The Meaning of Poetry The Intrinsic elements of poetry Explication

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C. Theoretical Framework

1. The Meaning of Poetry

Laurence Perrine defines poetry as “a kind of language that says more and says it more intensely than ordinary language.” 3 Poetry can both broaden and intensify experience, or it might present a range of experiences beyond the realm of personal possibility for the individual listener. It can also illuminate, clarify, deepen an everyday occurrence in a way the reader never considered, making the reader see more and feel more than ever before.

2. The Intrinsic elements of poetry

The intrinsic elements are the analysis of the literature itself without looking the relation with the external aspect. 4 In the intrinsic elements the readers have to analyze several elements. Such as, figure of speech, tone, diction and etc. There are several elements which make up a good poem. In brief, they are described below. a. Tone Tone , in literature, may be defined as the writers or speakers attitude toward the subject, the audience, or toward herselfhimself. 5 3 Laurence Perrine, and R. A. R.P Sound and sense: An Introduction to poetry, 8 th ed. Florida: Harcourt Brace College publisher, 1992,p.3. 4 Stanton Robert, An Introduction to Fiction, New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, inc, 1965, p. 11 5 Laurence Perrine and R. A. R. P 1988, op. cit. ,p. 49. 6 b. Diction Diction, in its origin, primary meaning, refers to the writers or the speakers distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression. 6 c. Figure of speech A figure of speech is a use of a word that diverges from its normal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it. 7 There are several kinds of figure of speech 1 Metaphor 2 Synecdoche 3 Symbol d. Theme Theme is the central idea of literary work. 8 It is the idea, which is embodied in the total of the poem. This is what the poem is all about.

3. Explication

An explication has been defined as an examination of a work of literature for knowledge of each part, for the relations of these parts to each other, and for their relations to the whole. 9 6 Judith A. Stanford, Responding To literature: Story, poems, plays and essays New York: McGraw Hill,: 2003, p. 47 7 http:grammar.about.comodrhetoricstylea20figures.htm. accessed on April 27, 09 8 Robert DiYanni, Literature: Reading Fiction, poetry and drama New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002, p. 754 7

D. Research Finding