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86 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 87
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Ashok verma
Poetry is supposed to be the beauty of the literature. Poetry is a form of linguistic expression that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in
addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning. It is supposed to be the most subjective and intricate in view of emotions, and brief, rhythmic, aesthetic and artistic in
view of language and expression. It expresses the profound in simple ways, and the simple in profound ways. Poetry is as old as human civilization. In olden limes rhythm,
rhyming, etc, were very important part of poetry because it was easy to keep it in mind. But, poetry is very subjective thing, so there had never been uniformity in its definition or in
the matter of its form. It is just impossible to give a universal defition of poetry. Even those people who do not write poetry can give their own definitions of poetry. Thus, it is just
impossible to define poetry and say something specifically about its form or construction of poetry. From the antiquity to now, no universal or perfect definition of poetry has
been given. The definition of poetry by William Wordsworth is supposed to be the most accepted one. It is a well-known Wordsworth's statement that poetry originates from
emotion recollected and in tranquillity and becomes a 'spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings'. Poetry is often a condensed form of prose in thought, in meaning and
imagery. It has many levels of meaning in a very short space of words that allows or requires or demands it to be contemplated more deeply than prose. All poetry is not so
powerful. The subject matter of poetry is often very personal, subjective and touching in a reflective way that conveys strong emotions. Much poetry tries to use words sparingly
with no unnecessary words; so poetry is terse in meaning and tighter in form and construction that has more energy, power and strength in a shorter space. Poetry is so crafted
that it perfectly conveys our thoughts, emotions, intuitions, profundities, aspirations, passions, loves, etc.
The idea that a poem is like a picture has been a commonplace topic since ancient Greek Civilization, and artists and poets have frequently discussed poetry by
when smiles discussing painting, and vice versa. From Plutarch, when he says, 'painting is mute poetry, poetry a speaking picture' to Horace, when he says, 'as a picture, so a poem',
apparent clarity leads to controversy about what qualities or attributes of a picture are being urged upon poets or how pictorial properties can be converted into poetical
enjoy your ones. The history of comparing and contrasting paintings and poetry turns to be partly a story of attempts to promote one medium of art at the cost of the other. Leonard
Barkan argues that this dialogue is an expression of desire; the painter yearns for the rich signification of words, while the poet yearns for the direct sensuousness of
oneness; painting. He examines critically the ambiguous history of relationship between words and images, focussing on the period from antiquity to the Renaissance but offering
insights that have very much to say about visual art and literature. Barkan has elegantly compressed the long history of theorizing the relationship between language,
literature and visual art. He has once again boldly sidestepped modern scholars to focus on what has been said about words and images by painters, poets and
your souls philosophers from ancient times to the Renaissance. But, so even-handedly he dealt this controversy that he failed to notice its radical asymmetry: while poetry is said to
equal picture plus speech, painting is said to equal poetry minus speech.
merge From the very beginning, it is said that painting is mute poetry or poetry is a speaking picture. As a painting, so a poem. In the time of romantic poetry, the imagery was a
cheerfully very important part of poetry, William Wordsworth, P.C. Shelley, Byron and especially John Keats used imagery in their poetry in abundance. John Keats was known for
88 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 89
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Ashok verma
Poetry is supposed to be the beauty of the literature. Poetry is a form of linguistic expression that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in
addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning. It is supposed to be the most subjective and intricate in view of emotions, and brief, rhythmic, aesthetic and artistic in
view of language and expression. It expresses the profound in simple ways, and the simple in profound ways. Poetry is as old as human civilization. In olden limes rhythm,
rhyming, etc, were very important part of poetry because it was easy to keep it in mind. But, poetry is very subjective thing, so there had never been uniformity in its definition or in
the matter of its form. It is just impossible to give a universal defition of poetry. Even those people who do not write poetry can give their own definitions of poetry. Thus, it is just
impossible to define poetry and say something specifically about its form or construction of poetry. From the antiquity to now, no universal or perfect definition of poetry has
been given. The definition of poetry by William Wordsworth is supposed to be the most accepted one. It is a well-known Wordsworth's statement that poetry originates from
emotion recollected and in tranquillity and becomes a 'spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings'. Poetry is often a condensed form of prose in thought, in meaning and
imagery. It has many levels of meaning in a very short space of words that allows or requires or demands it to be contemplated more deeply than prose. All poetry is not so
powerful. The subject matter of poetry is often very personal, subjective and touching in a reflective way that conveys strong emotions. Much poetry tries to use words sparingly
with no unnecessary words; so poetry is terse in meaning and tighter in form and construction that has more energy, power and strength in a shorter space. Poetry is so crafted
that it perfectly conveys our thoughts, emotions, intuitions, profundities, aspirations, passions, loves, etc.
The idea that a poem is like a picture has been a commonplace topic since ancient Greek Civilization, and artists and poets have frequently discussed poetry by
when smiles discussing painting, and vice versa. From Plutarch, when he says, 'painting is mute poetry, poetry a speaking picture' to Horace, when he says, 'as a picture, so a poem',
apparent clarity leads to controversy about what qualities or attributes of a picture are being urged upon poets or how pictorial properties can be converted into poetical
enjoy your ones. The history of comparing and contrasting paintings and poetry turns to be partly a story of attempts to promote one medium of art at the cost of the other. Leonard
Barkan argues that this dialogue is an expression of desire; the painter yearns for the rich signification of words, while the poet yearns for the direct sensuousness of
oneness; painting. He examines critically the ambiguous history of relationship between words and images, focussing on the period from antiquity to the Renaissance but offering
insights that have very much to say about visual art and literature. Barkan has elegantly compressed the long history of theorizing the relationship between language,
literature and visual art. He has once again boldly sidestepped modern scholars to focus on what has been said about words and images by painters, poets and
your souls philosophers from ancient times to the Renaissance. But, so even-handedly he dealt this controversy that he failed to notice its radical asymmetry: while poetry is said to
equal picture plus speech, painting is said to equal poetry minus speech.
merge From the very beginning, it is said that painting is mute poetry or poetry is a speaking picture. As a painting, so a poem. In the time of romantic poetry, the imagery was a
cheerfully very important part of poetry, William Wordsworth, P.C. Shelley, Byron and especially John Keats used imagery in their poetry in abundance. John Keats was known for
88 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 89
such poetry. In poetry, imagery creates snapshots in a reader's mind. Poets use imagery to draw readers into a sensory experience, and images often provide them with
mental snapshots that appeal to their senses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Imagery can either expose them to new experiences or reveal their own experiences
in a new light. As most poems are brief, a poet has the challenge of creating an entire world for the reader in a new short line, and images or even the story that arises from
a series of images is the most efficient route to this communication. Imagery is the name given to the elements in a poem that spark off the senses. Despite image being a
synonym for pictures, images need not be only visual; any of the five senses can respond to what a poet writes. Examples of non- visual imagery can be found in Ken Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Smith's 'In praise of Vodka' where he describes the drink as having 'taste of the air, of wind of fields, and James Berry's 'Seashell', which puts the 'ocean sighed' right in a
listener's ear. One of the great pleasures of poetry is discovering a particularly powerful image; the imagists of the early twentieth century felt it was the most important Dr. Brajesh Kumar Gupta Mewadev
aspect, so were devoted to finding strong images and presenting them in the clearest language possible. Of course, not every poem is an Imagist poem, but making
images is something that nearly every poem in the Archive does.
A NEW FORM OF POETRY IN THE LITERARY WORLD”
After a long gap of time, this form of poetry was forgotten. Leonard Barkan infused a new life in this old controversy once again by writing his book 'silent poems, speaking
ABSTRACT
picture' in 2007. Although there is quite good numbers of poets are there who are not satisfied with the belief and establishments of this book. Yet it has invoked a sort of
Literary pictorialism can be defined as a phenomenon that occurs when the fictional reality, psychological or physical, in a text is represented as an image. The Swiss-born
new zeal and enthusiasm in few poets who are very vehemently expressed their support to the contents expressed in the book, and they are convinced with the beliefs
painter Paul Klee wrote, 'I know that fundamentally I am a poet; this knowledge should not be a hindrance in art'. His paintings are poems, small pages of a book,
and establishments expressed in the book. Mr. KC Sethi and wife Mrs. Suneeta Sethi have contributed a great deal in this field by writing a book on this theme and have
illuminated manuscripts in which he reads correspondences between shapes and hues as rhymes and rhythms. However, the sound is sometimes represented in
achieved acclaims from all corners of the world of poetry. Sethi is a poet by heart, a photographer by his hobby, and a traveller by nature. So, he has ample time and
pictorial texts, and when that occurs it is often spatialized and concretized, represented as an object in space, and given properties associated with objects, such as
opportunities to encounter different people, landscapes, subjects, objects, etc, and to click his camera to capture various facets of life and nature. He has so nice, poetic
colour, shape, and form. Nature avoids a vacuum; Pictorial poetry imitates and/or refers to media products that are static in the material modalities, such as paintings,
and empathetic heart that he can converse with the subjects, objects, etc, of his pictures as if they are living-beings. They leave emotions, feelings, and impressions on his
sculptures, and photographs/pictures/sketches Circumcontentive Poetry does not focus on form at all; rather it defines form as a function of the content. The alphabet is
heart and he is able to listen to their whispers regarding their joys, pains and other moods of life, etc. Sometimes, these pictures speak much more than words and poems.
essentially a system of signs that represent the phonemes. Letters of the alphabet represent, in other words, the sounds that we use when we speak. What I would like to
Credit to him as for combining the dichotomy of word and picture in 'pictorial poetry' and successfully he has published a book of pictorial poetry. He has introduced a new
do here is to explore one respect in which philosophy, especially the philosophy of language, has much to learn about the nature and possibilities of meaning from poets
concept of pictorial poetry where his photographer and poet work together. Pictorial poetry is consisting of or displaying the characteristics of pictographs and it suggests
and critics.
or conveys visual images. Sethi regards him as a poet of a common or ordinary man. His poetry is very simple, lucid and clear. It does need any special knowledge to
understand and enjoy his poetry. That is why this fashion of writing poetry is nowadays spreading rapidly in the world of poetry and social media. He says, " It came to my Keywords: 1. Introduction, 2. Pictorial Poetry, 3. Hope of Future, 4. Conclusion.
thought in 2011 when I wrote four lines on the photograph of my mother to mark a great remembrance. It touched to my heart and I started working on this innovative INTRODUCTION
thought." At present, picture and poem are operating body and soul of a composition. He writes poems on the body language of subject and object involved in a picture
Language in poetic contexts has the tendency to be doubly productive of meaning, and this distinguishes it in an important way from ordinary ('standard') uses of
which makes it more heart-touching and enchanting. language, is valid for all mental images and memories and, thereby, not limited to inner representations of framed visual artifacts such as paintings. Pictorial poetry is a
The concept of the pictorial poetry of KC Sethi is more profound than that of Emily Romano as the pictorial, created by Emily Romano is a type of shape poem, where the kind of poetry in which the lexicon (words) play an important role in depicting the images and the reader recreates the poetry by juxtaposition and word combination. One
entire poem must be printed in slanting lines indicative of the thought in those lines. There should be a rhyme somewhere in the poem, either end rhyme or internal rhyme. way to learn more about the nature of mental imagery is by means of eye movement tracking. It is here that we find the vision, in a quite literal sense, of a work, and without
A poem is a work of an artist using words and a picture is a work of art using things of nature or natural things. Sethi has given a new idea or concept regarding pictorial a consideration of this, we'll find ourselves shamefully mum when called upon to say what a work might mean. One feature that seems to emerge repeatedly through time
poetry to literature and this movement of a new form of poetry is being led by him, and getting publicity and fame in print media and social media. is the notion of imagination and the term 'poetic imagination' to depict the emotional, imaginative, intellectual and the expressive language used to reflect the writer's
Ashokkumar Verma, IPS, 29 Jun 2018 consciousness. This new understanding of ourselves and our environment has an influence on what we contribute to the world. In addition to better understanding
ourselves, an exposure to the poetry of other cultures leads to a better understanding of those cultures. The interconnection of imagination to the notion of the soul forms
one of the distinguishing characteristics of imagination in poetry and literature. Like all artistic products, pictorial poetry offers entertainment and relaxation from work and
other sources of tension. When it is very good, it offers information about other worlds - inner and outer - that we were not aware of. At its best, pictorial poetry can inspire
90 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 91
such poetry. In poetry, imagery creates snapshots in a reader's mind. Poets use imagery to draw readers into a sensory experience, and images often provide them with
mental snapshots that appeal to their senses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Imagery can either expose them to new experiences or reveal their own experiences
in a new light. As most poems are brief, a poet has the challenge of creating an entire world for the reader in a new short line, and images or even the story that arises from
a series of images is the most efficient route to this communication. Imagery is the name given to the elements in a poem that spark off the senses. Despite image being a
synonym for pictures, images need not be only visual; any of the five senses can respond to what a poet writes. Examples of non- visual imagery can be found in Ken Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Smith's 'In praise of Vodka' where he describes the drink as having 'taste of the air, of wind of fields, and James Berry's 'Seashell', which puts the 'ocean sighed' right in a
listener's ear. One of the great pleasures of poetry is discovering a particularly powerful image; the imagists of the early twentieth century felt it was the most important Dr. Brajesh Kumar Gupta Mewadev
aspect, so were devoted to finding strong images and presenting them in the clearest language possible. Of course, not every poem is an Imagist poem, but making
images is something that nearly every poem in the Archive does.
A NEW FORM OF POETRY IN THE LITERARY WORLD”
After a long gap of time, this form of poetry was forgotten. Leonard Barkan infused a new life in this old controversy once again by writing his book 'silent poems, speaking
ABSTRACT
picture' in 2007. Although there is quite good numbers of poets are there who are not satisfied with the belief and establishments of this book. Yet it has invoked a sort of
Literary pictorialism can be defined as a phenomenon that occurs when the fictional reality, psychological or physical, in a text is represented as an image. The Swiss-born
new zeal and enthusiasm in few poets who are very vehemently expressed their support to the contents expressed in the book, and they are convinced with the beliefs
painter Paul Klee wrote, 'I know that fundamentally I am a poet; this knowledge should not be a hindrance in art'. His paintings are poems, small pages of a book,
and establishments expressed in the book. Mr. KC Sethi and wife Mrs. Suneeta Sethi have contributed a great deal in this field by writing a book on this theme and have
illuminated manuscripts in which he reads correspondences between shapes and hues as rhymes and rhythms. However, the sound is sometimes represented in
achieved acclaims from all corners of the world of poetry. Sethi is a poet by heart, a photographer by his hobby, and a traveller by nature. So, he has ample time and
pictorial texts, and when that occurs it is often spatialized and concretized, represented as an object in space, and given properties associated with objects, such as
opportunities to encounter different people, landscapes, subjects, objects, etc, and to click his camera to capture various facets of life and nature. He has so nice, poetic
colour, shape, and form. Nature avoids a vacuum; Pictorial poetry imitates and/or refers to media products that are static in the material modalities, such as paintings,
and empathetic heart that he can converse with the subjects, objects, etc, of his pictures as if they are living-beings. They leave emotions, feelings, and impressions on his
sculptures, and photographs/pictures/sketches Circumcontentive Poetry does not focus on form at all; rather it defines form as a function of the content. The alphabet is
heart and he is able to listen to their whispers regarding their joys, pains and other moods of life, etc. Sometimes, these pictures speak much more than words and poems.
essentially a system of signs that represent the phonemes. Letters of the alphabet represent, in other words, the sounds that we use when we speak. What I would like to
Credit to him as for combining the dichotomy of word and picture in 'pictorial poetry' and successfully he has published a book of pictorial poetry. He has introduced a new
do here is to explore one respect in which philosophy, especially the philosophy of language, has much to learn about the nature and possibilities of meaning from poets
concept of pictorial poetry where his photographer and poet work together. Pictorial poetry is consisting of or displaying the characteristics of pictographs and it suggests
and critics.
