JE42 Elements of Poetry

           Elements of poetry include alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, rhymes, repetition, and structures. Some poetry such as sonnet has specific rules. In this unit, Whitman and Dickinson abandoned the traditional rules of poetry. Narrative poems, epic and ballads have a plot and tell the story. They are similar to a fiction, which also contains plot. Some poetry also has settings and characters. Both a fiction and poetry can be used to describe an event or to convey a message (theme). 

One of the poetry I have read, The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, is a perfect example for the similarities between a poem and a fiction. The poem conveys a theme that life is a cycle and it comes and goes after a period of time. This poetry also has a setting. The first stanza was in the evening, when the man was leaving the shore. The second stanza sets in the night. And the third stanza sets in the morning, when the man lost his life. The poem also has a plot, which describes the man’s intention of finding something but finally had an accident. It can be pretty similar to a fiction because it has settings, plot, and a theme. In addition, the poem also has repetition, alliteration, etc.