POETRY AND ITS FEATURES

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SSS1 FIRST TERM

WEEK SIX

POETRY AND ITS FEATURES

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to learn;

• DEFINITION OF POETRY
• KINDS OF POEMS
• POETIC DEVICES

CONTENT

REFERENCE

• Exam Focus by J.O.J. Nwachukwu Agbada et al.
• Essential Literature-in-English for S.S.S. by Ibitola A.O.
• The Mastery of Literature by Iwuchukwu Chinweikpe Esq.
• A Handbook of Creative Writing by J.O.J Nwachukwu Agbada.

TOPIC: POETRY AND ITS FEATURES

POETRY

Poetry is a form of writing stimulated by emotion and expressing a deep feeling that may be very difficult to explain in literary form. This is because it is the sum total of the use of certain devices such as rhyme, rhythm, metre, figure of speech, stanza, subject matter, the poet’s feeling,…