or conveys visual images. Sethi regards him as a poet of a common or ordinary man. His poetry is very simple, lucid and clear. It does need any special knowledge to
understand and enjoy his poetry. That is why this fashion of writing poetry is nowadays spreading rapidly in the world of poetry and social media. He says, " It came to my Keywords: 1. Introduction, 2. Pictorial Poetry, 3. Hope of Future, 4. Conclusion.
thought in 2011 when I wrote four lines on the photograph of my mother to mark a great remembrance. It touched to my heart and I started working on this innovative INTRODUCTION
thought." At present, picture and poem are operating body and soul of a composition. He writes poems on the body language of subject and object involved in a picture
Language in poetic contexts has the tendency to be doubly productive of meaning, and this distinguishes it in an important way from ordinary ('standard') uses of
which makes it more heart-touching and enchanting. language, is valid for all mental images and memories and, thereby, not limited to inner representations of framed visual artifacts such as paintings. Pictorial poetry is a
The concept of the pictorial poetry of KC Sethi is more profound than that of Emily Romano as the pictorial, created by Emily Romano is a type of shape poem, where the kind of poetry in which the lexicon (words) play an important role in depicting the images and the reader recreates the poetry by juxtaposition and word combination. One
entire poem must be printed in slanting lines indicative of the thought in those lines. There should be a rhyme somewhere in the poem, either end rhyme or internal rhyme. way to learn more about the nature of mental imagery is by means of eye movement tracking. It is here that we find the vision, in a quite literal sense, of a work, and without
A poem is a work of an artist using words and a picture is a work of art using things of nature or natural things. Sethi has given a new idea or concept regarding pictorial a consideration of this, we'll find ourselves shamefully mum when called upon to say what a work might mean. One feature that seems to emerge repeatedly through time
poetry to literature and this movement of a new form of poetry is being led by him, and getting publicity and fame in print media and social media. is the notion of imagination and the term 'poetic imagination' to depict the emotional, imaginative, intellectual and the expressive language used to reflect the writer's
Ashokkumar Verma, IPS, 29 Jun 2018 consciousness. This new understanding of ourselves and our environment has an influence on what we contribute to the world. In addition to better understanding
ourselves, an exposure to the poetry of other cultures leads to a better understanding of those cultures. The interconnection of imagination to the notion of the soul forms
one of the distinguishing characteristics of imagination in poetry and literature. Like all artistic products, pictorial poetry offers entertainment and relaxation from work and
other sources of tension. When it is very good, it offers information about other worlds - inner and outer - that we were not aware of. At its best, pictorial poetry can inspire
90 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 91
us to be better human beings.
PICTORIAL POETRY: Bringing the concept of meaning and language into the discussions of imagination by the modern phenomenologist's highlights the
mediatory function of imagination in relation to its creative aspects. As the literary and artistic experiments of the 1950s that were at first loosely grouped
together as concrete poetry extended further into the ambiguous sphere which Dick Higgins described in 1965 as 'Intermedia' and another scholar William Dyce
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
visited Rome, he was astonished: 'In truth, to me, Rome was a kind of living poem, which the soul read unceasingly, with the soothed sense which poetry
inspires'. This refers to the phenomenon in which the pictorial form of an expression implies its meaning. But what about visual art, and in particular modern
Ojo Olimide
painting which is largely free of mimetic or realistic representational iconicity (Donald, 2006)? It appears that this genre has not yet been systematically studied
by multimodal researchers, as the existing studies mainly focus on more commercial materials like advertisements, films or political comics. The relationship
between textual and visual art is a complex one, marked by both internal struggle and interdependence. As new research offers fresh insights into this fraught HOW POETRY HAS SHIFTED TO NEW TRACKS OF PICTORIAL POETRY IN SOCIAL AND PAPER MEDIA.
relationship, and what its avant-gardes, belated, present or to come, have been doing, or might do, can only be given the slightest glimpse here. The exploration
INTRODUCTION
of poetic subjectivity, probably due to the concentrated format and the characteristics of poetic language at large, poetry has come to be the ekphrastic genre.
Since their inception, the visual and textual arts have shared a complicated relationship – often mutually enriching, often fraught with a fierce competitiveness. Art and artistic expressions are one of the fundamental aspects of humanity and a portrayal of human creative ability. Art is showcased in what we do, our languages, our
In our times, increasingly urgent matters; questions of war and the more complex proposal of peace, critique of culture, political-economics, technoscience, culture, our geographic landscape, our local architectural designs, the flowers and trees, the mountains and rivers thriving within our surroundings and other wonderful
ethics, capital, the body, its languages and chemicals, calamity, catastrophe. Doing all? Impossible, balancing but blasting, but one radically hopes. What features.
picture do you see in your mind when you read this? You probably imagined the deep color of the ripe strawberries, the warmth of the summer sun, and perhaps An appreciation, awareness, appraisal, and understanding of this phenomenon give birth to poetry. Basically the essence of poetry is not just for its literary usage,
the feeling of the grainy smoothness of the fruit. Imagery in poetry creates similar snapshots in a reader's mind. according to Roman Jacobson, who considers literature of which poetry is a genre “To be an organized violence committed on ordinary speech'” but poetry in this
HOPE OF FUTURE: Nothing can come from nowhere, but rather everything has to come from something. Pictographic writing, which has been used for dimension could be seen as a better way of viewing nature and life in a more open-minded form in order to communicate social messages beneficial to all.
conveying utilitarian messages for millennia is typically considered unsuitable for rendering poetic metaphoric and abstract images. Each object in this world The picture on the other hand is the significant way of keeping history. Sethi Krishan Chand opined that: sometimes I feel pictures though being silent, speak much more
was made from something or made at some point in time and has since survived past that moment of origin. Every idea is shaped by the ideas of others, the than words, lines, and poems do.”As a matter of fact, the picture has an innate ability to make solemn expression and discussion in a subtle manner not requiring a voice
environment, and other influential conditions. It also makes me wonder, however, if maybe somehow these claims are true or possible. This twenty-first century
but making inference in the eyes of the beholder or observer. It is pertinent to note that pictures whether photography, artistic drawings, sketches, illustrations or paintings
not only turns a new page in the book of the world but opens another and a startling chapter. We have already seen proof of the vitality and practical value of
all have mood they express according to the reflective and critical comprehension of the concept by the photographer, artist, and the viewer. When one picks up a new
oriental painting for ourselves and as a key to the eastern soul. It may be worthwhile to approach their literature, the in tensest part of it, their poetry, even in an
book in a bookstore or library, one of the things the individual does is to look at the designs in the book. This has a way of subconsciously wooing the individual to buy or
imperfect manner.
read the book and vice versa.
CONCLUSION: A pictorial poetry is a perfect blend of literature and photography, a form of verse, naturally expressed, with passion and gusto. It light on
According to Edgar Dales' cone of experience “as human, we can retain and recall 30% of what we see. That is why the visual sense is very important. Learners in the
human relations and has also touched the issue of changing the face of human relationships. There is so much richness in pictorial poetry, so much beauty in
classroom are better stimulated to learn when visual materials are employed to aid teaching, saving the teacher from stress and time constraint.
the dream, so much dignity in our struggle, and so much universality in our problems, in us-in each living human being of color. The poems may be serious, sad,
funny, serene, about love, your cat, anything as long as you obey the above rule. Sethi Krishan Chand has proved himself to be an initiatior of this beautiful Pictorial poetry as a contemporary method of projecting poetry and picture viz-a-viz is now becoming a reliable tool for wider acceptance of poetry among individuals who
concept ''pictorial poetry in coffee table books" and widened the scope of coffee table book which were earlier limited to tourism, animal planet,wild life and find poetry boring or difficult to understand. One cannot deny the fact that as poetry is embedded in the picture, one's aesthetic ability is rekindled as one tries to explain
geography only. Along with his wife Mrs Sunita Sethi, created a history by birthing this new concept and made a world record through Golden Book of World the relationship between the picture and the expression written within its frame.
Records, Asia Book of Records and India Book of Records. For the sake of the study, pictorial poetry will be considered as an image representation of anything (drawing, painting and photograph) coupled with micro poem or
poetry(lines and stanza) upon a canvas, paper, camera (gallery) of mobile devices or other surface substantially available on social media and other environment. Sethi
Krishan Chand (2018), referred to pictorial poetry as “silent poems, speaking pictures”, describing the poem as the “soul” and the picture as “the body”, adding that,
92 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 93
us to be better human beings.
PICTORIAL POETRY: Bringing the concept of meaning and language into the discussions of imagination by the modern phenomenologist's highlights the
mediatory function of imagination in relation to its creative aspects. As the literary and artistic experiments of the 1950s that were at first loosely grouped
together as concrete poetry extended further into the ambiguous sphere which Dick Higgins described in 1965 as 'Intermedia' and another scholar William Dyce
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
visited Rome, he was astonished: 'In truth, to me, Rome was a kind of living poem, which the soul read unceasingly, with the soothed sense which poetry
inspires'. This refers to the phenomenon in which the pictorial form of an expression implies its meaning. But what about visual art, and in particular modern
Ojo Olimide
painting which is largely free of mimetic or realistic representational iconicity (Donald, 2006)? It appears that this genre has not yet been systematically studied
by multimodal researchers, as the existing studies mainly focus on more commercial materials like advertisements, films or political comics. The relationship
between textual and visual art is a complex one, marked by both internal struggle and interdependence. As new research offers fresh insights into this fraught HOW POETRY HAS SHIFTED TO NEW TRACKS OF PICTORIAL POETRY IN SOCIAL AND PAPER MEDIA.
relationship, and what its avant-gardes, belated, present or to come, have been doing, or might do, can only be given the slightest glimpse here. The exploration
INTRODUCTION
of poetic subjectivity, probably due to the concentrated format and the characteristics of poetic language at large, poetry has come to be the ekphrastic genre.
Since their inception, the visual and textual arts have shared a complicated relationship – often mutually enriching, often fraught with a fierce competitiveness. Art and artistic expressions are one of the fundamental aspects of humanity and a portrayal of human creative ability. Art is showcased in what we do, our languages, our
In our times, increasingly urgent matters; questions of war and the more complex proposal of peace, critique of culture, political-economics, technoscience, culture, our geographic landscape, our local architectural designs, the flowers and trees, the mountains and rivers thriving within our surroundings and other wonderful
ethics, capital, the body, its languages and chemicals, calamity, catastrophe. Doing all? Impossible, balancing but blasting, but one radically hopes. What features.
picture do you see in your mind when you read this? You probably imagined the deep color of the ripe strawberries, the warmth of the summer sun, and perhaps An appreciation, awareness, appraisal, and understanding of this phenomenon give birth to poetry. Basically the essence of poetry is not just for its literary usage,
the feeling of the grainy smoothness of the fruit. Imagery in poetry creates similar snapshots in a reader's mind. according to Roman Jacobson, who considers literature of which poetry is a genre “To be an organized violence committed on ordinary speech'” but poetry in this
HOPE OF FUTURE: Nothing can come from nowhere, but rather everything has to come from something. Pictographic writing, which has been used for dimension could be seen as a better way of viewing nature and life in a more open-minded form in order to communicate social messages beneficial to all.
conveying utilitarian messages for millennia is typically considered unsuitable for rendering poetic metaphoric and abstract images. Each object in this world The picture on the other hand is the significant way of keeping history. Sethi Krishan Chand opined that: sometimes I feel pictures though being silent, speak much more
was made from something or made at some point in time and has since survived past that moment of origin. Every idea is shaped by the ideas of others, the than words, lines, and poems do.”As a matter of fact, the picture has an innate ability to make solemn expression and discussion in a subtle manner not requiring a voice
environment, and other influential conditions. It also makes me wonder, however, if maybe somehow these claims are true or possible. This twenty-first century
but making inference in the eyes of the beholder or observer. It is pertinent to note that pictures whether photography, artistic drawings, sketches, illustrations or paintings
not only turns a new page in the book of the world but opens another and a startling chapter. We have already seen proof of the vitality and practical value of
all have mood they express according to the reflective and critical comprehension of the concept by the photographer, artist, and the viewer. When one picks up a new
oriental painting for ourselves and as a key to the eastern soul. It may be worthwhile to approach their literature, the in tensest part of it, their poetry, even in an
book in a bookstore or library, one of the things the individual does is to look at the designs in the book. This has a way of subconsciously wooing the individual to buy or
imperfect manner.
read the book and vice versa.
CONCLUSION: A pictorial poetry is a perfect blend of literature and photography, a form of verse, naturally expressed, with passion and gusto. It light on
According to Edgar Dales' cone of experience “as human, we can retain and recall 30% of what we see. That is why the visual sense is very important. Learners in the
human relations and has also touched the issue of changing the face of human relationships. There is so much richness in pictorial poetry, so much beauty in
classroom are better stimulated to learn when visual materials are employed to aid teaching, saving the teacher from stress and time constraint.
the dream, so much dignity in our struggle, and so much universality in our problems, in us-in each living human being of color. The poems may be serious, sad,
funny, serene, about love, your cat, anything as long as you obey the above rule. Sethi Krishan Chand has proved himself to be an initiatior of this beautiful Pictorial poetry as a contemporary method of projecting poetry and picture viz-a-viz is now becoming a reliable tool for wider acceptance of poetry among individuals who
concept ''pictorial poetry in coffee table books" and widened the scope of coffee table book which were earlier limited to tourism, animal planet,wild life and find poetry boring or difficult to understand. One cannot deny the fact that as poetry is embedded in the picture, one's aesthetic ability is rekindled as one tries to explain
geography only. Along with his wife Mrs Sunita Sethi, created a history by birthing this new concept and made a world record through Golden Book of World the relationship between the picture and the expression written within its frame.
Records, Asia Book of Records and India Book of Records. For the sake of the study, pictorial poetry will be considered as an image representation of anything (drawing, painting and photograph) coupled with micro poem or
poetry(lines and stanza) upon a canvas, paper, camera (gallery) of mobile devices or other surface substantially available on social media and other environment. Sethi
Krishan Chand (2018), referred to pictorial poetry as “silent poems, speaking pictures”, describing the poem as the “soul” and the picture as “the body”, adding that,
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'pictorial poetry leaves a great impact on the heart and mind when one's eye is on the visual and the other on the verse, bringing a feeling of the soul of creation to the soul In conclusion, it is pertinent to note that Pictorial Poetry is relatively a contemporary synchronization of two unique concepts into a unit. As time passes by, more ideas will
of man. Although there might be a clear juxtaposition in his expression, for example in the connotational explanation of poetry, we may consider it to be an aspect we can come up on the topic, more experimentation/ approaches on how best to go about it will be explored and more individuals will venture into it.
read (silently and loudly), that is why we lyrical poems lullaby and other forms. But in alignment with his opinion, literarily, poetry's connotational meaning is partially I leave the readers with a micro poem from a Pictorial Poetry
suspended in a way that the picture expresses the idea while poetry in a subtle manner reinforces the meaning in the minds of the viewer. This position also can be argued.
Sun rays and glows
Basically, it may also bear on our curiosity to note that, our sense of sight and what we comprehend in what we see are the vital aspect which is worth analyzing. This
Moon twist and glide
notion makes pictorial poetry a wonderful venture worth delving into.
Star twinkles, wonder and gaze
Subsequently, for the sake of this work, it is beneficial to itemize the significance of pictorial poetry to our present society. They include:
Humans smile in broken amazement.
It allows for the mental build-up of the mental database of poetic imagery, the process can then become very natural and spontaneous. What this means is that imagery
You can also visit www. The13alphabet.wordpress.com or
and symbolism in pictorial poetry has a way of bringing the appreciable connection between the picture, what is written and the idea conveyed.
www. Thebarishalreview.blogspot.com to download pictorial poems in various forms and styles.
