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In literature, the chorus, or Greek chorus, was a group of performers who summarized, provided commentary, or participated in the action of a play. They might weigh in on actions between acts or only speak at the poem’s beginning and/or end.
The main functions of the Chorus are to explain the action to the audience, emphasise key themes, deliver moral messages, and show characters' inner thoughts. The Chorus can also control the pace of the play, bring attention to certain areas and set up surprises.
Initiating Verse. Begins on tonic but does not cadence or even move away from tonic. Often contains a chord loop or shuttle for the entire section. The melody often takes the form of two or four repetitions of the same passage.
The Chorus of a song or poem is the part where you repeat a verse or a phrase. There are various patterns of repeat. The example of a song with a chorus below has a repeated verse and then a chorus. The example of a poem has just a repeated chorus.
PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous chorus poems. These examples illustrate what a famous chorus poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate). See also:
In the poem "The House that Jack Built," is a key example of chorus. "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain," "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears," "I Know an old Lady who Swallowed a Fly,"...
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