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The Essential Elements of Poetry

Poetry combines words, lines, rhyme, tone, voice, theme, language and emotion to liberate the poet's thoughts and feelings in a creative way. While writing poetry freely, it is important to understand the basic elements of poetry such as theme, tone, and how they relate to conveying the main idea or underlying meaning throughout the poem. This lesson focuses on the key components of poetry and how to craft poems using these elements to express the overall summarized statement or main thought.

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The Essential Elements of Poetry

Poetry combines words, lines, rhyme, tone, voice, theme, language and emotion to liberate the poet's thoughts and feelings in a creative way. While writing poetry freely, it is important to understand the basic elements of poetry such as theme, tone, and how they relate to conveying the main idea or underlying meaning throughout the poem. This lesson focuses on the key components of poetry and how to craft poems using these elements to express the overall summarized statement or main thought.

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THE ESSENTIAL

ELEMENTS OF
POETRY
Poetry is a combination of
words in lines, rhyme, tone,
voice, theme, language, and
emotion which makes it a
creative means to liberate
the poet’s thoughts and
feelings.
While one can freely
write a poem, it is still
necessary to know the
different elements of
poetry.
This lesson focuses on the
basic elements of poetry
and on how to write
poems considering those
elements.
Theme
and Tone
Theme – is the main idea or
the underlying meaning that
is continuously developed
throughout the poem. In
poetry, the subject is not
exactly its theme.
Theme – is the
summarized statement
containing the main
thought or meaning of
the poem.
Theme – is the
summarized statement
containing the main
thought or meaning of
the poem.

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