THE ELEMENT OF POEM
1.
The
word structure and how they are ordered in the poem
Words serve to be the reservoir of emotions and
cathartic rehabilitation, the more you read them the more they seep into you
and you knowingly or unknowingly drown into unraveling their true,
unadulterated meaning. The words with which the lines end are the most
important string of letters as their aura is carried till you reach the end of
the next line.
2.
Imagery
We speak of the pictures evoked in a poem as
'imagery'. Imagery refers to the "pictures" which we perceive with
our mind's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, and through which we experience the
"duplicate world" created by poetic language. Imagery evokes the
meaning and truth of human experiences not in abstract terms, as in philosophy,
but in more perceptible and tangible forms. This is a device by which the poet
makes his meaning strong, clear and sure.
The poet uses sound words and words of color and touch in addition to
figures of speech. As well, concrete
details that appeal to the reader's senses are used to build up images.
