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Poetry Terms. All the words you will need to seriously analyze some poetry English 9, Mr. Hay. The Basics – What’s in a Poem. Poetry Writing in verse form A genre of literature, along with prose and drama The measured language of emotion Language as art. The Basics – What’s in a Poem.
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Poetry Terms All the words you will need to seriously analyze some poetry English 9, Mr. Hay
The Basics – What’s in a Poem • Poetry • Writing in verse form • A genre of literature, along with prose and drama • The measured language of emotion • Language as art
The Basics – What’s in a Poem • Line • A poetry sentence – the words that are on the same horizontal line in a poem • Stanza • A group of lines separated from other groups of lines by a space
How a Poem Does Its Job – Poetic Devices • Rhythm • The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem • The “sound” of a poem • Meter – The arrangement of stressed syllables in a poem • What light / through yon- / der win- / dow breaks
How a Poem Does Its Job – Poetic Devices • Rhyme • When the end or ending syllables of a word make the same sound • Perfect Rhyme • When the exact same noise is repeated • Dog / fog, mister / blister • Imperfect Rhyme • When the sound repeated is “pretty close” to the original sound • Around / down, later / faker
How a Poem Does Its Job – Poetic Devices • Rhyme, continued • Rhyme Scheme – mapping out the rhyme in a poem • The first end sound gets the letter A, the second gets B • I want to buy a car I just don’t have the money I have to walk so far It’s just not even funny • ABAB
How a Poem Does Its Job – Poetic Devices • Consonance • The repeating of consonant sounds • I ran down the main avenue • Assonance • The repeating of vowel sounds • She eats peas and beans • Alliteration • The repeating of sounds at the beginnings of words • She showed the shy sheep
How a Poem Does Its Job – Poetic Devices • Metaphor • To compare two things by saying one is the other • He is a brick wall. She is a dictionary • Simile • To compare two things using the words “like” or “as” • He can eat like a horse. • My Love is like a red, red rose.
How a Poem Does Its Job – Poetic Devices • Personification • To give a non-human thing human characteristics. • The paper stared back at me. • My car groaned in pain. • Hyperbole • To exaggerate something • I could sleep for a month • He cried until he had no more tears.
One More Poetic Device • Allusion • When a poem refers to another story that everyone “should” know • He was breathing like Darth Vader • She held up her trophy like it was Simba on Pride Rock
Types of Poetry – The Big Three • Narrative • Poetry that tells a story or describes something that happens • Lyric • Poetry that expresses feelings or ideas • Epic • Long poems that tell big, important, exciting, action-packed stories
Poetic FormsThere are tonsHere are a few • Haiku • Short poem, Line 1 = 5 syllables, Line 2 = 7 syllables, Line 3 = 5 Syllables • Ode • A poem written to someone or something • Elegy • Poem written to mourn the dead
Poetic FormsThere are tonsHere are a few • Limerick • Funny poem, follows rhyme scheme AABBA • Free Verse • Poetry that does not follow a rhythm, rhyme scheme or form • Sonnet • Fourteen line poem; Italian = ABBA ABBA CDE CDE; English = ABAB CDCD EFEF GG; also Spencerian, Miltonic, Curtal
Poetry’s Most Important PartIf you remember nothing else, remember this • Imagery • Most poems try to create specific pictures through words – what does this poem “show” you? • Imagery is accomplished through sensory language – what words appeal to your five senses? • Poetry tries to express an idea – imagery is how it does that expressing