HOW TO APPRECIATE A POEM DR. SARANGPANI RAMCHANDRA SHINDE
HOW TO APPRECIATE A POEM WHY, IT IS DIFFICULT TO APPRECIATE A POEM? WHAT IS A POEM? WHAT IS APPRECIATION OF A POEM?
CONTENT VS FORM WHAT IS THE POEM ABOUT? LEADS US TO THE CONTENT OR SUBJECT MATTER OF THE POEM, HOW IS THE POEM ORGANIZED? LEADS US TO THE FORM OF THE POEM THEME: REFERES TO A GENERAL CONECPTS OR ESSENSE OF THE POEM, AROUND WHICH THE WHOLE POEM REVOLVES. RECURRING THEMES: LOVE, NATURE, IDENTITY, RELIGION, MEMORY, WAR, CONFLCT, LIFE, DEATH, AGE, DISCOVERY, EXPERIENCE, INNOCENCE, ETC.
IMAGERY THEME IS CARRIED OUT BY MEANS OF IMAGERY. IMAGERY SIGNIFIES ALL THE OBJECTS AND QUALITIES OF SENSE PERCEPTION REFERED TO IN A POEM. SUCH SENSE QUALITIES CAN BE: VISUAL (RELATED TO SIGHT) AUDITORY(HEARING) TACTILE (TOUCH) OLFACTORY (SMELL) GUSTATORY (TASTE) KINESTHETIC (SENSATIONS OF MOVEMENT)
THE LANGUAGE OF A POEM AN INTERACTION AMONG DIVERSE WORDS AND IMAGES TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE MEANINGS THE POETIC LANGUAGE IS FIGURATIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMON LANGUAGE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FIGURES OF SPEECH ENABLE THE POET TO ACHIEVE A DEPARTURE IN THE MEANING OF THE WORDS. LET US DISCUSS FIGURES OF SPEECH