DETERMINE THE FEET IN A LINE OF POETRY

How to determine the feet in a line? 1. Determine how many syllables are there in the line; 2. Read naturally the sentence (in reading there must be stressed and unstressed syllables, these will be used to determine the kind of feet possesed by the line). e.g. Kinds of Feet  1. Iambic: 1 unaccented followed by 1 accented e.g. 2. Trochaic: 1 accented followed by 1 unaccented e.g.    3. Dactylic: 1 accented followed...

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SETTING IN LITERATURE

Setting is one of the fundamental elements in literature. For the basic knowledge, setting is just known as the “place” where the story occurs. Setting is another way of identifying the location where the story takes place. Further, setting is expanded to include time. In literary works, the setting include the historical moment in time and geographic location in which a story takes place. Setting has been also include a context (especially...

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PLOT IN LITERATURE

1. The Definition of Plot    Based on the free encyclopedia, plot is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern, in a sequence, through cause and effect, how the reader views the story, or simply by coincidence. As the conclusion, plot is the series or the sequences of event and action in a story. 2. The Elements of Plot     a) Exposition      ...

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DEFINITION OF PROSE

Prose is one of literature genres which form is written expression without a formal pattern of verse or meter (as opposed to poetry). Prose lacks the more formal metrical structure of verse that is almost always found in traditional poetry. Prose consists of sentences which then constitute paragraph, rather than the individual lines and stanza as it is in poetry. The most distinguished prose than poetry especially by its greater irregularity...

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NATURE OF LITERATURE

Literature is the expression of human’s feelings, ideas, imaginations, thoughts, experiences, and emotions which are applied in beautiful language whose purpose is to entertain.  Literature can be expressed by language, both oral and written. In other word, the medium of literature is language. The genres of literature are poetry, prose, and drama. Literature is used when human use language in their communication. Its mean that the...

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THE CONTENT’S ELEMENT OF POETRY

Analyzing poetry is not only based on form’s element, but also we can use the other aspect that is content’s element. And below, it is the content’s element of poetry. 1. Theme Theme is the general idea of a story. It is described by the used-words or phrases of the poetry. 2. Title Title is the representation all of story 3. Point of View Point of view is the different angle to see the subject. The author look something in the other glasses....

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WHAT IS POETRY ?

If we look for an answer to the question “what is poetry?”, we will find a lot of the definition of poetry. Everyone has their own definition. The definition of poetry is always complicated matter and makes us confused. Why is it that everyone can identify poetry, but no one can define it? This is indicate that how extremely important and meaningful poetry is. Anyway, the general idea which refers to definition of poetry is one of literature...

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