poetry
Let an agent handle poetry by form, tradition, language, author and rights, and quote within copyright limits.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle poetry by form, tradition, language, author and rights, and quote within copyright limits.
A form of literature that uses the aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language, such as metre, rhyme, sound and imagery, to evoke meaning and emotion; includes verse traditions worldwide such as the Balinese geguritan.
What it is for: Artistic expression, memory, ritual, song and storytelling.
It can be read and recite it; analyse form and meaning; write in a form; translate with care for sound and sense.
Distinguishing features
Emphasis on sound and rhythm
Many forms and traditions
Oral and written
Protected by copyright for recent works
What it looks like
Lines and stanzas on the page, or oral performance.
How it is recognised
Line breaks and stanzas
Forms such as sonnet, ghazal, haiku, geguritan
Prose poetry blurs the line
Related models
is a kind of - category
is written by - author
uses - devices
is related to - form
In practice
Families and kinds
lyric poetry
epic and narrative poetry
fixed forms such as sonnet or haiku
oral and sung traditions such as geguritan
free verse
Standards and regulation
Copyright law
UNESCO intangible heritage for oral traditions
Failure modes and hazards
Quoting beyond copyright limits
Translations losing meaning
Misattributed poems
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.poetry-communication
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Form Which poetry.
Form shapes reading.
Type
Form and tradition.
Type
Form.
- What form or tradition does the poem belong to? definition
- What are its rules? definition
Language
Original language.
Language
Language.
- In which language was it composed? provenance
- Is it oral or written? definition
Work Which poem.
Poems need attribution.
Author
Attribution.
Author
Attribution.
- Who wrote it, and when? provenance
- Is the attribution secure? boundary
Rights
Copyright.
Rights
Rights.
- Is it in copyright? boundary
- How much can be quoted? boundary
Reading Meaning.
Poems reward close reading.
Analysis
Devices.
Analysis
Analysis.
- Which devices does it use? definition
- What themes are present? definition
Translation
Other languages.
Translation
Translation.
- Which translations exist? provenance
- What is lost in translation? boundary
Practice Writing and performing.
Poetry is practised.
Writing
Craft.
Writing
Writing.
- How can someone write in this form? action
- What resources help? provenance
Performance
Recitation.
Performance
Performance.
- How is it performed or sung? definition
- In which settings? definition
What the second pass must settle
- Should poetic forms be separate entries?
- How should oral traditions be linked?
- How should individual poems be instances?