usually an apostrophe. It must use the rhyme scheme of ababbcc dedeeff ghghii.

Lyric

Originally a poem intended to be sung to the accompaniment of a lyre, the term today refers to a short poem concerning the emotions of a single speaker.it employs musicall effects and visual imagery rhather than narrative or dramatic movement.

Epistle poem

An epistle poem is a poem written in the form of a letter.

Elegy

The elegy was originally written for elegiac meter. Traditional elegiac meter is a dactylic hexameter followed by pentameter. Unlike a eulogy that must focus on the death of someone, the elegy can also be a poem of sad, reflective, somber tone.

Envoi

As a piece of other poetic forms, the envoi is the name for the short stanza at the close of a poem. It addresses an imagined or actual person; it may also be used to comment on the earlier content of the poem. It also repeats rhyme words or sounds used in the main body of the poem.

Consonance

Consonance is the repetition of an identical or similar consonance sound. The "b" sound as in the sentence "Blue baby books are usually used for boys" is an example of consonance.

Assonance

Assonance is the repetition of an identical or similar vowel sound. The "oo" sound in the sentence "Look at the cookies." is an example of assonance.

Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. For example, the tongue twister "Suzie sells sea shells down by the seashore" uses alliteration. In the modern usage, alliteration is most commonly consonantal.