Elements of Poetry

  Aside from "words", the elements of poetry are similar to the elements we find in fiction, such as plot, character, setting, figures of speech, conflict, and resolution. Plot is a series of ideas or incidents that related to each other. Poetry often has a plot that interests the readers. Character is the imaginary people in the story while characterization is a character's character. There are usually a main character and an opponent in poetries. Therefore, they might develop a conflict, which is a clash or sharp disagreement among character and character or character and setting. Setting is the place or location of the stories, the setting provides the historical and cultural context for characters. It often can symbolize the emotional state of characters in poems. If the setting is in the haunted house, at a dark night that we can't even find the stars, readers might assume that there may be scary things happen later. After all, there is a resolution, a way that story turns out, whether in a good way or bad way, readers will be curious how the story ends. There are often figures of speech in poems, because they make the words seem more interesting, such as simile, metaphor, personification. Ex. The fallen leaves are the designers, designing their clothes every season; the fallen leaves are the dancers, dancing ballet gracefully for a reason.