Rhyme
A rhyme is a repetition
of similar sounds (or the same sound) in two or more words, most often
in the final syllables of lines in poems and
songs. The word rhyme is also a pars pro toto ("a part (taken) for the
whole") that means a short poem, such as a rhyming couplet or other brief
rhyming poem such as nursery rhymes.
Rhythm
Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos,
"any regular recurring motion, symmetry" (Liddell and Scott 1996))
generally means a "movement marked by the regulated
succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions" (Anon. 1971, 2537). This general meaning of
regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical
natural phenomena having a periodicity or frequency of anything from
microseconds to several seconds (as with the riff in a rock music song); to
several minutes or hours, or, at the most extreme, even over many years.
Poetry
Poetry (the term derives from a variant of
the Greek term, poiesis, "making") is a form of
literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to
evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.
Figurative language
Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is
different from the literal interpretation. When a writer uses literal language, he or she is simply stating the
facts as they are. Figurative language, in comparison, uses exaggerations or
alterations to make a particular linguistic point.
Figurative language is very common in poetry, but is also used in prose and
nonfiction writing as well.
Alfred Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st
Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great
Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the
most popular British poets.
Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "Break, Break, Break",
"The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears", and
"Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical
mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written
to commemorate his friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and student at Trinity
College, Cambridge, after he died of a stroke at the age of 22. Tennyson also
wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King,
"Ulysses", and "Tithonus". During his career, Tennyson
attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success.
The Raven
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my
chamber door—
Only this and
nothing more."
"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar
Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its
musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells
of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's
slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is
lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven
seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the
word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of a number of folk, mythological,
religious, and classical references
I wandered lonely as a cloud
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