It helps in stimulating students minds with mind-boggling questions, group work, and images that create powerful responses in creative writing. Denotation and
REFERENCES
connotation of colour, shape, line, and object all have their effect, perspective shifts and mood change, enabling the learners to acquire extra skills in the field of
Edgar Dale (1963): Cone of Experience
photography. Likewise, it can become a foundation for future writing or photography careers among the learners.
Sethi Krishan Chand (2018): Pictorial Poetry, A Sample Research Paper, © A Facebook Post On Pictorial Poetry.
Photography can also be used to inspire poetry writing. This can be explained as engaging the students in making vital input on what they see and how they can be
represented through writing and at the same time synergizing the two concepts into a meaningful whole. Likewise, with reference to Edgar Dales Cone of Learning
Experience, the learners can retain 40% of what is learned (reading of the poem 10% and the picture 30% compared to reading the poem only or the picture independently
vice versa).
Poetry is better appreciated and accepted through pictorial poetry.
The hype at which social media has given Pictorial Poetry a room is worth acknowledging. Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp among many social media
outlets/communities have enabled pictorial poetry to soar and thrive on a significant basis. For example, on Facebook, the group such as Prose and Picture with January
Khan, Poetry of Moon (micro-community), Free Poetic Universe encourages their members to simultaneously post poems and pictures in their contest.
Precisely in the groups Prose and Picture with January Khan and Poetry of Moon, they give photo prompt to their members to write beautiful lines, poems, quote or even
dialogues in relation to the prompt given. This requires a significant cognitive ability, sharpness, and alertness, logical arrangement of ideas and smartness to participate
in this prompt and poetry contests. Likewise, admins and members of the groups notably Shaan Ahmed, Shamsul Haq, Pradiptakumar Mohanty, Bishnu Charan Parida,
Neelam Sahu among others usually make photo downloads from Google, write the poem that relates to the photo and posts it to the groups. In the end, they are given E-
certificate for their efforts. Also, yearbooks, journal, and E-magazine are published with these pictorial poems for their members.
Whatsapp groups such as “Figures of Speech”, “Teen Poetic Globe” have all made their platforms available for Pictorial Poetry.
Similarly, Paper media such as newspaper, magazines, and journals have also delved into pictorial poetry, the design of the poems and the attached poem to a lively
extent fascinates the reader to give poetry a benefit of doubt and a chance to be read.
94 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 95
'pictorial poetry leaves a great impact on the heart and mind when one's eye is on the visual and the other on the verse, bringing a feeling of the soul of creation to the soul In conclusion, it is pertinent to note that Pictorial Poetry is relatively a contemporary synchronization of two unique concepts into a unit. As time passes by, more ideas will
of man. Although there might be a clear juxtaposition in his expression, for example in the connotational explanation of poetry, we may consider it to be an aspect we can come up on the topic, more experimentation/ approaches on how best to go about it will be explored and more individuals will venture into it.
read (silently and loudly), that is why we lyrical poems lullaby and other forms. But in alignment with his opinion, literarily, poetry's connotational meaning is partially I leave the readers with a micro poem from a Pictorial Poetry
suspended in a way that the picture expresses the idea while poetry in a subtle manner reinforces the meaning in the minds of the viewer. This position also can be argued.
Sun rays and glows
Basically, it may also bear on our curiosity to note that, our sense of sight and what we comprehend in what we see are the vital aspect which is worth analyzing. This
Moon twist and glide
notion makes pictorial poetry a wonderful venture worth delving into.
Star twinkles, wonder and gaze
Subsequently, for the sake of this work, it is beneficial to itemize the significance of pictorial poetry to our present society. They include:
Humans smile in broken amazement.
It allows for the mental build-up of the mental database of poetic imagery, the process can then become very natural and spontaneous. What this means is that imagery
You can also visit www. The13alphabet.wordpress.com or
and symbolism in pictorial poetry has a way of bringing the appreciable connection between the picture, what is written and the idea conveyed.
www. Thebarishalreview.blogspot.com to download pictorial poems in various forms and styles.
It helps in stimulating students minds with mind-boggling questions, group work, and images that create powerful responses in creative writing. Denotation and
REFERENCES
connotation of colour, shape, line, and object all have their effect, perspective shifts and mood change, enabling the learners to acquire extra skills in the field of
Edgar Dale (1963): Cone of Experience
photography. Likewise, it can become a foundation for future writing or photography careers among the learners.
Sethi Krishan Chand (2018): Pictorial Poetry, A Sample Research Paper, © A Facebook Post On Pictorial Poetry.
Photography can also be used to inspire poetry writing. This can be explained as engaging the students in making vital input on what they see and how they can be
represented through writing and at the same time synergizing the two concepts into a meaningful whole. Likewise, with reference to Edgar Dales Cone of Learning
Experience, the learners can retain 40% of what is learned (reading of the poem 10% and the picture 30% compared to reading the poem only or the picture independently
vice versa).
Poetry is better appreciated and accepted through pictorial poetry.
The hype at which social media has given Pictorial Poetry a room is worth acknowledging. Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp among many social media
outlets/communities have enabled pictorial poetry to soar and thrive on a significant basis. For example, on Facebook, the group such as Prose and Picture with January
Khan, Poetry of Moon (micro-community), Free Poetic Universe encourages their members to simultaneously post poems and pictures in their contest.
Precisely in the groups Prose and Picture with January Khan and Poetry of Moon, they give photo prompt to their members to write beautiful lines, poems, quote or even
dialogues in relation to the prompt given. This requires a significant cognitive ability, sharpness, and alertness, logical arrangement of ideas and smartness to participate
in this prompt and poetry contests. Likewise, admins and members of the groups notably Shaan Ahmed, Shamsul Haq, Pradiptakumar Mohanty, Bishnu Charan Parida,
Neelam Sahu among others usually make photo downloads from Google, write the poem that relates to the photo and posts it to the groups. In the end, they are given E-
certificate for their efforts. Also, yearbooks, journal, and E-magazine are published with these pictorial poems for their members.
Whatsapp groups such as “Figures of Speech”, “Teen Poetic Globe” have all made their platforms available for Pictorial Poetry.
Similarly, Paper media such as newspaper, magazines, and journals have also delved into pictorial poetry, the design of the poems and the attached poem to a lively
extent fascinates the reader to give poetry a benefit of doubt and a chance to be read.
94 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 95
When
you smile
wins a heart;
Your
words win
your soul
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When
you smile
wins a heart;
Your
words win
your soul
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Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Jyotirmaya Thakur, UK
KRISHAN CHAND SETHI -” A PICTORIAL GALLERY OF POETRY ".
ABSTRACT
“Word painters are born with a special gift
Their fine hearts recite Spring in Winter to uplift.
Their portrait in words create sonnets of love,
In wartime, hatred flies the peace of dove.
Their words breathe stories in autumn get together
“When dry leaves fall quote operas on beautiful feathers”.
In 'The Word Painters' by Jyotirmaya Thakur expresses the power of poetry as painting can take readers to a magical wonderland of ecstasy.
Mr. Krishnan Chand Sethi does exactly that through his coffee table pictorial poetry books. Man is born with the natural instinct of imitation and everyone has a subjective
perception because of his limitations of vision and imagination. Art in any form is a means of communication and pictorial poetry has become vogue by exploring the fusion
of photographs with rhymes so the speaking pictures are now combined with the melody of sounds. The spirit of the picture is enriched and imbibed in a verbal
philosophical, intellectual and emotive textual expression taking it to the much higher level of simplistic understanding. Nature has always inspired art in its grandeur and
the changing literature in this digital era exploits the concept of mixing poetry with pictures giving a cinematic effect.
The precursor of the Romantic period William Blake did combine his creativity of portraits and poetry in a very imaginative way to bring a revolution for social change.
Keywords: Creativity, Nature, Imitation, Imagination, Imagery, Painting, Pictorial poetry.
INTRODUCTION
Emily Romano is said to be the founder of pictorial poetry. The concept of vivid poetry with imagery and help of figures of speech has been prevalent from the
Renaissance, and in Metaphysical Poetry the similes and metaphors take a tremendous flight of imagination creating mental pictures for better understanding. The
pictorial poetry has become very much similar, parallel or complimentary in nature to capture the beauty of human versatility of complex life in simplicity. Pictorial poetry
imitates and refers to media products that are static in the material modalities, such as paintings, photographs, pictures or sketches. John Keats reflection -”Beauty is
truth and truth is beauty “ is very aesthetically presented in pictorial poetry. Nature and surroundings have always inspired poets to dwell in a realm of reality and become a
part of human awe-inspiring lyrics of immortal history. Keats was inspired by his daily walk through Cathedral close to writing an Ode -'To Autumn”, which is also an Ode to
the city of Winchester –
“Hedge-crickets sing: and now with treble soft
100 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 101
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Jyotirmaya Thakur, UK
KRISHAN CHAND SETHI -” A PICTORIAL GALLERY OF POETRY ".
ABSTRACT
“Word painters are born with a special gift
Their fine hearts recite Spring in Winter to uplift.
Their portrait in words create sonnets of love,
In wartime, hatred flies the peace of dove.
Their words breathe stories in autumn get together
“When dry leaves fall quote operas on beautiful feathers”.
In 'The Word Painters' by Jyotirmaya Thakur expresses the power of poetry as painting can take readers to a magical wonderland of ecstasy.
Mr. Krishnan Chand Sethi does exactly that through his coffee table pictorial poetry books. Man is born with the natural instinct of imitation and everyone has a subjective
perception because of his limitations of vision and imagination. Art in any form is a means of communication and pictorial poetry has become vogue by exploring the fusion
of photographs with rhymes so the speaking pictures are now combined with the melody of sounds. The spirit of the picture is enriched and imbibed in a verbal
philosophical, intellectual and emotive textual expression taking it to the much higher level of simplistic understanding. Nature has always inspired art in its grandeur and
the changing literature in this digital era exploits the concept of mixing poetry with pictures giving a cinematic effect.
The precursor of the Romantic period William Blake did combine his creativity of portraits and poetry in a very imaginative way to bring a revolution for social change.
Keywords: Creativity, Nature, Imitation, Imagination, Imagery, Painting, Pictorial poetry.
INTRODUCTION
Emily Romano is said to be the founder of pictorial poetry. The concept of vivid poetry with imagery and help of figures of speech has been prevalent from the
Renaissance, and in Metaphysical Poetry the similes and metaphors take a tremendous flight of imagination creating mental pictures for better understanding. The
pictorial poetry has become very much similar, parallel or complimentary in nature to capture the beauty of human versatility of complex life in simplicity. Pictorial poetry
imitates and refers to media products that are static in the material modalities, such as paintings, photographs, pictures or sketches. John Keats reflection -”Beauty is
truth and truth is beauty “ is very aesthetically presented in pictorial poetry. Nature and surroundings have always inspired poets to dwell in a realm of reality and become a
part of human awe-inspiring lyrics of immortal history. Keats was inspired by his daily walk through Cathedral close to writing an Ode -'To Autumn”, which is also an Ode to
the city of Winchester –
“Hedge-crickets sing: and now with treble soft
100 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 101
The redbreast whistles from a garden croft, IMAGINATION, IMAGERY, AND IMITATION
And gathering swallows twitter in skies.” Change is constant for creativity in any era for it is a testimony of fundamental aspects of humanity in the contemporary scenario. Sethi Krishan Chand in his research
Visitors to the city can enjoy a self-guided tour taking the sights that inspired the poet in his troubled life to give him a healing break. paper has emphasized upon the visual appeal to be more powerful which is normally used in classrooms by teachers to clarify their points with the help of diagrams.
William Wordsworth is synonymous with the heavenly Lake District. His work is incredibly evocative of summer days spent by the lakes. The most famous poem - Leonardo Da Vinci and other great artists with acute observation of a scientific mind have explored and recorded human body and Nature by drawing images or sketches
”Daffodils “was the result of his coming across a vibrant belt of daffodils in the woods behind Go barrow Park in Ullswater with his sister Dorothy. for reference for future generations' research for advancement. It takes a golden millennium to reach to the modern age that we are blessed with as a guiding force. The
relationship between textual and visual art is a complex one, marked by both internal struggle and interdependence. As new research offers fresh insights into this fraught
“I wandered lonely as a cloud
relationship. The languages, cultures geographical landscapes, architectural uniqueness of every age are reflected in poetry as a background. The transition and
That floats on high over vales and hills,
confusion of the warring society of this nuclear age have to be shown a mirror through the body which is the picture to lay bare the simplicity of pure soul of words for the
When all at once I saw a crowd, survival of humanity. In the poem-'Here”,
A host of golden daffodils.”
Philip Larkin longs for pastoral scenes, as his hometown, Hull like any other city on the globe is densely hemmed upon by industrial landscape polluting the skyscape and
The precursor of Impressionism, Claude Monet - A French painter of nature and impression in 19th-century realism in painting consists in painting the objective reality that greenery.
is things as they are, without the interference of a subject's perception, or of his emotions or his interpretation. A poem by Kate Tempest, who draws her inspiration from “Swerving east, from rich industrial shadows
overlooked beauty spots, has captured a tender moment in picturesque lines of a small spot of Hackney Green-
And traffic all night north; swerving through fields
“The pond was calm, the sky was new
Too thin and this led to be called meadows.”
Your voice was soft, your lies were true…
The imagery in these lines brings the same snapshots but a picture of the scene with the poem would make it crystal clear.
We sat there and the light shone through
CONCLUSION
The leaves and we admired the view.”
As the globe is shrinking and a plethora of knowledge is available on the Web through various media or through the increase of globetrotters, the world has become very
The otherwise mundane neglected spots are brought to limelight by such description and pictorial description. These poems have increased tourism in these areas. When appealing in pictures as an album of memories stored visually. A static picture is a hidden movement that captures the poetic expression aesthetically and crosses
you think of the poems of Scotland the verses of illustrious Robert Burns are sure to spring to your mind, writing with sentimental affection for Scotland 'peaks and valleys borders of language and country for universal appeal. The strain of intellectual pursuit is lessened by a sensitive heart to receive the pleasure of the illustration of an
bringing to mind the pictures of its countenance mesmerizing even to strangers. The national poet of today's Scotland, Jackie Kay in her short poem “High lands “pay heed illuminated picture.
to its characteristic rural natural sight in these lines-
Pictures in any form of art combining with poetry have made it more attractive and comprehensive for the common man and even aroused interest in children as a learning
“All I remember in the Highland night
skill to rekindle curiosity in the oldest genre of literature.
the sheep outside,
Mr. Krishan Sethi & Mrs. Sunita Sethi have achieved this aesthetic mission through their beautiful coffee table books of pictorial poetry. History, landscapes, and poems
The full moon smoking in the sky - on different themes of love and peace have been grandly captured in their books.
Was that led me and I led you.” A quatrain from my poem -”Magic of poetry “sums up their kaleidoscopic range of themes -
The personal emotions intermingle with the scenery as words mingle with pictures of the environment outside creating a beautiful amalgam of ethereal beauty. The “The poet's mind depicts locations of fancy,
famous Emily Brontë of Wuthering Heights, famous for her passionate writings, is impossible to separate from the gloomy majesty of the Haworth moors. Her vivid Fascinating truths in a globe confined,
imagination is well described by her sister, Charlotte who wrote -'My sister loved moors. Flowers brighter than the rose bloomed in the blackest of the heath for her; out of a A mirror of whims and caprice of reality,
sullen hollow in a livid hill-side, her mind could make an Eden “. Quoting Emily Brontë -
In short, the history of all mankind.”
“But lovelier than cornfields all waving
The current social media is the greatest example of the outburst of pictorial poetry popularity in myriad expression. Picture prompt competition and digital poems have
In emerald and vermeil, and gold,
become a rage with poetry synchronization of multimedia concepts into one whole. We have come a long way in combining the sensuality of the picture with the wisdom of
Are the heights where the north-wind is raving,
words. The diversity of experimentation has enriched the artists and encouraged amateurs and connoisseurs alike to explore new dimensions in the fusion of creativity.
