Poetry

1. Poetry An Introduction

2. Poetry Pieces • Line: • basic structural component of a poem • Does not have to be a complete sentence • Stanza: • one or more lines that make up the basic units of the poem • Separated from each other by space

3. Poetic Rhythm • Poetic foot: • Basic unit in a meter • Meter: • Gives rhythm and regularity to poetry • The regular pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables • Most common in English is the iambic • Rhythm: • Movement with uniformed reoccurrence of a beat or accent • A pattern of stresses

4. Literary Terms often found in Poetry • Alliteration • The repetition of initial sound • Ex. Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore • Allusion • A reference to another literary work or well known character/person • Imagery • Writing that appeals to the senses

5. Literary Terms often found in Poetry • Metaphor: • a comparison between two unlike objects WITHOUT using like or as • Ex. My love is a rose • Onomatopoeia • Sound words • Ex. splat

6. Literary Terms often found in Poetry • Personification: • Giving human qualities to inanimate objects • Ex. The diamonds begged her to take them home. • Simile: • A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as • Ex. The warm air wrapped around her like a blanket

7. Symbol: something which represents something else Understatement: when the intensity of what is said does not match the intensity of the event Mood/tone: the author or poet’s attitude towards his subject Literary Terms often found in Poetry

8. Reasons for Poetry • Communication • Perspective • Expression • Enjoyment

9. Music and Poetry “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?  Proving nature's law is wrong, it  learned to walk with out having feet.  Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams,  it learned to breathe fresh air.  Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared.  Tupac Shakur

10. Reason #1 Communication Poetry in Music

11. Is music a form of poetry? Many songs contain the same elements that a poem does Theme, rhythm, beat Who are some musical artists that you consider to be poets? Is rap/hip-hop a form of poetry?

12. Empire State of Mind Yea I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribecaright next to Deniro, but I'll be hood foreverI'm the new Sinatra, and... since I made it hereI can make it anywhere, yea, they love me everywhereI used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicano'sright there up on Broadway, pull me back to that McDonald'sTook it to my stashbox, 560 State St.catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons with them Pastry'sCruisin' down 8th St., off white Lexusdrivin' so slow, but BK is from TexasMe, I'm out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggienow I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with meSay what's up to Ty-Ty, still sippin' mai tai'ssittin' courtside, Knicks & Nets give me high fiveI be Spike'd out, I could trip a refereeTell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from.... New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made ofThere's nothin' you can't doNow you're in New YorkThese streets will make you feel brand newBig lights will inspire youLet's hear it for New York, New York,New York

13. Argument for Rap being a form of Poetry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXR-ohNo3Ao&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

14. Reason #1 Communication Narrative Poems

15. What is a narrative poem? • Has a plot • Includes all the elements of a plot diagram • May be long or short…sometimes even as long as a book! • Story can be simple or complex

16. A few songs that take a stand • “Black or White” by Michael Jackson • Anti-discrimination • “Stand” by Rascal Flatts • Not giving up • “I won’t back down” by Tom Petty • Not giving up • “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young • Anti- War • “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” by Bob Dylan • Anti-War

17. “Ohio” Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,We're finally on our own.This summer I hear the drumming,Four dead in Ohio.Gotta get down to itSoldiers are cutting us downShould have been done long ago.What if you knew herAnd found her dead on the groundHow can you run when you know? Gotta get down to itSoldiers are cutting us downShould have been done long ago.What if you knew herAnd found her dead on the groundHow can you run when you know?Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,We're finally on our own.This summer I hear the drumming,Four dead in Ohio.

18. “Born in the USA ” Born down in a dead man town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a. I was born in the u.s.a., born in the u.s.a. Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man Born in the U.S.A... Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said son if it was up to me Went down to see my v.a. man He said son, don't you understand I had a brother at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run aint got nowhere to go

19. Your Task: Song the takes a Stand Assignment *Set up your paper in MLA format (you will lose points otherwise—up to 5!) • Find a school appropriate song that takes a stand for or against something. Copy and paste the lyrics. • On a separate sheet, write a paragraph describing what stance the song takes. (10 points) • Find at least 3 literary devices in the song. Explain their meaning and/or significance. (15 points) Due by the end of class  Be prepared to share with the class You may work on this in class after your grammar quiz.