Poetry, verses, rhymes, literary figures, prose, lyricism, Charles Dantzig, Egotistical Dictionary of French Literature, French Literature, Petrarch, sonnet
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This document explores the concept of poetry, discussing its relation to verses, rhymes, and literary figures, and how it can be present in both verse and prose texts.
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[...] Poetry is the literary genre generally associated with evoking emotions. Poems are indeed seen as texts that allow poets to express themselves on a particular feeling or more generally on their conception of the world. Poetry remains quite stereotypical because one immediately imagines a text with stanzas and rhymes, whereas this is not always the case. We can have free verse or poetry in prose, that is to say without rhyme. It is therefore quite complex to well define the stakes of poetry. [...]
[...] We can easily recognize verses thanks to rhymes. They can be crossed, embraced or followed according to the rules of the poem or the author's will. They allow us to better retain the poem but above all to impact the reader's spirit more. In fact, when we discover a text, it is more pleasant and above all easier to retain when there are rhymes. I think that rhymes are really one of the essential points that link poetry to verses. [...]
[...] Nevertheless, we do not find poetry only in verses. There are poems or even texts in a more general sense that are written in prose, that is, without verses, and yet convey emotions, as poetry wants to do. I think a text can be written in prose and at the same time be poetic. This can be done through vocabulary. We think that certain words do not make poetry, but that's not true. It depends on how you handle the words. [...]
[...] Thus, I can conclude that poetry can be found in verses but not only. Through the rhymes and rhythms present in verses, poetry appears because it allows emotions to be conveyed, a bit like a song and music. But not only, I think that poetry is not necessarily present only in verse texts, it can also be in prose texts. It is the vocabulary used and the poet's involvement with lyricism that will just make a text poetic or not. As Charles Dantzig affirms, poetry is not found only in verses. [...]
