DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POEM AND POETRY Its DIFFERENT TYPES, NORMS & THE THREE STEPS OF POEM PROCESS

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POEM AND POETRY

Its DIFFERENT TYPES, NORMS &

THE THREE STEPS OF POEM PROCESS

Abstract:-

In English literature, we have many Literary Terms; and we student have to glade about that people like M.H. Abrams who wrote A Glossary of Literary Terms 7TH Edition In English literature we have treasure of literary terms among them this research paper will guide us about What is Difference between Poem and Poetry and its norm and Types in English Literature. First of all we can see that what the main literary terms are in short. All Literary terms plays a very significant role and all have its own precious charm and meaning with Literary and Wordly manner.

During the time of our Bachelor Degree I had observed many my collogues that they knew difference between definitional way but if we asks them they became confused, so, here, I write this research paper for those my pals and alienated pals who have some this kind of confusion between these two literary terms. So the motto of this research paper is to solve and to five the answer and solutions only for academic purpose in English Literature.

Introduction:-

World’s any literature you can find the Prose and Poetry. This prose and poetry have many types like in prose there are Epic, Short-Stories, Novel, and Drama etc. and in the other side there is Poetry where we can find Ballad, Poems, Elegy, Sonnet, Haiku etc. so all these types have its own charm and literature if you find Epic there are Mahabharata, Ramayana, Quran, Bible, Geeta Buddha-Sanhita etc. where as in poetry there are sonnets with its types like patriarchal sonnet, Miltonic Sonnet, Shakespearean sonnet as well. So, if we read about Mira’s Poetry or Valmikies Ramayana we enjoyed a lot due to its story and its heart touch philosophical charm of poetry which tell us huge in short and sweet lines but if we want to understand poetry we have deep knowledge as well as wisdom to understand it. The Prose is full of stories, mysteries, miracles and supernatural themes. The prose is understand by kids, people and youngster where as poetry is full of pleasure and inner philosophical and poetry is understand by experts, and old aged person. Some poetry are so hard to understand because the words of the poetry are so intense and so old and rich that we are not able to understand if the translator translate the poetry in our birth language or in mother tongue we can at last understand but not fully still at the end we have confusion in it. That’s why it is said that….

“Poets’ are god gifted if we want to understand them and their writing we need as much as knowledge and power as well.”

Since the time of planet earth there are many evolution and revolution had been occurred where many Sufi, Mughal, Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Indian, Anglo-Indian, Anglo-American, Indo-Canadian, Indo-African etc. wrote billions and trillions of things in their own native languages. Now last few centuries there are new subject also developed by education system to understand these enormous and par excellent writings. In India there is India Writing in English etc. new subject is developed in master as well as under graduation level. So, at last we come to know that this research paper will show and bring us to the great knowledge full site where it clarify and differentiate what is a ture sense and meaning of poetry as well as prose.

Difference between Poem and Poetry:-

A Poem is a literary creation where as Poetry is the art form. A Poem is a single piece of poetry which is complete in itself. Poetry is the collective terms used to describe a group of poems, which may or may not be related by theme, author, or style. The two words poem and poetry are interchangeably used through there is a difference in their inner meanings. Their connotations do differ to some extent. A poem is a piece of literary work. Poetry is an art form.

A poet is who composes poems and creates poetry in the process. He is just like a potter who is skillful in making pots and creating the art form of pottery in the process. He alone can be called a poet who creates poetry frequently. He who composes poems occasionally cannot be called a poet but then he can be called a versifier. Poetry is the result of the description of concept and feelings by means of the use of the various elements of a language. Sounds and rhythms of words constitute the elements of language. Poetry is characterized by prosody. Prosody is the science of patterns of rhythms. Since, rhythms form is invented it is basis of poetry so it is often compared to music. This is because of the fact that music too is qualified by the presence of rhythms.

This word poem is often used in the sense of an individual piece of work. Poetry is a collected work. In other words, we can say that….

“It is a Collective Term used to

Indicate many pieces of individual poems.”