And the crags where I wandered of old.”
I shall conclude Mr. Sethi's vision in a couplet form of the poem –“Poetry for Life”;
I have mentioned her purposely to bring the point of what a pictorial poetry is capable of by playing around with imagination, word images and fantasy creating pictures of “Literature began with poetry and will doubtless end with it one day,
desirable effect.
Poetry puts ideas and people together in a memorable way”.
102 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 103
The redbreast whistles from a garden croft, IMAGINATION, IMAGERY, AND IMITATION
And gathering swallows twitter in skies.” Change is constant for creativity in any era for it is a testimony of fundamental aspects of humanity in the contemporary scenario. Sethi Krishan Chand in his research
Visitors to the city can enjoy a self-guided tour taking the sights that inspired the poet in his troubled life to give him a healing break. paper has emphasized upon the visual appeal to be more powerful which is normally used in classrooms by teachers to clarify their points with the help of diagrams.
William Wordsworth is synonymous with the heavenly Lake District. His work is incredibly evocative of summer days spent by the lakes. The most famous poem - Leonardo Da Vinci and other great artists with acute observation of a scientific mind have explored and recorded human body and Nature by drawing images or sketches
”Daffodils “was the result of his coming across a vibrant belt of daffodils in the woods behind Go barrow Park in Ullswater with his sister Dorothy. for reference for future generations' research for advancement. It takes a golden millennium to reach to the modern age that we are blessed with as a guiding force. The
relationship between textual and visual art is a complex one, marked by both internal struggle and interdependence. As new research offers fresh insights into this fraught
“I wandered lonely as a cloud
relationship. The languages, cultures geographical landscapes, architectural uniqueness of every age are reflected in poetry as a background. The transition and
That floats on high over vales and hills,
confusion of the warring society of this nuclear age have to be shown a mirror through the body which is the picture to lay bare the simplicity of pure soul of words for the
When all at once I saw a crowd, survival of humanity. In the poem-'Here”,
A host of golden daffodils.”
Philip Larkin longs for pastoral scenes, as his hometown, Hull like any other city on the globe is densely hemmed upon by industrial landscape polluting the skyscape and
The precursor of Impressionism, Claude Monet - A French painter of nature and impression in 19th-century realism in painting consists in painting the objective reality that greenery.
is things as they are, without the interference of a subject's perception, or of his emotions or his interpretation. A poem by Kate Tempest, who draws her inspiration from “Swerving east, from rich industrial shadows
overlooked beauty spots, has captured a tender moment in picturesque lines of a small spot of Hackney Green-
And traffic all night north; swerving through fields
“The pond was calm, the sky was new
Too thin and this led to be called meadows.”
Your voice was soft, your lies were true…
The imagery in these lines brings the same snapshots but a picture of the scene with the poem would make it crystal clear.
We sat there and the light shone through
CONCLUSION
The leaves and we admired the view.”
As the globe is shrinking and a plethora of knowledge is available on the Web through various media or through the increase of globetrotters, the world has become very
The otherwise mundane neglected spots are brought to limelight by such description and pictorial description. These poems have increased tourism in these areas. When appealing in pictures as an album of memories stored visually. A static picture is a hidden movement that captures the poetic expression aesthetically and crosses
you think of the poems of Scotland the verses of illustrious Robert Burns are sure to spring to your mind, writing with sentimental affection for Scotland 'peaks and valleys borders of language and country for universal appeal. The strain of intellectual pursuit is lessened by a sensitive heart to receive the pleasure of the illustration of an
bringing to mind the pictures of its countenance mesmerizing even to strangers. The national poet of today's Scotland, Jackie Kay in her short poem “High lands “pay heed illuminated picture.
to its characteristic rural natural sight in these lines-
Pictures in any form of art combining with poetry have made it more attractive and comprehensive for the common man and even aroused interest in children as a learning
“All I remember in the Highland night
skill to rekindle curiosity in the oldest genre of literature.
the sheep outside,
Mr. Krishan Sethi & Mrs. Sunita Sethi have achieved this aesthetic mission through their beautiful coffee table books of pictorial poetry. History, landscapes, and poems
The full moon smoking in the sky - on different themes of love and peace have been grandly captured in their books.
Was that led me and I led you.” A quatrain from my poem -”Magic of poetry “sums up their kaleidoscopic range of themes -
The personal emotions intermingle with the scenery as words mingle with pictures of the environment outside creating a beautiful amalgam of ethereal beauty. The “The poet's mind depicts locations of fancy,
famous Emily Brontë of Wuthering Heights, famous for her passionate writings, is impossible to separate from the gloomy majesty of the Haworth moors. Her vivid Fascinating truths in a globe confined,
imagination is well described by her sister, Charlotte who wrote -'My sister loved moors. Flowers brighter than the rose bloomed in the blackest of the heath for her; out of a A mirror of whims and caprice of reality,
sullen hollow in a livid hill-side, her mind could make an Eden “. Quoting Emily Brontë -
In short, the history of all mankind.”
“But lovelier than cornfields all waving
The current social media is the greatest example of the outburst of pictorial poetry popularity in myriad expression. Picture prompt competition and digital poems have
In emerald and vermeil, and gold,
become a rage with poetry synchronization of multimedia concepts into one whole. We have come a long way in combining the sensuality of the picture with the wisdom of
Are the heights where the north-wind is raving,
words. The diversity of experimentation has enriched the artists and encouraged amateurs and connoisseurs alike to explore new dimensions in the fusion of creativity.
And the crags where I wandered of old.”
I shall conclude Mr. Sethi's vision in a couplet form of the poem –“Poetry for Life”;
I have mentioned her purposely to bring the point of what a pictorial poetry is capable of by playing around with imagination, word images and fantasy creating pictures of “Literature began with poetry and will doubtless end with it one day,
desirable effect.
Poetry puts ideas and people together in a memorable way”.
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When your
thoughts
turn into
a sweet smile;
Your words
portrait
a beautiful
story
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When your
thoughts
turn into
a sweet smile;
Your words
portrait
a beautiful
story
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Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Saraswati Poswal
WHAT IS PICTORIAL POETRY ..??
Pictorial Poetry is the best expression of poet. As I am a nature lover. I have been trying to capture the pictures not most of the time but yes off course I do get from
anywhere. And I just love writing all through my heart the depiction. The words may be sometimes simple so the reader can get what I want to express. As per Sir K.C
Sethi. I have observed and read all his work which is quite impressive. His work is very illustrative and genuine. This makes the pictorial photography admirable. Words
which are bind and made like sting tied from one end to another. According to me Poet try to bring the composition of picture from every aspect of life of nature. Expression
of love, essence of smile and positive attitude sounds and smell and blooming of flowers. Ripples in water unheard stories of nature can be described which I love to pour
out for the life. Not only for humans all the living beings surviving in nature.
Poetry for me, an expression of poet in his/her couche of words carrying their feelings their conception which stimulates warmth ecstasy of love and devotion in every
aspect of life. All living and non-living speak and mends our lives, their perspective not only with his vision but obviously and mandatory with and for others experience for
the enlightenment of other souls through which they learn and accept for the betterment of their minds as well.
The words are dispatched direct from the heart of the poet. As they cling watching the picture. The beats of heart and body language of picture speak. And words spill with
from the heart. The vehement instant blossoming of flowers flickers in words. Sounds and ripples of oceans can be heard in words. The nature blossoms spreading
essence can be smelled. And image drawn in presented with the authentic words and expression, custom and culture peeps out with every word.
Pictures speak what the feeling of emotions, joy and sorrows pear. And the poet serves the best from his/her heart.
Glorifying and luminous reflection and ecstasy follow the words and picture.
I truly like the pictorial expression of poetry. Which brings the experience and the monotonous succession, intense and exquisite moments and music sprinkling with
breeze and make the picture lively with emotions.
HOW TO WRITE A GOOD PICTORIAL POETRY?
What ingredients we require basically to make our poem a good one. So, others may like to read.
The very first thing what poet should know is the theme for writing a poem.Stop using the resembling phrases and common terms which might irritate a reader which,
seems like copied terms from here and there, leaving a bad impression on reader.
Always keep away the self-indulgence with your emotional tenderness as it gives an impact of nostalgia. Always use suitable picture for the poetry which gives the feel of
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Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Saraswati Poswal
WHAT IS PICTORIAL POETRY ..??
Pictorial Poetry is the best expression of poet. As I am a nature lover. I have been trying to capture the pictures not most of the time but yes off course I do get from
anywhere. And I just love writing all through my heart the depiction. The words may be sometimes simple so the reader can get what I want to express. As per Sir K.C
Sethi. I have observed and read all his work which is quite impressive. His work is very illustrative and genuine. This makes the pictorial photography admirable. Words
which are bind and made like sting tied from one end to another. According to me Poet try to bring the composition of picture from every aspect of life of nature. Expression
of love, essence of smile and positive attitude sounds and smell and blooming of flowers. Ripples in water unheard stories of nature can be described which I love to pour
out for the life. Not only for humans all the living beings surviving in nature.
Poetry for me, an expression of poet in his/her couche of words carrying their feelings their conception which stimulates warmth ecstasy of love and devotion in every
aspect of life. All living and non-living speak and mends our lives, their perspective not only with his vision but obviously and mandatory with and for others experience for
the enlightenment of other souls through which they learn and accept for the betterment of their minds as well.
The words are dispatched direct from the heart of the poet. As they cling watching the picture. The beats of heart and body language of picture speak. And words spill with
from the heart. The vehement instant blossoming of flowers flickers in words. Sounds and ripples of oceans can be heard in words. The nature blossoms spreading
essence can be smelled. And image drawn in presented with the authentic words and expression, custom and culture peeps out with every word.
Pictures speak what the feeling of emotions, joy and sorrows pear. And the poet serves the best from his/her heart.
Glorifying and luminous reflection and ecstasy follow the words and picture.
I truly like the pictorial expression of poetry. Which brings the experience and the monotonous succession, intense and exquisite moments and music sprinkling with
breeze and make the picture lively with emotions.
HOW TO WRITE A GOOD PICTORIAL POETRY?
What ingredients we require basically to make our poem a good one. So, others may like to read.
The very first thing what poet should know is the theme for writing a poem.Stop using the resembling phrases and common terms which might irritate a reader which,
seems like copied terms from here and there, leaving a bad impression on reader.
Always keep away the self-indulgence with your emotional tenderness as it gives an impact of nostalgia. Always use suitable picture for the poetry which gives the feel of
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artistic composition and sentences enhance the rythmic flow according to picture. whole story while watching the picture and matching the verses with picture.
Image helps in creating the exotics in the poem. copyright@Saraswati Poswal
We can use the metaphors which simply elucidate by proclaiming without comparison. This can only happen in poems in literature. Bio– Saraswati Poswal has a penchant for writing poems. She loves writing in prompt and different segments. She writes poems in English, Hindi and Punjabi. One of her
And use of simile indicates the comparison with words: like and as. Punjabi Poem is published in Amarawati Poetic Prisma in 2016. This book has received Limca Award. Her poem story of the liberal Women was selected among the top
three in Pranasso International Italy. Many of her articles on Peace, family and Women are being published in many Anthologies. Many of her poems are being Published
The words used for a poem should be concrete which only carry the sensual feeling of the poet which he or she can feel with senses and script not the abstract words with
in many Anthologies. She ia author at her Book Musing Showers Which was released at Kalinga Festival In Bhubneshwar by Anand Neelkantan who is writer of rise of
the intellectual mind displayed.
Shivgamini. She is is working for many anthologies as an editor she is working for many which are going to published within few Days. She was the first to make her video
People who communicate their theme easily with the society, are more convincing and comfortable in putting their thoughts in front of people.
of her own reciting her poem and sending it to Italy. Was appreciated very much. Her poem recitation was awarded at Mathura Conference. She has won many prizes and
It's in the hand of poet to subvert the ordinary places and situations to shape them with new origin of lively words. working with many groups of poetry. Most admired person and famous for smile.
Now, it depends upon the genre of the poem by poet how easily he/ she continuously spell bounds the reader with created script.
WHAT DIFFICULTIES A WRITER FINDS IN WRITING A GOOD PICTORIAL POETRY?
Plato's Theory
Poet's express sentiments and disparage other people with those sentiments.
In Plato's theory art is a copy of a thing which is a copy of the Idea and artistic reproduction will
We can find more easy poems in this today's world. Which for sure readable carrying message for upcoming generations. It is Contemporary, folk, genial and simple.
make the beauty of the thing gross by being twice removed from reality. Because only the Idea is
But the main motive of writing good pictorial poetry is to read more rather than writing more. And, just go through picture by looking at every aspect it might depict. the real thilng. In Realism art immitates the thing which itself is a copy and thus such art cannot be
Writing should encourage composition of a good write. "pure" but the proponents of realism beleive that a realistic, not realized, representation of things
produces the same pleasurable sensation as the Real thing. Here we are not talking about realism
Consult and read more dictionary and synonyms of words as much as you can use them in your day to day life. To use them at the required and essential times.
which includes all real things because all real things in life do not give us the same pleasurable
We need to use our conscience and sub-consciousness to be used for writing good poetry and sometimes, it becomes magical in words.When words utilised by the poet sensations. For example, a plain white wall does not evoke a visual beauty but colorit, set it as part
are in a proper state, they can create a remarkable poem. But sometimes, when we divert and actually just keep eyes on words instead of the flaws, we tend to produce an of the room and furniture, view it in the morning's sunlight or the afernoon shadows and it gets
unpleasant poem which will be adored less and criticised the most. transformed into a thing of beauty and a realist painter will paint such a scene that will give the
WHAT DIFFICULTIES WE GET IN WRITING GOOD PICTORIAL POETRY? same visual pleasure that the orignal scene gives.
Of course the question aries if the painter paints merely the drab white wall, will it give an
The problem the poet gets in delivering good poem is the streaming the flow of feelings and using various tools and techniques to maintain that flow.
aesthitic experience? Of course not. So given in Realism there is an element of choosing, the way
Words truly carry a magic in them. Poet only has to read good poems and write less to keep the charm and grace of words. The more the poet burns to learn and the more
things combine to produce a pleasant sensory experience. If that were so, we would not be
masterpieces he/she will compose.
justified in saying that there is no element of subjectivity in the realistic art. Subjectivity is defintitly
Poor grammar, incomplete sentences, straight-forwardness and the way a writer pretentious with their writing. there, in the way the mind looks at the combination of things or in the viewer perspective. There is a
Moreover, the sentimental writes distract from the literary methods. Of course, there is no special method for writing a poem. You don't have to be genius. But, control and way to look at things, the way light falls on them, the way they combine with other objects to make
command over words is necessary, which a reader can catch with the display of verses. for beauty and a realist painter captures beauty this way. Essentially all things have light in them,
the way they speak to each other and they join the stream of life. The way they share space with
Straightforwardness becomes a hurdle and hinderance while composing a good poem. And, the honest expression sometimes, hide the good poem as well.
other things in the room, in the garden, in the take, in the sky. Theartist vision captures the light
We need to avoid this practice. New upcoming poets sometimes, without knowing compose a poem without consulting the dictionary. inherent in the things and captures the very essence of things, the nature of their being.
Ofcourse for a good Pictorial Poetry you need to have the knowledge of using a dictionary. But sometimes, use those words which your heart speaks. It should depict the
112 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 113
artistic composition and sentences enhance the rythmic flow according to picture. whole story while watching the picture and matching the verses with picture.
