THE Poetry is a poetic text, usually in verse, which is part of the literary genre called "lyrical".
It combines words, meanings and aesthetic qualities. In it, the aesthetics of language prevails over content, in a way that uses different phonetic, syntactic and semantic devices.
Poetry is divided into verses which, grouped together, are called stanzas. The literary origins of poetry point out that it was born to be sung, hence the concern with aesthetics, meter and rhyme.
Poetry is a text where the author directly expresses personal feelings and visions. The voice that manifests itself in poetry, that is, the poetic and fictional subject created by the writer is called the lyrical self.
It is among the oldest forms of literary art, with poetry recorded in hieroglyphics in Egypt 25 centuries before Christ. In modern poetry, one of the most important tools is metaphor, a figure of speech.
Among the various types of poetic forms, we have:
- Couplet (two-line poem)
- Tenth (ten verse poem)
- Sonnet (14 verse poem)
- Ode (exaltation poem)
Main Types of Poetry
Poetry can be divided into three main genres:
- Lyric Poetry: can be translated as the way to express feelings through the spoken or written word.
- epic poetry: is marked by objectivity, where the facts considered important to the poet are narrated.
- Dramatic Poetry: is characterized by subjectivity and objectivity, with the opinion of the poet.
There are also less-used genres, such as pastoral poetry.
Read more at: Literary Genres
Lyric Poetry
Among the genres of poetry, the most applied is the lyrical. Subjectivity is the main feature of this poetic genre.
In it, the poet offers through thought his social vision, the world, his reality and expresses feelings with attention to aesthetics, technique and metrics.
Most lyrical texts are written in verse. In addition to subjectivity, the characteristics of the lyrical genre are: refined aesthetics, elaborate language, attention to form. That is, structural discipline.
The components of lyrical poetry are: meter, verse and rhyme. The meter is translated with discipline into the structure of distinct combinations for the formation of verses, rhymes, rhythm and stanzas.
The verse, on the other hand, is composed of the set of words submitted to rhythm and which give rise to other verses. May have pauses, rhyme hits. The verse is classified according to the number of syllables it contains.
The verse comprises the rhyme in a syllabic set, being called a major verse when there are nine syllables and larger, if the quantity exceeds this number. If there is no compliance with this feature, the back is called free.
read Lyrical Genre, rime and Verse.
Poetry example
Below is an example of lyrical poetry, the "Sonnet of Contrition" by Vinícius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and musician. Note that the word "contrition" means regret, remorse, and guilt.
Remember that the sonnet is a fixed form made up of two quartets (two stanzas of four lines each) and two triplets (two stanzas of three lines each):
Sonnet of Contrition
I love you Maria, I love you so much
That my chest hurts like illness
And the more the intense pain is for me
Your enchantment grows in my soul.
Like the child who wanders the corner
Faced with the mystery of suspended spaciousness
My heart is a wave of lulling
Craving verses of immense nostalgia.
The heart is not bigger than the soul
No better presence than longing
Just loving you is divine, and feeling calm…
And it's a calm so made of humility
That I knew you belonged so much more
Less would be eternal in your life.
Read too:
- What is a poem?
- How to make a poem?
- Difference between poem and poetry