Poetry is a form whereas a poem is a written piece of work. Just as an artist uses colors to breathe life to his art in the same a poet uses words to give expression to his experiences and emotional life. A poet employs different techniques and poetic devices to bring out the aesthetic value of words. These words are capable of conveying the underlying emotions. As a result, they are able to lead to liberation. A poem can be defined as a piece of writing in which, the words are exactly chosen for the ideas and images they are capable of etching in the minds of their readers.

In short, it can be said that…….

“Poetry is one of the forms of fine arts. A poem is the fundamental unit of poetry.”

It can therefore be said that……

“Poetry is made of poems.”

In other words we can say that……

“Poems constitute the art form of poetry.”

After above differences it is our duty to understand The Norms of Poetry-Writing. Which give us and bring us down to the new world of Poetry.

First all there are 7 Norms of Poetry-Writing which we can understand and see throughout the following table view

NORMS OF POETRY - WRITING

Regular Rhythm

Rhyme

Stanza

Verse

Music

Substances

Language

1.      Regular Rhythm:-

As we read it, we cannot hear the regular beat of sound, like the regular tramp of soldiers marching or the regular beat of the feet of people dancing? There is nothing like this regular swing in prose passage. It is because by the fact that the poet arranges his words in such a way that the accented syllables, on which we naturally law stress in speaking, come at equal intervals. If all accented syllables in the first line are italicized we will see that every second syllable must be pronounced more loudly or emphatically the other. The regular rising and falling in the flow of sounds in poetry, these recurring intervals strong, and light sounds, like the beat of a Drum regulating Dance movements, is called rhythm and rhythm is the chief and an essential characteristics of verse as distinguished from prose.

2.      Rhyme:-

The next point we notice is that the words at the end of the first three lines all have the same sound-low, snow, flow. When words have the same vowel sound and end with the same consonant sound, they are said to Rhyme. Rhyme is not necessary to verse but generally verse is rhymed. Rhyme serves two purposes; it make verse more musical by giving it pleasing sounds like chimes of bell and it serves to preserve the verse form in which the poem is arranged by making the ends of the lines.

3.      Stanzas:-

If we look at the whole of the poem, we will notice another characteristic of verse. We will see that the poem is divided up into units and that all the units or elements are exactly alike in form. Each unit is of six lines, the First line rhyming with the Third, the Second with the Fourth and the Fifth with the Sixth. Such Units or Elements or divisions in poems are called as Stanzas.

4. Verse:-

Verse is then is characterized by regular rhythm rhyme and stanzas. Of these characteristics rhythm is essential. We cannot have verse or poetry without rhyme. But while most poems have rhyme and stanza forms, these are not essential characteristics of poetry, for we have poems written in Blank-Verse that is verse in which each line has ten syllables but there are no rhymes at the end.

5. Music:-

The first characteristics of poetry are verbal music. The poet choose instinctively words of beautiful sound and so arranges them that the words near each other will harmonize in sound, so as to produce what may be called “ Word Music”. And he varies this music to suit the subject, so that the sound of the lines helps to make their meaning clearer.  The first and for most thing we must do is to read the poem through carefully. Then we must ask ourselves. The poet tells us that as he was taking a solitary walk besides a lake one bright and breezy morning, he suddenly came upon a sight that filled him with delighted wonder of its gaiety of heart. The stretched before his wondering gaze thousands and thousands soft yellow daffodils under the trees beside the sparkling waters of the lake.

7.  Language: -   The language should be lucid and simple in nature.

Different types of Poetry:-

“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings;

it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”

-          William Wordsworth

Poetry is a collective name given for poems in general, similar to all literature, poetry is not constrained to a particular type, and we come across different styles of expressing emotions. This is the only reason why, we have so many types of poems. Poetry is a major form of literature. It is in a position to subordinate medium to transmute emotions. It appeals to man’s soul. It evokes emotions and brings up pictures through effective descriptions.

Poetry is………..

“The best words in their best order.”

S.T. Coleridge says that……..

 “The style of writing and the arrangement of words

Differentiate poetry from prose.”

Prose consists of a set of sentences and a poem makes use of rhythmically arranged sentences- often placed one below the other for effect. Poetry uses different techniques like meter, rhyme and sound devices to reveal the deeper aspects of the experiences of the poet. It is also used as a measure to highlight the theme.