Image helps in creating the exotics in the poem. copyright@Saraswati Poswal
We can use the metaphors which simply elucidate by proclaiming without comparison. This can only happen in poems in literature. Bio– Saraswati Poswal has a penchant for writing poems. She loves writing in prompt and different segments. She writes poems in English, Hindi and Punjabi. One of her
And use of simile indicates the comparison with words: like and as. Punjabi Poem is published in Amarawati Poetic Prisma in 2016. This book has received Limca Award. Her poem story of the liberal Women was selected among the top
three in Pranasso International Italy. Many of her articles on Peace, family and Women are being published in many Anthologies. Many of her poems are being Published
The words used for a poem should be concrete which only carry the sensual feeling of the poet which he or she can feel with senses and script not the abstract words with
in many Anthologies. She ia author at her Book Musing Showers Which was released at Kalinga Festival In Bhubneshwar by Anand Neelkantan who is writer of rise of
the intellectual mind displayed.
Shivgamini. She is is working for many anthologies as an editor she is working for many which are going to published within few Days. She was the first to make her video
People who communicate their theme easily with the society, are more convincing and comfortable in putting their thoughts in front of people.
of her own reciting her poem and sending it to Italy. Was appreciated very much. Her poem recitation was awarded at Mathura Conference. She has won many prizes and
It's in the hand of poet to subvert the ordinary places and situations to shape them with new origin of lively words. working with many groups of poetry. Most admired person and famous for smile.
Now, it depends upon the genre of the poem by poet how easily he/ she continuously spell bounds the reader with created script.
WHAT DIFFICULTIES A WRITER FINDS IN WRITING A GOOD PICTORIAL POETRY?
Plato's Theory
Poet's express sentiments and disparage other people with those sentiments.
In Plato's theory art is a copy of a thing which is a copy of the Idea and artistic reproduction will
We can find more easy poems in this today's world. Which for sure readable carrying message for upcoming generations. It is Contemporary, folk, genial and simple.
make the beauty of the thing gross by being twice removed from reality. Because only the Idea is
But the main motive of writing good pictorial poetry is to read more rather than writing more. And, just go through picture by looking at every aspect it might depict. the real thilng. In Realism art immitates the thing which itself is a copy and thus such art cannot be
Writing should encourage composition of a good write. "pure" but the proponents of realism beleive that a realistic, not realized, representation of things
produces the same pleasurable sensation as the Real thing. Here we are not talking about realism
Consult and read more dictionary and synonyms of words as much as you can use them in your day to day life. To use them at the required and essential times.
which includes all real things because all real things in life do not give us the same pleasurable
We need to use our conscience and sub-consciousness to be used for writing good poetry and sometimes, it becomes magical in words.When words utilised by the poet sensations. For example, a plain white wall does not evoke a visual beauty but colorit, set it as part
are in a proper state, they can create a remarkable poem. But sometimes, when we divert and actually just keep eyes on words instead of the flaws, we tend to produce an of the room and furniture, view it in the morning's sunlight or the afernoon shadows and it gets
unpleasant poem which will be adored less and criticised the most. transformed into a thing of beauty and a realist painter will paint such a scene that will give the
WHAT DIFFICULTIES WE GET IN WRITING GOOD PICTORIAL POETRY? same visual pleasure that the orignal scene gives.
Of course the question aries if the painter paints merely the drab white wall, will it give an
The problem the poet gets in delivering good poem is the streaming the flow of feelings and using various tools and techniques to maintain that flow.
aesthitic experience? Of course not. So given in Realism there is an element of choosing, the way
Words truly carry a magic in them. Poet only has to read good poems and write less to keep the charm and grace of words. The more the poet burns to learn and the more
things combine to produce a pleasant sensory experience. If that were so, we would not be
masterpieces he/she will compose.
justified in saying that there is no element of subjectivity in the realistic art. Subjectivity is defintitly
Poor grammar, incomplete sentences, straight-forwardness and the way a writer pretentious with their writing. there, in the way the mind looks at the combination of things or in the viewer perspective. There is a
Moreover, the sentimental writes distract from the literary methods. Of course, there is no special method for writing a poem. You don't have to be genius. But, control and way to look at things, the way light falls on them, the way they combine with other objects to make
command over words is necessary, which a reader can catch with the display of verses. for beauty and a realist painter captures beauty this way. Essentially all things have light in them,
the way they speak to each other and they join the stream of life. The way they share space with
Straightforwardness becomes a hurdle and hinderance while composing a good poem. And, the honest expression sometimes, hide the good poem as well.
other things in the room, in the garden, in the take, in the sky. Theartist vision captures the light
We need to avoid this practice. New upcoming poets sometimes, without knowing compose a poem without consulting the dictionary. inherent in the things and captures the very essence of things, the nature of their being.
Ofcourse for a good Pictorial Poetry you need to have the knowledge of using a dictionary. But sometimes, use those words which your heart speaks. It should depict the
112 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 113
When Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Anu Chatterjee
your eyes
TAKING ONE STEP FORWARD IN REALM OF CELEBRATING MODERN LITERATURE
tell a tale ABSTRACT
Pictorial Poetry is a treasure of wisdom which captures the mood hidden behind photographs. Photographs are expressive when it focuses on activities which can lead to
of your love; transformation in the society. When poetry is resurrecting and emphasizing on feelings which cannot be explained through words, then pictorial poetry can magnify
angles which remain hidden. Pictorial poetry can lead to change in outlook of literature. Thus, it is important to discuss whether pictorial poetry might help in shaping
society for acknowledging its humanitarian principles.
Keywords: Poetry, Pictorial Poetry, Humanity, Society, Literature
Poets can get inspiration from photographs and photographers can find their muse in poetry. Every form of art requires certain amount of visualization along with
Your foresightedness. Often, poetry and photography come under visual-spatial intelligence. Visual spatial intelligence focuses on a person's ability to understand, remember,
and recall spatial relations among objects, and forming vivid images to explain something lucidly. Pictorial poetry can emphasize on describing images while looking at
photographs and amplifying the strengths of poetry by using photographs as a tool to make readers aware about essence of the poetry. Pictorial poetry has enormous
eagerness capacity to project a poet's feeling via using various angles to view a photograph.
Visual poetry is not just about describing vivid images in poetic form. But, photographs can help poets to explain 'feelings with no name'. Hereby, photographs are often
speaks in your used as a tool of expression which gets its description from a poem. Photographs may help poets to visualize various angles which might help them in composing unique
poetry which can reclaim space in contemporary literature. This new mode of composing poetry can bring literary revolution and can help in transforming essence of
poetry.
silent words REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Johanna Drucker examined visual poetry as 'a vocal score of tone or personality'. Visual poetry focuses on representing themes, subjects, or sentiments of words in a
variety of shapes and forms. In pictorial poetry, pictures act as imagery and a poet simply describes those images in a poetic form. It is a simplified version of visual poetry
which can seek reader's attention without failing.
John Keats has been using pictorial poetry via blending poetry and visual arts. According to Sharma (2017), Keats is a pictorial artist who gave concrete shape to abstract
ideas and objects. Keats's interest in pictorial poetry developed when he studied poets like Spenser, who had pictorial appeal. Also, he found his poetic muse from several
paintings of Titian, Raphael, etc. Hunt was Keats's mentor and he guided him to appreciate pictures. Keats visited art galleries and gave shape to poems via using pictures
displayed in art galleries. Thus, visualization can help in seeking inspiration and every form of art is based on visualizing and appreciating other forms of art. The pictures
114 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 115
When Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Anu Chatterjee
your eyes
TAKING ONE STEP FORWARD IN REALM OF CELEBRATING MODERN LITERATURE
tell a tale ABSTRACT
Pictorial Poetry is a treasure of wisdom which captures the mood hidden behind photographs. Photographs are expressive when it focuses on activities which can lead to
of your love; transformation in the society. When poetry is resurrecting and emphasizing on feelings which cannot be explained through words, then pictorial poetry can magnify
angles which remain hidden. Pictorial poetry can lead to change in outlook of literature. Thus, it is important to discuss whether pictorial poetry might help in shaping
society for acknowledging its humanitarian principles.
Keywords: Poetry, Pictorial Poetry, Humanity, Society, Literature
Poets can get inspiration from photographs and photographers can find their muse in poetry. Every form of art requires certain amount of visualization along with
Your foresightedness. Often, poetry and photography come under visual-spatial intelligence. Visual spatial intelligence focuses on a person's ability to understand, remember,
and recall spatial relations among objects, and forming vivid images to explain something lucidly. Pictorial poetry can emphasize on describing images while looking at
photographs and amplifying the strengths of poetry by using photographs as a tool to make readers aware about essence of the poetry. Pictorial poetry has enormous
eagerness capacity to project a poet's feeling via using various angles to view a photograph.
Visual poetry is not just about describing vivid images in poetic form. But, photographs can help poets to explain 'feelings with no name'. Hereby, photographs are often
speaks in your used as a tool of expression which gets its description from a poem. Photographs may help poets to visualize various angles which might help them in composing unique
poetry which can reclaim space in contemporary literature. This new mode of composing poetry can bring literary revolution and can help in transforming essence of
poetry.
silent words REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Johanna Drucker examined visual poetry as 'a vocal score of tone or personality'. Visual poetry focuses on representing themes, subjects, or sentiments of words in a
variety of shapes and forms. In pictorial poetry, pictures act as imagery and a poet simply describes those images in a poetic form. It is a simplified version of visual poetry
which can seek reader's attention without failing.
John Keats has been using pictorial poetry via blending poetry and visual arts. According to Sharma (2017), Keats is a pictorial artist who gave concrete shape to abstract
ideas and objects. Keats's interest in pictorial poetry developed when he studied poets like Spenser, who had pictorial appeal. Also, he found his poetic muse from several
paintings of Titian, Raphael, etc. Hunt was Keats's mentor and he guided him to appreciate pictures. Keats visited art galleries and gave shape to poems via using pictures
displayed in art galleries. Thus, visualization can help in seeking inspiration and every form of art is based on visualizing and appreciating other forms of art. The pictures
114 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 115
of Cupid and Psyche painted by eminent painters like Raphael, Romano etc. helped him to compose his renowned work “Ode to Psyche” wherein he described
mythological characters like Cupid and Psyche in his verses. In the “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, Keats presented pictures which were carved on urn. The pictorial description
of 'bold lover', 'fair youth', the 'happy boughts' and of the
Little town by river or sea-shore,
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel.
are transcripts which added hues to the poetic language. Thus, a poetic impression created by a pictorial poetry is ever-lasting as a poet can select significant details by
Sukhcharan Singh Sidhu
looking at the pictures and bring them together to compose a poem.
By reviewing aforementioned literature, it is important to notice the impact a pictorial poetry can have on readers as pictorial poetry is about mingling images with words to
explain what cannot be explained through words. Pictorial poetry can help literature to develop content which is visually powerful and effective. Pictures grab more A PICTURE SPEAKS ITSELF
attention when they reflect a phenomenon but these pictures are often misinterpreted as they have various angles. Thus, a poetry which is able to capture and describe Pictorial poetry is not different from general poetry. We, usually say pictures, paintings sculptures and natural objects have great impact on the onlookers. Different people
pictures in a well-informed manner can transcend boundaries which may lead to reinforcement of humanity and social justice. have different thoughts, different experience from the same object because they are of the different stocks and stuff. Take an example of Taj Mahal which was made in
ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION memory of Mumtaj Begam beloved wife of famous king Sahjahan. Here, Tajmahal is one but its beauty has been expressed in two different verses/songs. One of the
A pictorial poetry can reform poetic forms because a picture can express itself while a reader may interpret it. But, it is difficult to understand photographs as perspectives poets speak about immortal love of Mumtaj Begam in whose memory the king made such a great wonder of the world where as other poet has written that the king has just
might differ from one person to another. But, a poet can pick up an angle and weave words which can explain his/her untold story about the selected picture. Thus, pictorial mocked at poor people's love by spending so much of money in memory of his beloved wife which is beyond their thoughts. And, when people visit Red Fort, Golden
poetry is an art of embracing our weaknesses and using them as our strengths to reach our destination. Pictorial poetry is similar to a life-lesson which highlights the Temple, Ajanta Elora caves, they would have definitely different feelings. Their vision is different from each other since their capturing and absorbing power varies. Every
importance of believing in our own strengths and knowing our weaknesses so that world cheers up for a leader who stands for humanity and social justice. poet is blessed with different natural capabilities of mind and body. When we read poems like Daffodils, Frost at Mid Night, An ode to Skylark or to West wind. And to an
Any form of artistic venture helps a person to become a holistic human. Pictorial poetry can lead to change in outlook of literature and it has capability to bring Asian Urn, the scenes and sights immediately erupt before the readers' eyes and satisfy their all senses relating to pictorial poetry. Same thing happens, when poets see
transformations in our social lives. Elements of pictorial poetry can help us express our feelings in fewer words which can create an ever-lasting impact and change the the idol of deity Buddha, Nanak Dev, And Gandhi or Fairies' apostles installed in important places, gardens and museum. During my research assignment, I happened to
discourse in literature. visit works of Mr. Gabe Arnold, a marketing personnel of international fame and a great writer of marketing techniques and author of many books. He believes in famous
A pictorial poem reflects what remains unsaid in pictures. It is about mingling strengths of two artistic ventures to compose a poem which will become a milestone in saying;
literature. A picture is worth a thousand words." But ever wonders why that is?
REFERENCES To justify it he has given five reason as under :-
Sharma, P. (2017). Keats as a Pictorial Poet. In Literary Herald: An international peer- reviewed English journal. Accessed on 9th July, 2018 at 1. Engagement
http://tlhjournal.com/uploads/products/49.pankaj-sharma-article.pdf When you look at six paragraphs of text with no pictures, what are the chances you'll actually sit down to read it? If you're like most people who happen to fall upon your
Poetry through the ages. (2008). Visual Poetry. Accessed on 9th July, 2018 at http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_21_visual_atglance.html website through chance or a Google search, then you'll fall into it and join the TLDR group – too long, didn't read. If you were to break up the same post into subheadings
Bio- Anupreeta Chatterjee is a published poet hailing from Chhattisgarh, India. She has pursued her post-graduation in Women's Studies from Tata Institute of Social with pictures, you'd be increasing what is called readability. The higher readability your writing has, the more likely your writing will capture the attention span of a random
Sciences, Hyderabad. Her poems have been published in various National and International anthologies and magazines like, Complexion based Discrimination, reader long enough for them to actually read what you wrote. What's the point of writing anything if no one is going to read it? Increasing readership is one of the biggest
ParaSva, Queen: Global Voices of 21st century Women Writers, Deepest Obsession, Symphony of Souls, From Autumn to Spring, Ink Drift Magazine, The Quiet Letter, goals you have as a marketer!
etc. 2. The Power of Visuals
According to marketing industry influencer Krista Neher, the human brain can process images up to 60,000 times faster than words. They say that you don't get a second
chance to make a first impression. You can get a second chance to make a first impression, but that's a post for another day. The point is, with a picture, you can convey so
116 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 117
of Cupid and Psyche painted by eminent painters like Raphael, Romano etc. helped him to compose his renowned work “Ode to Psyche” wherein he described
mythological characters like Cupid and Psyche in his verses. In the “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, Keats presented pictures which were carved on urn. The pictorial description
of 'bold lover', 'fair youth', the 'happy boughts' and of the
Little town by river or sea-shore,
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel.
are transcripts which added hues to the poetic language. Thus, a poetic impression created by a pictorial poetry is ever-lasting as a poet can select significant details by
Sukhcharan Singh Sidhu
looking at the pictures and bring them together to compose a poem.
