Sunday, January 28, 2007

Poetic Language vs Poetry


When i think of poetic language, I think it is basically language that relates to a poem, and poetry. It has meaning and tries to evoke feelings through words and rhythm. Someone could talk in poetic language, and certain phase that they say, one would think..."That sounds like it could be in a poem!" It could be like speaking with metaphors and similes.


Poetic language is not that much different from poetry; they are closely related. One key difference though, i think, is that poetry consists of poems usually written, whereas poetic language can be in everyday speech. Poetry is a sequence of words put together that have meaning. Poetic language can be mixed in with regular language.

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