TYPES OF POETRY

Descriptive Poetry

Reflective Poetry

Narrative Poetry

Types of Poetry:-

1.      Descriptive Poetry:-

Descriptive poetry is centered on the object of interest and they serve a didactic purpose. Descriptive poems compel the reader to visualize the object, place or person of interest as pictured by the poet himself.

2.      Reflective Poetry:-

Reflective poems contain some explicit or implicit generalization about life by the poet. They simply put in a reflective manner. It is a mere reflection of the state of mind of the poet put forth in a poetic manner.

3.      Narrative Poetry:-

The poet narrates a story through the use of poetic diction. It is considered to be one of the oldest forms of poetry. It often focuses on the pros and cons of life.

Other Types of Poetry:-

TYPES OF POETRY

Lyric Poetry

Sonnet

Elegy

Ode

Ballad Epic

Limerick

LYRIC POETRY:-

A lyric poetry is a short poem. It has the characteristics of a song. It pertains to a single mood or feeling and is more personal in nature.

I.                   SONNET:-                                                                                                          

A sonnet is a fairly short poem consisting of just fourteen lines. It is known to follow a strict pattern of rhyme. It is divided into two parts which are as follows…….

Octave

Sestets

This separation marks the end or break in thought. It is more classified into patriarchal or Patriarchal, Shakespearean, Miltonic and Spenserian Sonnets.

II.                ELEGY:-

The tone of this type of poem is often set in melancholy. It is known to be a funeral song or death song. Most of the elegies are Pastoral in nature. It is the lament of a poet mourning the loss of another fellow poet or friends.

III.             ODE:-

This type of the poem is a direct address to a certain person or a thing. It is somewhat elaborate in its structure. It is divided into three parts which are namely as follows…..

Strophe

Antistrophe

Epode

Odes have a serious over tune and overtone, with the Strophe and the Antistrophe looking at the subject from conflicting perspectives whereas the epode tries to resolve the underlying issues.

IV.             BALLAD:-

A ballad is a type of a narrative poem which deals with a heroic theme. A ballad has musical quality. It has a set theme and fixed metrical form. The modern ballads have taken on the form of single spirited poems with short stanzas which narrates a popular story graphically.

V.                EPIC:-

Epic is a heroic poem that deals with the ethos of the period. There are two types of epic…..

Growth Epic

Art Epic

Epic are usually grander in their portrayal of the style and their theme. It is an account of the life. It works of a heroic or mythological person.

VI.             LIMERICKS:-   

A limerick is a humorous or a nonsensical poem. Which consisting of a stanza made up of five lines. It is a folk form also. It is basically transgressed and boarding on offensive.

Conclusion:

After all we come to know that the world is full of Entertainment. In this world there are trillions of things with the help of we can entertain our selves. Today’s world and time we have internet, Idiot box, Whatsapp, Viber, Virtual Reality Technology etc. but before these technologies and Innovation there were Bhavai, Lok Geet, Lok natak, Dohas, Chappa etc. all these are Indian cultural things. In Western Culture there are Drama, Novel, Novella, Epic, Sonnet, Haiku etc. all these entertain humans before the era of technologies and robot. Now this days many innovation are going on in this age from robot named Sofia to Artificial Intelligence but still we humans do not and did not forget such entertainment in our life. All these prose and poetry still in our life for example we go for movie in cinema hall we listen music either it is Hindi, English, Sufi or any songs etc. are the part of these prose and poetry. All these remain as same until eternity. The part of prose and poetry are like stuffed vegetables for example we listen 18^th century song, 19^th century songs, 20^th century song, Gujarati Songs, Hip-Hop song, Prabhatiya etc. all are just stuff whereas vegetables are Prose or Poetry.

So, in short we come to know that human kind will never ever boring with the prose and poetry if he or she like it because music, movies, epic, songs etc are in our nature from centuries to centuries it never ever wiped out from our mind. Prose and Poetry give us Power of judgment, Power of thinking, Power of decision, Power of Strength and do one thing with us due to its constant interactions it is still alive in our culture, nation, body, veins and in our soul.

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