History for Main/PoetryTropes

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clipartkey_203658.png]]

->''"A poet can survive everything but a misprint."''
-->-- Creator/OscarWilde, ''The Children of Poets''

This index lists tropes having to do with the medium and content of {{poetry}} in all its forms.

Compare LiteraryTropes, MusicTropes, and TheatreTropes.

See also LitClassTropes.
----
!!Tropes:
[[index]]
[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder:Devices & Formatting]]
* RhymeTropes (index)
* UsefulNotes/PoetryForms (Useful Notes)
* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable -- Meter that doesn't work out quite right.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal -- When words begin with the same sound. This was actually the dominant device in European poetry before rhyme took over.
* AllLowercaseLetters -- Some poets choose not to capitalize any letters in their poems.
* CommonMeter -- A particularly common syllable-and-rhyme pattern.
* DoubleMeaning -- Poetry is infamous for its reliance on multiple layers of meaning.
* {{Motifs}} -- A poem will often focus on a central image or idea.
* NoPunctuationPeriod -- Certain styles call for minimal or entirely absent punctuation.
* {{Pun}} -- Poetry often incorporates wordplay, sometimes for comedic effect.
* {{Symbolism}} -- Things Represent Other Things quite frequently in poetry.
** RuleOfSymbolism -- If it's symbolic, it doesn't have to make sense.
** WorldOfSymbolism -- A common complaint of high school English students: why does everything have to ''mean'' something?
* UnconventionalFormatting -- Many poets play with arranging words in unusual ways.
* WallOfText -- Especially common in prose poetry.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Genres & Topics]]
* CourtlyLove -- Love poems are a traditional means of wooing one's distant beloved.
* EpicCatalog -- A Narrative Poem lists off characters.
* {{Limerick}} -- A short, witty poem with a specific rhyme-meter pattern.
* LoveIsLikeReligion -- Comparing romantic lover to religious devotion or passion.
* LoveLetter -- Often takes the form of a sappy poem.
* NarrativePoem -- AKA Epic Poem: a poem that tells a story.
* NurseryRhyme -- A simple poem for young children.
** IronicNurseryTune -- A Nursery Rhyme played for creepiness.
* OdeToFamily -- A poem to a family member.
* PoemFic -- A piece of {{fanfiction}} in the form of a poem.
* ThePowerOfLanguage -- A frequent subject of poetic reflection.
* SecondPersonNarration -- Poems to beloveds of various sorts are often formatted this way.
* SeductionLyric -- A poem that's trying to get you into bed.
* SpellingSong -- Poems are a handy way to remember mnemonic devices.
* {{Sonnet}} -- A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter with one of two specific rhyme schemes.
* TongueTwister -- A short poem designed to be difficult to enunciate.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other]]
* {{Anthology}} -- Poems are often published this way.
* TheBard -- A character known for composing poetry.
* {{Epigraph}} -- A quotation at the beginning of a work, often a line of poetry.
* GratuitousIambicPentameter -- A non-poetic work uses iambic pentameter.
* LostInTranslation -- Poetry is notoriously difficult to translate while preserving all layers of meaning.
* TheMuse -- Often the subject of romantic poems.
* RhymesOnADime -- Rhyming dialogue in a non-poetic work.
* SpokenWordInMusic -- Poetry interpolated into songs.
* WarriorPoet -- Both a fighter and a bard.
* WanderingMinstrel -- A travelling poet and musician.
[[/folder]]

[[/index]]
----

History Main / PoetryTropes