WHAT IS POETRY? Poetry is WRITING THAT HOLDS TO SOME RHYTHM.
What is rhythm? Rhythm is A STEADY REPEATING PATTERN. EX. BA DA BA DA BA DA BA DA.
Line length Most lines of poetry have the same number of syllables.
Shakespearean verse is in what is called IAMBIC PENTAMETER, TEN SYLLABLES PER LINE. EX: BUT SOFT WHAT LIGHT THROUGH YONDER WINDOW BREAKS
WHAT ARE THE MAIN THEMES
OF POETRY? 1.LOVE
2.DEATH
OTHER THEMES FROM POETRY: 1. JOURNEY
2. PEACE
3. VENGEANCE
4. EVERYTHING
5. SEX
PLEASURE AND PAIN
(LOVE AND HATE) PLEASURE AND PUNISHMENT
HEDONISM 1.THE DOCTRINE THAT PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS IS
THE CHIEF GOOD IN LIFE.
2. A WAY OF LIFE BASED ON THE IDEA THAT PLEASURE
IS THE BEST GOOD.
3. THE SELF-INDULGENT PURSUIT OF PLEASURE AS A
WAY OF LIFE.
4. THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE FOR YOURSELF AND
THOSE AROUND YOU.
5. SPENDING LIFE DOING WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.
EVOLUTION OF HEDONISM COMES ABOUT AS A REBELLION AGAINST
STRICT RELIGIOUS WAYS OF LIFE
EX: NO DRINKING
NO SEX