Universal theme overview
Poetry is a child in the Universal themes series and is a member of the Style theme family. This is a theme overview post.
Poetry is an expression of beauty and intense emotion using language. Difficult, abstract concepts expressed in a concrete way others can identify with.
Big ideas
- Carefully crafted words and images are important because they show who we are and what we value as a society.
- Poetic forms are carefully edited patterns of language and ideas that connect our shared human experience.
- Rhythm is the central, uniting force of the universe. It regulates time and coordinates all the other aspects of the world.
- Abstract concepts are the essential oils of creative life, a removal of all fillers to reveal the core powerful ideas.
- Poetry shows us the beauty and power of language.
Poetry key concepts
- An abstract is something that is theoretical rather than practical. It is not easily defined in concrete terms.
- Communion is a connection between two or more people or entities, a giving and receiving of thoughts, emotions and ideas.
- The essence is the qualities of a thing that give it its identity, those crucial and indispensable elements that distinguish it from everything else.
- Form is the outward structure and appearance of something, distinct from its content.
- Metaphor is stating that an item is a different, usually not connected, item to show a figurative rather than literal relationship.
- Something realistic is portrayed artistically as close to its natural state as possible.
- Rhythm is the measure of time against regular repeated actions or motifs. It is the pattern, however simple or complex, weak or strong, that something makes through time.
- Anything romantic is stylized and elevated, about idealized adventure and/or love.
- Something sublime is elevated above the general group, to suggest nobility or some other higher state.
- If something is universal, it affects and includes everyone and everything.
Archetypes
animals: dolphin
birds: kestrel, woodpecker
flowers: amaryllis, rose
foods: papaya
mythical: cupid
roles: bard, dancer, lover, muse, poet
settings: cemetery
situations: tragedy
symbols: book