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National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month is a literary celebration which is celebrated all over the world by millions of people. The purpose of this holiday is to mark the importance of poetry in our lives and to remember the great poets who created this poetry. This holiday started in the 1990s, due in part to the successful celebrations of Women’s History Month in March and Black History Month in February.
History of National Poetry Month
History of National Poetry Month
During the 1990s, Black History Month and Women’s History Month began to hit their stride and became more successful than any other time since they had been created. This gave hope to those who wanted to establish a National Poetry Month. So with that in mind, the Academy of American Poets – an organization that includes booksellers, librarians, teachers, publishers, poets and literary associations – met in 1995 to discuss the need for a month long celebration of poetry. It was determined that it would have value and the holiday was officially launched in April of 1996.
During the 1990s, Black History Month and Women’s History Month began to hit their stride and became more successful than any other time since they had been created. This gave hope to those who wanted to establish a National Poetry Month. So with that in mind, the Academy of American Poets – an organization that includes booksellers, librarians, teachers, publishers, poets and literary associations – met in 1995 to discuss the need for a month long celebration of poetry. It was determined that it would have value and the holiday was officially launched in April of 1996.
Over the years, this holiday has been not only celebrated by academics, poets and literary groups. It has also been celebrated by society in general. For instance, in 2005, the Empire State Building was illuminated to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this holiday.
Over the years, this holiday has been not only celebrated by academics, poets and literary groups. It has also been celebrated by society in general. For instance, in 2005, the Empire State Building was illuminated to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this holiday.
National Poetry Month Customs & Traditions
National Poetry Month Customs & Traditions
The purpose of National Poetry Month hinges on 6 key areas:
The purpose of National Poetry Month hinges on 6 key areas:
1) To highlight the achievements and legacy of American poets.
1) To highlight the achievements and legacy of American poets.
2) To encourage poetry reading.
2) To encourage poetry reading.
3) To help teachers introduce poetry into the classroom.
3) To help teachers introduce poetry into the classroom.
4) To increase media coverage of poetry and poets.
4) To increase media coverage of poetry and poets.
5) Increase publication of poetry books.
5) Increase publication of poetry books.
6) To increase support for poetry and the poets who produce it.
6) To increase support for poetry and the poets who produce it.
Definition of Poem
Definition of Poem
A poem is a collection of spoken or written words that expresses ideas or emotions in a powerfully vivid and imaginative style. A poem is comprised of a particular rhythmic and metrical pattern. In fact, it is a literary technique that is different from prose or ordinary speech, as it is either in metrical pattern or in free verse.
A poem is a collection of spoken or written words that expresses ideas or emotions in a powerfully vivid and imaginative style. A poem is comprised of a particular rhythmic and metrical pattern. In fact, it is a literary technique that is different from prose or ordinary speech, as it is either in metrical pattern or in free verse.
Writers or poets express their emotions through this medium more easily, as they face difficulty when expressing through some other medium. It serves the purpose of a light to take the readers towards the right path. Also, sometimes it teaches them a moral lesson through sugar-coated language.
Writers or poets express their emotions through this medium more easily, as they face difficulty when expressing through some other medium. It serves the purpose of a light to take the readers towards the right path. Also, sometimes it teaches them a moral lesson through sugar-coated language.
Types of Poem
Types of Poem
Haiku – A type of Japanese poem consisting of three unrhymed lines, with mostly five, seven, and five syllables in each line.
Free Verse – Consists of non–rhyming lines, without any metrical pattern, but which follow a natural rhythm.
Epic – A form of lengthy poem, often written in blank verse, in which poet shows a protagonist in action of historical significance, or a great mythic.
Ballad – A type of narrative poem in which a story often talks about folk or legendary tales. It may take the form of a moral lesson or a song.
Sonnet – It is a form of lyrical poem containing fourteen lines, with iambic pentameter and tone or mood changes after the eighth line.
Elegy – A melancholic poem in which the poet laments the death of a subject, though he gives consolation towards the end.
Epitaph – A small poem used as an inscription on a tombstone.
Hymn – This type of a poem praises spirituality or God’s splendor.
Limerick – This is a type of humorous poem with five anapestic lines in which the first, second, and fifth lines have three feet, and the third and fourth lines have two feet, with a strict rhyme scheme of aabba.
Villanelle – A French styled poem with nineteen lines, composed of three–line stanza, with five tercets and a final quatrain. It uses refrain at the first and third lines of each stanza.
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