Intro lectpt 1

Introductory Lecture

Pt. 1What is poetry?

Course Title: Poetry Course Code & NO.: LANE 447Course Credit Hrs.: 3 weekly Level: 7th Level Students

Instructor: Dr. Noora Al-MalkiCredits of images and online content are to their original owners.

This Presentation

• is divided into three sections (Pt. 1, Pt. 2, and Pt. 3), each dealing with a distinct topic.

• sums up the main points to be discussed in the course’s introductory lecture.

• introduces main concepts related to the meaning of poetry, poetry types and forms, elements of a a poem…etc.

• encourages students to read further about English poetry in the listed references and websites.

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Definitions of Poetry

Wordsworth defined poetry as:“the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings…”

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordsworth


Emily Dickinson said, "If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry".


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson


Dylan Thomas defines it: "Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this or that or nothing."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas


Carl Sandburg (American poet 20th C)

“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sandburg


Isaac Newton (English Scientist 17-18 Cs.):

“(Poetry is) a kind of ingenious nonsense.”


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton


Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. It consists largely of oral or literary works in which language is used in a manner that is felt by its user and audience to differ from ordinary prose. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry



Poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. Poetry has been known to employ meter and rhyme, but this is by no means necessary. Poetry is an ancient form that has gone through numerous and drastic reinvention over time. The very nature of poetry as an authentic and individual mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to define.

http://contemporarylit.about.com/



Just check the titles of poetry collections published everywhere and you will notice that every and each poet understands poetry in a certain way that differs from other poets.

Check also these images …


Defining poetry is like grasping at the wind--once you catch it, it's no longer wind.

Can you try and define poetry the way all those people did…Class Activity


For more on the Poetry Definitions check these websites: http://poetinthecity.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/what-is-poetry-50-definitions-and-counting/

http://www.poetry-online.org/poetry-quotes.htm


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