an explication of a poem contained in your Bedford Introduction to Literature text.

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Explication of a Poem

Poetry could be one of the well-known forms of literature . It is popular and a widely appreciated work of art . Poem or the poets are recognized and their works considered as classics and timeless . Poetry is a product of the creative and artistic minds of those people gifted in these kinds of craft . Poetry will always form part of our journey with literature . Hundreds upon hundreds of poems were written and had captured our hearts and minds . We can appreciate a

lot of poems from the message they convey . Poetry has captured not only the old but even the young generation . It has become a powerful tool for expressing oneself the creative way . How do we appreciate poetry ? How do we understand its main features ? How do we unfold the mystery behind poems ? The answers lie with our deeper and profound understanding of a poem and its parts

Samuel Johnson said , The end of writing is to instruct the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing . Certainly one of the features of poetry is to its reader and not just to inform . Poem may sound simple and ordinary but actually there is more to understand behind a poem . They are more than just the rhymes , verses , and lines . Poem is not just a structured writing it can also be the most innovative and skillful piece of art

Analyzing a Poem

Poem is a diverse form of art . Behind it are features that characterized and distinguish a poem to other forms of literature . Generally poems have the following features : rhymes , of words , allegory alliteration , assonance , denotation and connotation , diction , imagery irony , metaphor , meter , simile , symbolism , tone , compression , neologism , and ending . These are like the ingredients that made up a poem . This adds the dimension and creativity and artistry However , there are times that some of these features are not present in all the poems

Poems consist of lines and stanzas . Though the whole poem focuses on a certain theme , each line or each stanza contributes to how the readers will grasp the theme . The parts are needed to understand the whole . In fact , each word used in each line is also information . In short , every part of a poem is necessary and is needed to better understand of this masterpiece

Let us consider the poem entitled , Hope ' is the thing with feathers Obviously , the theme of the poem is about hope . The poet describe hope as a thing with feathers ' This is the first line of the poem . The next 3 lines of the first stanza are also the poet 's ideas of describing the term hope ' The first line is necessary because the poet is encouraging the readers to think and visualize what the poem is all about . The words feathers ' perches ' and sings ' are words that will make the readers think that the poet is comparing hope to birds These words (feathers , perches , sings ) are found...