By reviewing aforementioned literature, it is important to notice the impact a pictorial poetry can have on readers as pictorial poetry is about mingling images with words to
explain what cannot be explained through words. Pictorial poetry can help literature to develop content which is visually powerful and effective. Pictures grab more A PICTURE SPEAKS ITSELF
attention when they reflect a phenomenon but these pictures are often misinterpreted as they have various angles. Thus, a poetry which is able to capture and describe Pictorial poetry is not different from general poetry. We, usually say pictures, paintings sculptures and natural objects have great impact on the onlookers. Different people
pictures in a well-informed manner can transcend boundaries which may lead to reinforcement of humanity and social justice. have different thoughts, different experience from the same object because they are of the different stocks and stuff. Take an example of Taj Mahal which was made in
ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION memory of Mumtaj Begam beloved wife of famous king Sahjahan. Here, Tajmahal is one but its beauty has been expressed in two different verses/songs. One of the
A pictorial poetry can reform poetic forms because a picture can express itself while a reader may interpret it. But, it is difficult to understand photographs as perspectives poets speak about immortal love of Mumtaj Begam in whose memory the king made such a great wonder of the world where as other poet has written that the king has just
might differ from one person to another. But, a poet can pick up an angle and weave words which can explain his/her untold story about the selected picture. Thus, pictorial mocked at poor people's love by spending so much of money in memory of his beloved wife which is beyond their thoughts. And, when people visit Red Fort, Golden
poetry is an art of embracing our weaknesses and using them as our strengths to reach our destination. Pictorial poetry is similar to a life-lesson which highlights the Temple, Ajanta Elora caves, they would have definitely different feelings. Their vision is different from each other since their capturing and absorbing power varies. Every
importance of believing in our own strengths and knowing our weaknesses so that world cheers up for a leader who stands for humanity and social justice. poet is blessed with different natural capabilities of mind and body. When we read poems like Daffodils, Frost at Mid Night, An ode to Skylark or to West wind. And to an
Any form of artistic venture helps a person to become a holistic human. Pictorial poetry can lead to change in outlook of literature and it has capability to bring Asian Urn, the scenes and sights immediately erupt before the readers' eyes and satisfy their all senses relating to pictorial poetry. Same thing happens, when poets see
transformations in our social lives. Elements of pictorial poetry can help us express our feelings in fewer words which can create an ever-lasting impact and change the the idol of deity Buddha, Nanak Dev, And Gandhi or Fairies' apostles installed in important places, gardens and museum. During my research assignment, I happened to
discourse in literature. visit works of Mr. Gabe Arnold, a marketing personnel of international fame and a great writer of marketing techniques and author of many books. He believes in famous
A pictorial poem reflects what remains unsaid in pictures. It is about mingling strengths of two artistic ventures to compose a poem which will become a milestone in saying;
literature. A picture is worth a thousand words." But ever wonders why that is?
REFERENCES To justify it he has given five reason as under :-
Sharma, P. (2017). Keats as a Pictorial Poet. In Literary Herald: An international peer- reviewed English journal. Accessed on 9th July, 2018 at 1. Engagement
http://tlhjournal.com/uploads/products/49.pankaj-sharma-article.pdf When you look at six paragraphs of text with no pictures, what are the chances you'll actually sit down to read it? If you're like most people who happen to fall upon your
Poetry through the ages. (2008). Visual Poetry. Accessed on 9th July, 2018 at http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_21_visual_atglance.html website through chance or a Google search, then you'll fall into it and join the TLDR group – too long, didn't read. If you were to break up the same post into subheadings
Bio- Anupreeta Chatterjee is a published poet hailing from Chhattisgarh, India. She has pursued her post-graduation in Women's Studies from Tata Institute of Social with pictures, you'd be increasing what is called readability. The higher readability your writing has, the more likely your writing will capture the attention span of a random
Sciences, Hyderabad. Her poems have been published in various National and International anthologies and magazines like, Complexion based Discrimination, reader long enough for them to actually read what you wrote. What's the point of writing anything if no one is going to read it? Increasing readership is one of the biggest
ParaSva, Queen: Global Voices of 21st century Women Writers, Deepest Obsession, Symphony of Souls, From Autumn to Spring, Ink Drift Magazine, The Quiet Letter, goals you have as a marketer!
etc. 2. The Power of Visuals
According to marketing industry influencer Krista Neher, the human brain can process images up to 60,000 times faster than words. They say that you don't get a second
chance to make a first impression. You can get a second chance to make a first impression, but that's a post for another day. The point is, with a picture, you can convey so
116 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 117
much more information than you can, with words. In fact, it can take a thousand words just to describe what is in one picture. And, pictures have the ability to convey
abstract and complex concepts such as facial expressions.
3. Imagine the Impact
They say that scent is the sense that is most closely tied to memory. I don't know how true that is, but I can imagine that there is an element of truth to it. What we're talking
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
about is not your sense of smell. We're talking about your sense of sight. Pictures can instantly change your mood and leave impressions much faster and much more
accurately than words can. Pictures can invoke feelings of happiness, sadness and others. Do you want to associate a positive feeling with the product you're selling?
Rainy Sarmistha
Then, insert a picture (at the end of your post) that invokes a positive feeling!
4. Pictures Are Universal
Picture and poetry is correlated with each other. Poetry is the pride of literature and we express our feeling through poems. Pictorial poetry means account of expression
Have you ever wondered why children's books are often illustrated? They're illustrated because small children are just learning about the world. They have energetic
through a vivid description of certain images. The stunning image is the way of evoking poems more distinctively. This offer an alluring visualization to the reader's mind
young minds. Now, I'm not saying that you need to treat all your readers like they're toddlers – just the opposite, actually. Pictures have a way of resonating with us – a way
and contemplation and make the write ups more prominent.
of allowing us to read in between the lines. They can set expectations like what you see in food related ads. And, just like in a children's storybook, they can help you to
There are various forms of poetry and Emily Romano is a kind of poem in which the entire lines of the poem should be printed in a slanting line. The poem should form with
narrate a story. Storytelling is becoming a lost art. Be it as it may, storytelling is also a fantastic selling technique because it allows you to connect with and relate to your
three lines with five words for each line.
audience. The right pictures will only enhance that connection.
Example- shows rows: glows!
5. Humans Are Visual Creatures
moon beyond pumpkin
Think back to your school days, when one of your many English teachers introduced you to the concept of mind maps. Visualizing ideas, especially in brainstorming
sessions, can help you overcome obstacles that are difficult to convey in paragraph form. Need proof? Take a pen and paper out, and try to describe the shape of Brazil Rising rows each
using nothing but words in paragraph form. Need another example? Infographics prove how much easier it may be to tell a story or otherwise convey your information. I've Copyright © 2007 Emily Romano
taken infographics and turned them into articles. The simplest of infographics can quickly turn into 2000 words or more when you simply try to explain the messages that Poetry is feeling and the feeling should be expressive. How? Through pictorial poems one could express the line of the poem easily. The lists of the pictorial are a modern
the infographic is trying to convey. Here's another exercise, try to describe what a new color looks like using nothing but words. Or not – don't do that. I'm sure you have source of literature. Below are the listed definitions of pictorial poetry-
better things to do with your time than that. If, carefully placed, the chosen pictures can make you stand out or ignore you. If you're not turning your blog into a visual
SHORT PICTORIAL POEMS
masterpiece, you're missing out. If you look at the advent of the Internet, it started off with more text than pictures. As time went on, people migrated over to images –
where we are today. It is predicted that in 2017, the Internet will move on from pictures and video will be the primary method of conveying information. Once again, I don't These kinds of poems are short and basically it focuses on its length. This can be used in newspapers, magazines with illustrated pictures. It will give vivid expression of
know how true that is but what I can tell you is this: Move it or lose it. Start using pictures in all of your posts or the Internet will leave you behind. We don't want that now, do the poem and one could understand the whole poem in aspect of a vivid description through impressive pictures that correlated to the poem itself.
we? At present, I find Mr. Krishan Chand Sethi and Mrs Sunita Sethi standing like pillars of pictorial poetry world in 21st century. Their pictures are seen speaking through lFamous Pictorial Poems- These poems are written by classical and modern poets. The poem may contains the word pictorial and you can find dynamic pictorial
their words and verses. Their works are great pieces of art and literature. They have given birth to a new concept and created a history by making a world record in this
poems there.
field.
lBest Pictorial Poems – the best pictorial poems are written by famous poets and renowned for its pictorial quality.
Bio- A retired principal of a reputed institution. Has written two books on poetry and eight books collectively with other poets. Great gazal and story writer too. President of
Punjab Sahit Sabha (Retd) Zira Life member of Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha Ludhiana, an international Punjabi Forum. Life Member of Pujabi Sahit Accademy Ludhiana lPictorial Definition – pictorial poetry contains graphics and pictorial records. This is impressive and the picture flows with the feeling of poetry.
An International Body. lRead Pictorial Poems – free verse, follow poet, and can read pictorial poetry that related with images.
lLong Pictorial Poems- its time to read long poetry and with image poetry , the discussion length is extensive and the poetry flows with various paragraphs.
118 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 119
much more information than you can, with words. In fact, it can take a thousand words just to describe what is in one picture. And, pictures have the ability to convey
abstract and complex concepts such as facial expressions.
3. Imagine the Impact
They say that scent is the sense that is most closely tied to memory. I don't know how true that is, but I can imagine that there is an element of truth to it. What we're talking
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
about is not your sense of smell. We're talking about your sense of sight. Pictures can instantly change your mood and leave impressions much faster and much more
accurately than words can. Pictures can invoke feelings of happiness, sadness and others. Do you want to associate a positive feeling with the product you're selling?
Rainy Sarmistha
Then, insert a picture (at the end of your post) that invokes a positive feeling!
4. Pictures Are Universal
Picture and poetry is correlated with each other. Poetry is the pride of literature and we express our feeling through poems. Pictorial poetry means account of expression
Have you ever wondered why children's books are often illustrated? They're illustrated because small children are just learning about the world. They have energetic
through a vivid description of certain images. The stunning image is the way of evoking poems more distinctively. This offer an alluring visualization to the reader's mind
young minds. Now, I'm not saying that you need to treat all your readers like they're toddlers – just the opposite, actually. Pictures have a way of resonating with us – a way
and contemplation and make the write ups more prominent.
of allowing us to read in between the lines. They can set expectations like what you see in food related ads. And, just like in a children's storybook, they can help you to
There are various forms of poetry and Emily Romano is a kind of poem in which the entire lines of the poem should be printed in a slanting line. The poem should form with
narrate a story. Storytelling is becoming a lost art. Be it as it may, storytelling is also a fantastic selling technique because it allows you to connect with and relate to your
three lines with five words for each line.
audience. The right pictures will only enhance that connection.
Example- shows rows: glows!
5. Humans Are Visual Creatures
moon beyond pumpkin
Think back to your school days, when one of your many English teachers introduced you to the concept of mind maps. Visualizing ideas, especially in brainstorming
sessions, can help you overcome obstacles that are difficult to convey in paragraph form. Need proof? Take a pen and paper out, and try to describe the shape of Brazil Rising rows each
using nothing but words in paragraph form. Need another example? Infographics prove how much easier it may be to tell a story or otherwise convey your information. I've Copyright © 2007 Emily Romano
taken infographics and turned them into articles. The simplest of infographics can quickly turn into 2000 words or more when you simply try to explain the messages that Poetry is feeling and the feeling should be expressive. How? Through pictorial poems one could express the line of the poem easily. The lists of the pictorial are a modern
the infographic is trying to convey. Here's another exercise, try to describe what a new color looks like using nothing but words. Or not – don't do that. I'm sure you have source of literature. Below are the listed definitions of pictorial poetry-
better things to do with your time than that. If, carefully placed, the chosen pictures can make you stand out or ignore you. If you're not turning your blog into a visual
SHORT PICTORIAL POEMS
masterpiece, you're missing out. If you look at the advent of the Internet, it started off with more text than pictures. As time went on, people migrated over to images –
where we are today. It is predicted that in 2017, the Internet will move on from pictures and video will be the primary method of conveying information. Once again, I don't These kinds of poems are short and basically it focuses on its length. This can be used in newspapers, magazines with illustrated pictures. It will give vivid expression of
know how true that is but what I can tell you is this: Move it or lose it. Start using pictures in all of your posts or the Internet will leave you behind. We don't want that now, do the poem and one could understand the whole poem in aspect of a vivid description through impressive pictures that correlated to the poem itself.
we? At present, I find Mr. Krishan Chand Sethi and Mrs Sunita Sethi standing like pillars of pictorial poetry world in 21st century. Their pictures are seen speaking through lFamous Pictorial Poems- These poems are written by classical and modern poets. The poem may contains the word pictorial and you can find dynamic pictorial
their words and verses. Their works are great pieces of art and literature. They have given birth to a new concept and created a history by making a world record in this
poems there.
field.
lBest Pictorial Poems – the best pictorial poems are written by famous poets and renowned for its pictorial quality.
Bio- A retired principal of a reputed institution. Has written two books on poetry and eight books collectively with other poets. Great gazal and story writer too. President of
Punjab Sahit Sabha (Retd) Zira Life member of Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha Ludhiana, an international Punjabi Forum. Life Member of Pujabi Sahit Accademy Ludhiana lPictorial Definition – pictorial poetry contains graphics and pictorial records. This is impressive and the picture flows with the feeling of poetry.
An International Body. lRead Pictorial Poems – free verse, follow poet, and can read pictorial poetry that related with images.
lLong Pictorial Poems- its time to read long poetry and with image poetry , the discussion length is extensive and the poetry flows with various paragraphs.
118 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 119
lPictorial Quotes- Life is as you see it .It is either the pictorial beauty of snow or the barren tree and the sharp edged rock underneath it. In the end it's all upto you. Wordsworth defined the new style of poetry as “the
This is an example of pictorial quotes. spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” tempered by
deep thought. Other prominent English Romantic poets
Evoking life like beautiful images within the mind, a pictorial poetry intoxicated deep within the mind. The pictorial poetry means a poetry that flows within through
include George Gordon (Lord Byron), Percy Bysshe
contemplation and the images are responsible to create dynamic thoughts in reader's minds.
Shelley, John Keats and William Blake.
Dr. Sethi Krishan Chand is the father of pictorial poetry. Being a photographer and an avid traveller, he had come across various people and phases of nature. During this
Pictorial poetry is the live example of bright memories,
time, he captured numerous images he feels that leaves impression in anyone's heart. He said pictorial poetry leaves a great mark in his heart and mind. Dr, Sethi's works
thoughts, emotions and a significant way in penning
show the relationship between the visual and the verbal. In the year 2013 he introduced the first coffee table book along with his wife Mrs. Sunita sethi. This was a mega
down a specific theme.
successful book in the world and published in the year 2015 which created a brand new style of writing photography poetry and made a world record book.
Bio- Rainy Sarmistha is an hotelier by profession who
I personally feel Dr. Sethi is taking a great initiative and efforts to make this coffee table book ( Concept pictorial poetry) an unique accomplishment. This will be a dynamic
started her career, working as a hotel professional with
achievements for all who participated in contributing their most significant research paper regarding pictorial poetry. Thank you to Dr. Sethi who has been taking
Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. Her liking for books and her
enthusiasm and efforts to make it a complete success.
quest for knowledge had always inspired her to become a
Being an ardent lover of poetry, a lover of love and nature poems, I have always been amazed with the sense of well-being of the universe I feel with the realm of poetry
writer. She loves penning down her thoughts by means of
and with love poems, through images I do feel an inner connectivity with the imagination and explore it in the poetic world. Vision is the vital part and it is essential to
poetry. Her heartfelt and touching poems hold in-depth
communicate with it. Through pictures, we can visualise the deep emotions and it really unique and special. The basic concept of picture with poetry is significant since
feelings, for which she has been applauded many a times
ages. Poets are discussed about it and making clarity of it by describing their inner feeling through pictorial poetry.
and have featured in many publications and magazines
In pictorial, image its draws attention to the readers. Portraits, natural beauty, any other objects considered as pictorial image. Abstract images and general images are like Poetry Planet, Bhubaneswar Review, Amaravati
different and it can be used for poetry as well. Various beautiful objects or natural structures can be captured and the images could use for poetry. Poetry creates a good Poetic Prism, (International Publication), Healing Planet
vibes and feeling in everybody's mind and soul. However, images also play a vital role to give a special touch to the poetry and make it more alive. and many. She took to writing articles as content
In the Victorian ages the main character of poetry is defined is that its pictorial that means it used detailed imagination to accomplish poetry and convey emotions and developer on numerous domains and health and fitness
thoughts of an individual. They use beautiful memories to make it alive and especially Victorian poetry uses science and religion as a theme through pictures. Religion was and started her own business platform writing squad with
a common theme in Victorian poetry. Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published in 1859 and had a big influence on a world that was already switching toward a some writers. She writes for various clients like Musafir,
science-based perspective of the world. The book fomented controversy over the nature of existence and mortality that was reflected in many Victorian poems, Yatra , triphobo and many others and they are
particularly those of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. appreciating her commitment and efforts in this field. As
an ardent lover of nature she always like to pen about
Although Victorian poets dealt with social issues of the day, they were also deeply interested in the past. Nostalgia and sentimentality were common themes, and many
nature and the universe. Recently New Indian Express
Victorian poets drew upon medieval fables such as the legend of King Arthur for sources of inspiration.
has taken her a short interview and published in the
REF RESEARCH-VICTORIAN RESEARCH EDEX and this is an honourable certification and a great
achievement for her.
