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  2. Poetry analysis - Wikipedia

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    [3] A reader analyzing a poem is akin to a mechanic taking apart a machine in order to figure out how it works. There are many different reasons to analyze poetry. A teacher might analyze a poem in order to gain a more conscious understanding of how the poem achieves its effects, in order to communicate this to their students.

  3. Oread (poem) - Wikipedia

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    In this poem, the reduction is brought to such an extreme that two images are superimposed on each other, depriving the reader of the possibility to determine, which is the "primary" one. The two image domains relevant here are the sea and the forest. The Oread, apparently the speaker of the poem, expresses her wish that the sea unite with the ...

  4. Metre (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    However, the terminology used to describe the metres was indirectly borrowed from the Arabic poetic tradition through the medium of the Persian language. As a result, Ottoman poetry, also known as Dîvân poetry, was generally written in quantitative, mora-timed metre. The moras, or syllables, are divided into three basic types:

  5. Poetry - Wikipedia

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    The villanelle is a nineteen-line poem made up of five triplets with a closing quatrain; the poem is characterized by having two refrains, initially used in the first and third lines of the first stanza, and then alternately used at the close of each subsequent stanza until the final quatrain, which is concluded by the two refrains.

  6. Cut-up technique - Wikipedia

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    The resulting pieces are then rearranged into a new text, such as in poems by Tristan Tzara as described in his short text, TO MAKE A DADAIST POEM. [ 1 ] Fold-in is the technique of taking two sheets of linear text (with the same linespacing), folding each sheet in half vertically and combining with the other, then reading across the resulting ...

  7. A Dream Within a Dream - Wikipedia

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    The poem dramatizes the confusion felt by the narrator as he watches the important things in life slip away. [1] Realizing he cannot hold on to even one grain of sand, he is led to his final question whether all things are just a dream.

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  9. Aporia - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy, an aporia is a philosophical puzzle or a seemingly irresoluble impasse in an inquiry, often arising as a result of equally plausible yet inconsistent premises, i.e., a paradox.