Poetry has changed greatly overtime throughout four major periods until the Romantic period. The first known period of poetry is the Ancient Greek period. In this period, it was the beginning of poetry. The Greeks took the oral tradition of storytelling and put it on paper in the form of epic poetry. These poems are more like storytellers than the actual structure of a poem we see today and the poems were quite lengthy. The Greeks used poetry in music and theatre and they were mainly about the Gods and heroic deeds of people. For example, “The Odyssey” a poem written by Homer in 800 B.C.E, is paragraphed structured with no clear lines, as sentences flow to next line without the capitalization of the first letter of each line. It also tells a story of a journey where Roman Gods names are mentioned like Mercury and Neptune and the poem is considered to be book one out of a series of books written by homer proving the Greeks viewed their poems as stories.
The next period of poetry was the Provencal Literature period from the 11th century to the 13th century. In these poems they are more structured into stanzas and are shorter than the Ancient Greek period poems. These poems were mainly used in songs and performed across Europe with small audiences. The poems had rhythm and created a masterful style during the period. An example …show more content…
The style of the time is blended with the Greek period with longer poems again to create a new form of poem which were presented in plays. A famous poet, whose name is in this period is William Shakespeare and a famous poem of his was “All the World’s a Stage.” In this poem rhyming couplets can be seen and it is in this period where rhyming couplets are formed. Also, the poem tells a story about life in the form of a metaphor which is why the Elizabethan and Shakespearean period is the start of poetic devices being more visible in the
The next period of poetry was the Provencal Literature period from the 11th century to the 13th century. In these poems they are more structured into stanzas and are shorter than the Ancient Greek period poems. These poems were mainly used in songs and performed across Europe with small audiences. The poems had rhythm and created a masterful style during the period. An example …show more content…
The style of the time is blended with the Greek period with longer poems again to create a new form of poem which were presented in plays. A famous poet, whose name is in this period is William Shakespeare and a famous poem of his was “All the World’s a Stage.” In this poem rhyming couplets can be seen and it is in this period where rhyming couplets are formed. Also, the poem tells a story about life in the form of a metaphor which is why the Elizabethan and Shakespearean period is the start of poetic devices being more visible in the