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Graphical Elements of Literature

By: Kaitlin Washington & Esmeralda

Sonnet

Ballad

  • A poem that tells a story in small stanzas
  • A ballad is also a song
  • A poem that has 14 lines and has a rhyme scheme.
  • It's mostly common if a sonnet has only 10 syllables in each line

Structure

  • Structure in poetry deals with the organization of the stanzas across the page, and how the poem sounds, such as the rhyme scheme.

Graphical Elements

Stanza

  • a group of lines
  • Stanzas are defined by there meter and rhythm scheme.
  • Free verse uses stanzas to organize a poem
  • Not all stanzas have to be the same length

Examples of Stanzas

  • Couplets
  • Tercets
  • Quatrain
  • Sestet

Punctuation

  • the marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning
  • Punctuation in poetry isn't really regarded.
  • Most poets don't use proper grammar or punctuation for the sake of flow.

Capitalization

  • the act of printing capital letters
  • most poets also disregard capitalizing
  • the writer most famous for not using capitalization is E.E Cummings

Word Position

  • shows relationships between words and ideas
  • example: concrete poetry

Line Length

  • Poets use graphical elements to enhance the sounds and visual appeal of the poem.

Aspects of Graphical Elements

  • Structure
  • Stanza
  • Punctuation
  • Capitalization
  • Line Length
  • Word Position

  • shows the number of meters per line
  • line length can indicate how the author feels about the subject. (concise or verbose)

Examples of line lengths:

  • Monometer
  • Dimeter
  • Trimeter
  • Tetrameter
  • Hexameter
  • Heptameter
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