Since the starting of 18th century romantics in poetry is at apex and so do the pictures. Romanticism was a philosophical, literary, artistic and cultural reaction against the
prevailing Enlightenment ideals exalting reason and science. In "Preface to Lyrical Ballads,” published with Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798, Romantic poet William
120 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 121
lPictorial Quotes- Life is as you see it .It is either the pictorial beauty of snow or the barren tree and the sharp edged rock underneath it. In the end it's all upto you. Wordsworth defined the new style of poetry as “the
This is an example of pictorial quotes. spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” tempered by
deep thought. Other prominent English Romantic poets
Evoking life like beautiful images within the mind, a pictorial poetry intoxicated deep within the mind. The pictorial poetry means a poetry that flows within through
include George Gordon (Lord Byron), Percy Bysshe
contemplation and the images are responsible to create dynamic thoughts in reader's minds.
Shelley, John Keats and William Blake.
Dr. Sethi Krishan Chand is the father of pictorial poetry. Being a photographer and an avid traveller, he had come across various people and phases of nature. During this
Pictorial poetry is the live example of bright memories,
time, he captured numerous images he feels that leaves impression in anyone's heart. He said pictorial poetry leaves a great mark in his heart and mind. Dr, Sethi's works
thoughts, emotions and a significant way in penning
show the relationship between the visual and the verbal. In the year 2013 he introduced the first coffee table book along with his wife Mrs. Sunita sethi. This was a mega
down a specific theme.
successful book in the world and published in the year 2015 which created a brand new style of writing photography poetry and made a world record book.
Bio- Rainy Sarmistha is an hotelier by profession who
I personally feel Dr. Sethi is taking a great initiative and efforts to make this coffee table book ( Concept pictorial poetry) an unique accomplishment. This will be a dynamic
started her career, working as a hotel professional with
achievements for all who participated in contributing their most significant research paper regarding pictorial poetry. Thank you to Dr. Sethi who has been taking
Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. Her liking for books and her
enthusiasm and efforts to make it a complete success.
quest for knowledge had always inspired her to become a
Being an ardent lover of poetry, a lover of love and nature poems, I have always been amazed with the sense of well-being of the universe I feel with the realm of poetry
writer. She loves penning down her thoughts by means of
and with love poems, through images I do feel an inner connectivity with the imagination and explore it in the poetic world. Vision is the vital part and it is essential to
poetry. Her heartfelt and touching poems hold in-depth
communicate with it. Through pictures, we can visualise the deep emotions and it really unique and special. The basic concept of picture with poetry is significant since
feelings, for which she has been applauded many a times
ages. Poets are discussed about it and making clarity of it by describing their inner feeling through pictorial poetry.
and have featured in many publications and magazines
In pictorial, image its draws attention to the readers. Portraits, natural beauty, any other objects considered as pictorial image. Abstract images and general images are like Poetry Planet, Bhubaneswar Review, Amaravati
different and it can be used for poetry as well. Various beautiful objects or natural structures can be captured and the images could use for poetry. Poetry creates a good Poetic Prism, (International Publication), Healing Planet
vibes and feeling in everybody's mind and soul. However, images also play a vital role to give a special touch to the poetry and make it more alive. and many. She took to writing articles as content
In the Victorian ages the main character of poetry is defined is that its pictorial that means it used detailed imagination to accomplish poetry and convey emotions and developer on numerous domains and health and fitness
thoughts of an individual. They use beautiful memories to make it alive and especially Victorian poetry uses science and religion as a theme through pictures. Religion was and started her own business platform writing squad with
a common theme in Victorian poetry. Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published in 1859 and had a big influence on a world that was already switching toward a some writers. She writes for various clients like Musafir,
science-based perspective of the world. The book fomented controversy over the nature of existence and mortality that was reflected in many Victorian poems, Yatra , triphobo and many others and they are
particularly those of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. appreciating her commitment and efforts in this field. As
an ardent lover of nature she always like to pen about
Although Victorian poets dealt with social issues of the day, they were also deeply interested in the past. Nostalgia and sentimentality were common themes, and many
nature and the universe. Recently New Indian Express
Victorian poets drew upon medieval fables such as the legend of King Arthur for sources of inspiration.
has taken her a short interview and published in the
REF RESEARCH-VICTORIAN RESEARCH EDEX and this is an honourable certification and a great
achievement for her.
Since the starting of 18th century romantics in poetry is at apex and so do the pictures. Romanticism was a philosophical, literary, artistic and cultural reaction against the
prevailing Enlightenment ideals exalting reason and science. In "Preface to Lyrical Ballads,” published with Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798, Romantic poet William
120 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 121
When
your
lusty eyes
turn still;
You
become
a hope for
sensual verse
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When
your
lusty eyes
turn still;
You
become
a hope for
sensual verse
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When a mother loves her kids;
God narrates her story in blessings
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Aditi Jamwal
“Poetry is when an emotions has found its
thought and the thought has found words”
– Robert Frost
Poetry is a form of art. The art of expressing feelings in words, the art of using aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language. It says things in special ways that please the
ear and stirs your feelings. It is the most compact form of literature. It is a thought that breathes and comes out in the form of words that quench reader's thirst.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is cited as one of the earliest works of epic poetry, dating back to 18th Century B.C. consisting of Sumerian poems. It's a text that was discovered
through different Babylonian tablet versions during archaeological excavations. Others examples of early epic might include Mahabaharata and the Tibetan Epic of Kins
Gesar. The Akkadian / Sumerian poet Enhealuanna is the world's first authors known by name and was the daughter of Akkad.
There are different types of poetry like, Sonnet / Limerick, Haiku, Narrative, Epic Couplet, Free Verse etc. Today, poetry has taken the form of pictorial poetry too. By
Pictorial, we mean relating to painting or drawing or having or using pictures. Pictures can say a lot for themselves. A pictorialist or say a photographer like a painting or
drawing, projects a deep and emotional intent into viewer's imagination. The picture, though silent, speaks volumes of emotions of joy, sorrow etc. it has gone through and
the poet's heart goes beyond it, to feel and then, pens it down in words. The love and concept of pictorial poetry is increasing day by day. Even in schools, the students are
given a picture, which they have to describe in their own words. Their imagination is given wings and they come out with different ideas according to their view point.
Poetry can mean different things to different readers. And the meaning behind each line - each word can change according to reader's perceptivity. Pictorial poetry has
made poetry more interesting. A photograph is used to process the emotions involved in creating or clicking it and when the emotions come out in the form of words,
inspired by picture, it becomes a pictorial poetry. It bounds the poets and the readers on a much larger level. How wonderful it is to catch the hidden feelings, moods
depicted in the picture.
IMAGES IN POEMS
What picture do you see in your mind when you read about the beauty of nature in your story? You probably imagine the deep color of the ripe strawberries, the warmth of
the summer sun, and perhaps the feeling of the grainy smoothness of the fruit. Imagery in poetry creates similar snapshots in a mind. Poets use imagery to draw readers
into a sensory experience. Images will often provide us with mental snapshots that appeal to our senses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Imagery can either
expose us to new experiences or reveal our own experiences in a new light. Because most poems are brief, a poet has the challenge of creating an entire world for the
reader in a few short lines, and images or even the story that arises from a series of images is the most efficient route to this communication. Imagery is foundational to
128 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 129
When a mother loves her kids;
God narrates her story in blessings
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
Aditi Jamwal
“Poetry is when an emotions has found its
thought and the thought has found words”
– Robert Frost
Poetry is a form of art. The art of expressing feelings in words, the art of using aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language. It says things in special ways that please the
ear and stirs your feelings. It is the most compact form of literature. It is a thought that breathes and comes out in the form of words that quench reader's thirst.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is cited as one of the earliest works of epic poetry, dating back to 18th Century B.C. consisting of Sumerian poems. It's a text that was discovered
through different Babylonian tablet versions during archaeological excavations. Others examples of early epic might include Mahabaharata and the Tibetan Epic of Kins
Gesar. The Akkadian / Sumerian poet Enhealuanna is the world's first authors known by name and was the daughter of Akkad.
There are different types of poetry like, Sonnet / Limerick, Haiku, Narrative, Epic Couplet, Free Verse etc. Today, poetry has taken the form of pictorial poetry too. By
Pictorial, we mean relating to painting or drawing or having or using pictures. Pictures can say a lot for themselves. A pictorialist or say a photographer like a painting or
drawing, projects a deep and emotional intent into viewer's imagination. The picture, though silent, speaks volumes of emotions of joy, sorrow etc. it has gone through and
the poet's heart goes beyond it, to feel and then, pens it down in words. The love and concept of pictorial poetry is increasing day by day. Even in schools, the students are
given a picture, which they have to describe in their own words. Their imagination is given wings and they come out with different ideas according to their view point.
Poetry can mean different things to different readers. And the meaning behind each line - each word can change according to reader's perceptivity. Pictorial poetry has
made poetry more interesting. A photograph is used to process the emotions involved in creating or clicking it and when the emotions come out in the form of words,
inspired by picture, it becomes a pictorial poetry. It bounds the poets and the readers on a much larger level. How wonderful it is to catch the hidden feelings, moods
depicted in the picture.
IMAGES IN POEMS
What picture do you see in your mind when you read about the beauty of nature in your story? You probably imagine the deep color of the ripe strawberries, the warmth of
the summer sun, and perhaps the feeling of the grainy smoothness of the fruit. Imagery in poetry creates similar snapshots in a mind. Poets use imagery to draw readers
into a sensory experience. Images will often provide us with mental snapshots that appeal to our senses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Imagery can either
expose us to new experiences or reveal our own experiences in a new light. Because most poems are brief, a poet has the challenge of creating an entire world for the
reader in a few short lines, and images or even the story that arises from a series of images is the most efficient route to this communication. Imagery is foundational to
128 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 129
poetry; the canon of literature is chock-full of excellent examples. A master of images, poet Sylvia Plath, Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on.
revolutionized the poetry world with works like Daddy, where she utilizes harsh Holocaust imagery to dissect her feelings towards her father. Let's take a look at an Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
excerpt: are moving across the landscapes,
…Not a God but a swastika over the prairies and the deep trees,
So black no sky could squeak through. the mountains and the rivers.
Every woman adores a Fascist,
Completely opposite in tone from Plath's Daddy, Wild Geese is a quiet poem that explores a human's relationship with nature and our similarities to an animal. While, most
The boot in the face, the brute of these images give us a visual experience, 'clear pebbles of the rain' is a description we can use our sense of sound to imagine. Also, because Oliver visually moves us
Brute heart of a brute like you. across so many landscapes - prairies, deep trees, mountains, and rivers - she has essentially opened the entire world for us by the end of the poem and laid it at our feet.
You stand at the blackboard, daddy, REFERENCES
In the picture I have of you,
-Robert Frost
A cleft in your chin instead of your foot
-K.C.Sethi
But no less a devil for that, no not
-Angela Gentry
Any less the black man who
-Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
Bit my pretty red heart in two.
Bio- Mrs. Aditi Jamwal is budding poetry writer. Her poems have appeared and have been awarded in various online poetry groups. Few had their place in National and
I was ten when they buried you.
International newspapers. International poetry digest and so on, she is a teacher by profession and has done Masters in English.
At twenty I tried to die
and get back, back, back to you.
I thought even the bones would do…
In this particular excerpt, we can see how individual images provide us with a snapshot - 'the boot in the face' and 'you stand at the blackboard, daddy' are examples of
visual images. We can see the boot. We can see the blackboard. However, when we read these series of images together, we gain horrifying emotional impressions of
oppression, neglect, and spite.
Taken at one time, Plath's images do conjure up specific snapshots in our minds. However, when taken together, we see that Plath is actually talking about her father,
Adolf Hitler, and men in her life, in general. When a poet represents several experiences with a series of images or one poem, we call it a conflation.
Let's look at the imagery in the poem Wild Geese by Mary Oliver for another example:
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
130 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 131
poetry; the canon of literature is chock-full of excellent examples. A master of images, poet Sylvia Plath, Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on.
revolutionized the poetry world with works like Daddy, where she utilizes harsh Holocaust imagery to dissect her feelings towards her father. Let's take a look at an Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
excerpt: are moving across the landscapes,
…Not a God but a swastika over the prairies and the deep trees,
So black no sky could squeak through. the mountains and the rivers.
Every woman adores a Fascist,
Completely opposite in tone from Plath's Daddy, Wild Geese is a quiet poem that explores a human's relationship with nature and our similarities to an animal. While, most
The boot in the face, the brute of these images give us a visual experience, 'clear pebbles of the rain' is a description we can use our sense of sound to imagine. Also, because Oliver visually moves us
Brute heart of a brute like you. across so many landscapes - prairies, deep trees, mountains, and rivers - she has essentially opened the entire world for us by the end of the poem and laid it at our feet.
You stand at the blackboard, daddy, REFERENCES
In the picture I have of you,
-Robert Frost
A cleft in your chin instead of your foot
-K.C.Sethi
But no less a devil for that, no not
-Angela Gentry
Any less the black man who
-Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
Bit my pretty red heart in two.
Bio- Mrs. Aditi Jamwal is budding poetry writer. Her poems have appeared and have been awarded in various online poetry groups. Few had their place in National and
I was ten when they buried you.
International newspapers. International poetry digest and so on, she is a teacher by profession and has done Masters in English.
At twenty I tried to die
and get back, back, back to you.
I thought even the bones would do…
In this particular excerpt, we can see how individual images provide us with a snapshot - 'the boot in the face' and 'you stand at the blackboard, daddy' are examples of
visual images. We can see the boot. We can see the blackboard. However, when we read these series of images together, we gain horrifying emotional impressions of
oppression, neglect, and spite.
Taken at one time, Plath's images do conjure up specific snapshots in our minds. However, when taken together, we see that Plath is actually talking about her father,
Adolf Hitler, and men in her life, in general. When a poet represents several experiences with a series of images or one poem, we call it a conflation.
Let's look at the imagery in the poem Wild Geese by Mary Oliver for another example:
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
130 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 131
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
When Dr. Poonam Wadhwa
words faill EFFECTUATING POETRY THROUGH PICTURES
ABSTRACT
to describe Poetry one of the major genres of literature is the oldest form of literature. Poetry is closely related to images which serve to activate, invoke and invite ideas. Image
generated Poetry or Poetry matching an image is known as Pictorial Poetry. Pictures generate feelings, mood or atmosphere for giving the creative self of writer an
your feelings; impetus to write. Moreover poetry could be more easily judged, approached and understood if it were introduced through a natural coupling with visual or auditory mode of
expression. Many of the classical as well as modern poets wrote poems inspired by pictures.
