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Explain How Poetic or Dramatic Structure Contributes to Meaning
July 22, 2025
Shivohm Karogal
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AI Summary
These revision notes explain that the structure of a poem is intentional and plays a key role in conveying its message. To analyze this, one should identify the poem’s structure and explore how it supports or enhances the poem’s meaning—for instance, free verse may reflect uncontrolled emotion, while a structured form like a soliloquy can convey authority or control.
Principle
Poetry’s structure is deliberate and impacts the message of it.
Steps
Identify what the structure of the poem is.
Find the message of the poem and explain how the structure relates to it.
For example, in the poem Medusa, the structure is free verse, mirroring her anger that cannot be contained.
However, a soliloquy could be structured, reflecting a powerful standpoint from the speaker of the poem.