The whole Universe provides an unlimited opportunity for writers and poets of all abilities, to share their work and communicate with other writers and creative artists. At
the same there is a variety of genres in literature through which one can express ones inner self as a writer. The definition of a genre changes over time and a text often
interacts with multiple genres. One of the major genres of literature, poetry, is often considered the oldest form of literature. Before writing was invented, oral stories were
The colours commonly put into some sort of poetic form to make them easier to remember and recite. Today poetry is usually written down, but is still sometimes performed. Likewise,
poetry has very close assonance with images or pictures. It can be a good exercise to write a poem while studying the details in a painting or photograph.
of your soul Often we are drawn to write poetry because of an intense emotion or the need of exploring our thoughts and feelings about a particular subject, person or memory. Rather
than beginning with an abstract thought or feeling (anger, loneliness, fun, nostalgia etc) we can try beginning with a concrete image. They say “A picture is worth a
thousand words”. We have all had the experience of hearing the whispers of photographs which seem to have a deeper story to tell. The imagination gets triggered by
elaborate realm images. A reader's interaction with a poem is largely created through the collection of images that animate the language and make us feel as if we have just participated in
an experience. Images are everywhere in writing. The poetic definition of the term 'image' is broader than every day one. The poetic image is not just visual but an
of your body. activation of any of the five senses. We might say that the close study of imagery is a way to escape, transcend or recontextualize the self. An image deepens, activates,
invokes and invites. All of these verbs suggest that images serve to generate ideas and move the poem forward. This is a helpful entry point- an open door to use an image
for those new to the craft of poetry. It welcomes ones creative perspective and focuses one on physical world around offering far more subjects and angels of approach
than one dreamed one had. Many a times picture exudes novel emotions and thoughts which would have been beyond reach of the writer in absence of that picture. Every
picture tells a story. And many a times a picture generates a feeling, mood or atmosphere for the poet for putting pen to paper. An image may give our creative self the
impetus to write. My personal experience has taught me that pictures provide ideas to write on when we feel we are running short of ideas.
In general poetry is considered the most difficult of all literary forms to teach. And most of students also often view poetry as a precarious, trumped up and therefore
132 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 133
Research Paper on Pictorial Poetry
When Dr. Poonam Wadhwa
words faill EFFECTUATING POETRY THROUGH PICTURES
ABSTRACT
to describe Poetry one of the major genres of literature is the oldest form of literature. Poetry is closely related to images which serve to activate, invoke and invite ideas. Image
generated Poetry or Poetry matching an image is known as Pictorial Poetry. Pictures generate feelings, mood or atmosphere for giving the creative self of writer an
your feelings; impetus to write. Moreover poetry could be more easily judged, approached and understood if it were introduced through a natural coupling with visual or auditory mode of
expression. Many of the classical as well as modern poets wrote poems inspired by pictures.
The whole Universe provides an unlimited opportunity for writers and poets of all abilities, to share their work and communicate with other writers and creative artists. At
the same there is a variety of genres in literature through which one can express ones inner self as a writer. The definition of a genre changes over time and a text often
interacts with multiple genres. One of the major genres of literature, poetry, is often considered the oldest form of literature. Before writing was invented, oral stories were
The colours commonly put into some sort of poetic form to make them easier to remember and recite. Today poetry is usually written down, but is still sometimes performed. Likewise,
poetry has very close assonance with images or pictures. It can be a good exercise to write a poem while studying the details in a painting or photograph.
of your soul Often we are drawn to write poetry because of an intense emotion or the need of exploring our thoughts and feelings about a particular subject, person or memory. Rather
than beginning with an abstract thought or feeling (anger, loneliness, fun, nostalgia etc) we can try beginning with a concrete image. They say “A picture is worth a
thousand words”. We have all had the experience of hearing the whispers of photographs which seem to have a deeper story to tell. The imagination gets triggered by
elaborate realm images. A reader's interaction with a poem is largely created through the collection of images that animate the language and make us feel as if we have just participated in
an experience. Images are everywhere in writing. The poetic definition of the term 'image' is broader than every day one. The poetic image is not just visual but an
of your body. activation of any of the five senses. We might say that the close study of imagery is a way to escape, transcend or recontextualize the self. An image deepens, activates,
invokes and invites. All of these verbs suggest that images serve to generate ideas and move the poem forward. This is a helpful entry point- an open door to use an image
for those new to the craft of poetry. It welcomes ones creative perspective and focuses one on physical world around offering far more subjects and angels of approach
than one dreamed one had. Many a times picture exudes novel emotions and thoughts which would have been beyond reach of the writer in absence of that picture. Every
picture tells a story. And many a times a picture generates a feeling, mood or atmosphere for the poet for putting pen to paper. An image may give our creative self the
impetus to write. My personal experience has taught me that pictures provide ideas to write on when we feel we are running short of ideas.
In general poetry is considered the most difficult of all literary forms to teach. And most of students also often view poetry as a precarious, trumped up and therefore
132 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 133
WHEN ONE’S EYES SPEAK THROUGH A PICTURE
ingenuine form of writing. All this is due to a lack of exposure. Most of the times, teachers face problems while making poetry somehow accessible to the students.
Teachers of large groups find it difficult to consistently and effectively engage students in a dialogue of sharing and discovery when introducing something new. Often “When a picture speaks through its eyes to convey a message in your words or
teachers have no idea from what framework the individual student is starting. In engaging this new or alien form of writing poetry- the class needs a unifying experience, a in a verse, is said to be pictorial poetry", is one of my thoughts on pictorial
common denominator which will invite reaction, discussion and finally discovery. It stands to reason that poetry, which is generally ignored by today's visual and auditory poetry; a beautiful form of seen poetry wherein photography and poetry work
together in a combination of a soul in a body. The body language of a picture
oriented society, could be more easily approached, understood and judged if it were introduced through a natural coupling with visual or auditory mode of expression.
or its characters represent the theme of a verse or its contents. In my opinion
Teachers may introduce poetry via popular framework which facilitates an introduction through a natural coupling with a visual or auditory mode of expression. Or
photography and poetry are two different modes of expressions which narrate
Teachers may often introduce poetry via popular song lyrics. This provides students with a familiar framework which facilitates an introduction to the genre of poetry. their own stories but when both are combined, it becomes an enchanting
Paintings, a familiar mode of expression, allow students an emotional reaction, while poetry (unfamiliar) often does not. Classroom experience indicates that individual form of poetry ie; pictorial poetry. This benevolent concept leaves a great
responses to paintings are readily forthcoming and real. They are fresh, honest and natural. impact on my heart and mind when one eye on a visual and other on a verse
make me feel the soul of my creation in my soul. In spite of these facts, I still
Image generated poetry or poetry matching an image is one of the sub genres of poetry known as pictorial poetry. Poetry and painting are both forms of art; one is written
beleive that pictures have much more effect on my heart and mind as
and the other is visual. The painter Lessi said that painting and poetry are similar in the way that they make “absent things present” both of them animate reality. The art of compared to words; the reason behind I am not aware of. While talking of my
writing pictorial poetry sharpens our observation skills. All that proposes that a visual mode of expression could also be employed effectively when approaching poetry. memory, I feel I can remember the picture more than the words. Luckly if we
Poetry and paintings lend themselves quite naturally to comparative study, for the artist in both cases “sees” the world; observation of details are inherent characteristics combine them, we can remember both parts of expression in a pictorial poetry
or prose poetry forms for a long time.
of the process of poet and artist alike.
When I am with my camera, I try to find beautiful subjects and objects to
For centuries paintings have generated sparks to write in poets or we can say that ever since pictures and poetry existed, they have inspired each-other. Both the art capture them and later mix them with my poetry and sometimes I think to fix
forms, poetry and painting, kinder some kind of emotion, thought or expression. They have an immediate effect of being able to take the beholder or the reader away from them with music to make a video or a musical slide show since readers need a
where one is. There are numerous examples of art forms which are created after being inspired by each-other. For instance, much of David Hockney's work has been change at every step. I can describe it as a marriage of poetry and
photography to make a successful combination or pairing. I Will not be wrong
motivated by poetry. There are many works of art where poetry is written on painting. Poems inspired by art are called 'Ekphrastic poems'. They are viewed description of a
to say if I consider them equal contributors to form a new concept of pictorial
scene or more commonly a piece of art. They reflect on an action of a painting and many poets will expand on the meaning. One prominent example of it is John Keats' poetry framed in Coffee Table Boooks; Which were earlier published for
poem 'Ode on a gracian Urn'; where the poet explains the pictures engraved on an urn. Through those pictures Keats compares art and life. W.H. Auden wrote his poem animal planet, wild life, tourism, culture & history of a country. But we could
“Musee Des Beaux Arts” after his visit to a museum of art. It is a poem that focuses on human suffering tragedy and pain by contrasting the lives of those who suffer and make first Coffee Table Book on pictorial poetry and achieved a world record.
those who do not. The vehicle by which this is achieved is the world of painting. Now, this new way of expressing one's feelings and thoughts has already
achieved heights in social and paper media.
I would like to share here my personal experience of being a writer of a Pictorial poetry. I had a collection of poems in my personal diary penned down by me within a long When I click pictures in my camera, I check my results and find that most
span of time. I thought to get them published in the form of a book. On consultation with Mr. K.C. Sethi, a renowned personality of my city, I decided to get the poems of the pictures are beautiful and rare. I get so many options, ideas and
published along with pictures which his good self made available for the purpose. Then the need to add some more poems cropped up for bringing out an effective pictorial thoughts in my mind. Some of pictures / photography make me feel as if I am
running through the beautiful surroundings captured by me and in place of
poetry book. Then I felt the power of images. Many pictures on the related topic stirred my creative self and helped me write new poems which I felt, would not have been
a subject I am there. I find myself fully involved in my clicks and words /
possible in such a short span in absence of those pictures. Mr. Sethi opines “Pictures are more vocative than words”. I do agree. With the incessant efforts of Mrs. &
verses. Sometimes I enjoy talking to them in the language of silence , smile
Mr. Sethi the pictorial poetry is becoming a popular mode of expressions. The pictures modify the words of poetry and make the poetic world more erotic and interesting. and rejection and they too respond me when I feel happy on my output. Here
Dr. Poonam Wadhwa would like to share that we have been declared world record holders of first
coffee table book on poetry and photography in the world as accepted and
Principal (Ofg)
Associate Professor of English declared by Golden Book of World Records, Asia Book of Records and India
Book of Records.
Maharana Partap P.G. College for Women, Dabwali, Haryana
...K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi (Authors)
134 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 135
WHEN ONE’S EYES SPEAK THROUGH A PICTURE
ingenuine form of writing. All this is due to a lack of exposure. Most of the times, teachers face problems while making poetry somehow accessible to the students.
Teachers of large groups find it difficult to consistently and effectively engage students in a dialogue of sharing and discovery when introducing something new. Often “When a picture speaks through its eyes to convey a message in your words or
teachers have no idea from what framework the individual student is starting. In engaging this new or alien form of writing poetry- the class needs a unifying experience, a in a verse, is said to be pictorial poetry", is one of my thoughts on pictorial
common denominator which will invite reaction, discussion and finally discovery. It stands to reason that poetry, which is generally ignored by today's visual and auditory poetry; a beautiful form of seen poetry wherein photography and poetry work
together in a combination of a soul in a body. The body language of a picture
oriented society, could be more easily approached, understood and judged if it were introduced through a natural coupling with visual or auditory mode of expression.
or its characters represent the theme of a verse or its contents. In my opinion
Teachers may introduce poetry via popular framework which facilitates an introduction through a natural coupling with a visual or auditory mode of expression. Or
photography and poetry are two different modes of expressions which narrate
Teachers may often introduce poetry via popular song lyrics. This provides students with a familiar framework which facilitates an introduction to the genre of poetry. their own stories but when both are combined, it becomes an enchanting
Paintings, a familiar mode of expression, allow students an emotional reaction, while poetry (unfamiliar) often does not. Classroom experience indicates that individual form of poetry ie; pictorial poetry. This benevolent concept leaves a great
responses to paintings are readily forthcoming and real. They are fresh, honest and natural. impact on my heart and mind when one eye on a visual and other on a verse
make me feel the soul of my creation in my soul. In spite of these facts, I still
Image generated poetry or poetry matching an image is one of the sub genres of poetry known as pictorial poetry. Poetry and painting are both forms of art; one is written
beleive that pictures have much more effect on my heart and mind as
and the other is visual. The painter Lessi said that painting and poetry are similar in the way that they make “absent things present” both of them animate reality. The art of compared to words; the reason behind I am not aware of. While talking of my
writing pictorial poetry sharpens our observation skills. All that proposes that a visual mode of expression could also be employed effectively when approaching poetry. memory, I feel I can remember the picture more than the words. Luckly if we
Poetry and paintings lend themselves quite naturally to comparative study, for the artist in both cases “sees” the world; observation of details are inherent characteristics combine them, we can remember both parts of expression in a pictorial poetry
or prose poetry forms for a long time.
of the process of poet and artist alike.
When I am with my camera, I try to find beautiful subjects and objects to
For centuries paintings have generated sparks to write in poets or we can say that ever since pictures and poetry existed, they have inspired each-other. Both the art capture them and later mix them with my poetry and sometimes I think to fix
forms, poetry and painting, kinder some kind of emotion, thought or expression. They have an immediate effect of being able to take the beholder or the reader away from them with music to make a video or a musical slide show since readers need a
where one is. There are numerous examples of art forms which are created after being inspired by each-other. For instance, much of David Hockney's work has been change at every step. I can describe it as a marriage of poetry and
photography to make a successful combination or pairing. I Will not be wrong
motivated by poetry. There are many works of art where poetry is written on painting. Poems inspired by art are called 'Ekphrastic poems'. They are viewed description of a
to say if I consider them equal contributors to form a new concept of pictorial
scene or more commonly a piece of art. They reflect on an action of a painting and many poets will expand on the meaning. One prominent example of it is John Keats' poetry framed in Coffee Table Boooks; Which were earlier published for
poem 'Ode on a gracian Urn'; where the poet explains the pictures engraved on an urn. Through those pictures Keats compares art and life. W.H. Auden wrote his poem animal planet, wild life, tourism, culture & history of a country. But we could
“Musee Des Beaux Arts” after his visit to a museum of art. It is a poem that focuses on human suffering tragedy and pain by contrasting the lives of those who suffer and make first Coffee Table Book on pictorial poetry and achieved a world record.
those who do not. The vehicle by which this is achieved is the world of painting. Now, this new way of expressing one's feelings and thoughts has already
achieved heights in social and paper media.
I would like to share here my personal experience of being a writer of a Pictorial poetry. I had a collection of poems in my personal diary penned down by me within a long When I click pictures in my camera, I check my results and find that most
span of time. I thought to get them published in the form of a book. On consultation with Mr. K.C. Sethi, a renowned personality of my city, I decided to get the poems of the pictures are beautiful and rare. I get so many options, ideas and
published along with pictures which his good self made available for the purpose. Then the need to add some more poems cropped up for bringing out an effective pictorial thoughts in my mind. Some of pictures / photography make me feel as if I am
running through the beautiful surroundings captured by me and in place of
poetry book. Then I felt the power of images. Many pictures on the related topic stirred my creative self and helped me write new poems which I felt, would not have been
a subject I am there. I find myself fully involved in my clicks and words /
possible in such a short span in absence of those pictures. Mr. Sethi opines “Pictures are more vocative than words”. I do agree. With the incessant efforts of Mrs. &
verses. Sometimes I enjoy talking to them in the language of silence , smile
Mr. Sethi the pictorial poetry is becoming a popular mode of expressions. The pictures modify the words of poetry and make the poetic world more erotic and interesting. and rejection and they too respond me when I feel happy on my output. Here
Dr. Poonam Wadhwa would like to share that we have been declared world record holders of first
coffee table book on poetry and photography in the world as accepted and
Principal (Ofg)
Associate Professor of English declared by Golden Book of World Records, Asia Book of Records and India
Book of Records.
Maharana Partap P.G. College for Women, Dabwali, Haryana
...K.C. Sethi & Sunita Sethi (Authors)
134 K.C. Sethi, Sunita Sethi Bliss 135
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