POETRY

1. POETRY

2. POETRY • A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)

3. POET The poet is the author of the poem. SPEAKER The speaker of the poem is the “narrator” of the poem. POINT OF VIEW IN POETRY

4. FORM - the appearance of the words on the page LINE - a group of words together on one line of the poem STANZA - a group of lines arranged together A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day. POETRY FORM

5. KINDS OF STANZAS Couplet = a two line stanza Triplet (Tercet) = a three line stanza Quatrain = a four line stanza Quintet = a five line stanza Sestet (Sextet) = a six line stanza Septet = a seven line stanza Octave = an eight line stanza

6. SOUND EFFECTS

7. RHYTHM • The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem • Rhythm can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration and refrain.

8. METER • A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. • Meter occurs when the stressed and unstressed syllables of the words in a poem are arranged in a repeating pattern. • When poets write in meter, they count out the number of stressed (strong) syllables and unstressed (weak) syllables for each line. They then repeat the pattern throughout the poem.

9. Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds. (A word always rhymes with itself.) LAMP STAMP Share the short “a” vowel sound Share the combined “mp” consonant sound RHYME

10. Unlike metered poetry, free verse poetry does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables. Does NOT have rhyme. Free verse poetry is very conversational - sounds like someone talking with you. A more modern type of poetry. FREE VERSE POETRY

11. ALLITERATION • Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words • If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

12. Practice Makes PERFECT!! • Now it’s your turn to make your own Alliteration Poem!

13. ONOMATOPOEIA • Words that imitate the sound they are naming • Bee = BUZZ • OR sounds that imitate another sound • “The silken, sad, uncertain, rustling of • each purple curtain . . .”

14. A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem. “Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’” REFRAIN

15. SOME TYPES OF POETRYWE WILL BE STUDYING

16. LYRIC • A short poem • Usually written in first person point of view • Expresses an emotion or an idea or describes a scene • Do not tell a story and are often musical • (Many of the poems we read will be lyrics.)

17. Haiku • Haiku is a form of poetry that is charming, unrhymed and unique. Haiku topics are generally about nature. It is composed of 3 lines totaling 17 syllables. • Line one: 5 syllables • Line two: 7 syllables • Line three: 5 syllables

18. Haiku Examples Snowcapped mountain tops High above the prairie grass A beautiful sight. TJK The rising full moon Stretches across the landscape Shadows dance the night. TJK Giants of Forests Standing tall above all else Always watching us Brittney Shaloy A star is born new Suddenly bright, beautiful Burning with white light. Tyler Brizee

19. CINQUAIN Cinquain poems are five lines in length with certain unrhymed specifications. Line 1: title 1 word Line 2: description of title 2 words Line 3: action of the title 3 words Line 4: feeling about title 4 words Line 5: synonym of title 1 word

20. Examples of CinquainEXAMPLES Whales Ocean giants Diving, breaching, feeding Owners of the sea Mammals Kori Brooks O, feeding Owners of the sea Mammals Korrooks Flute Musical tool Playing, creating, singing The sounds of life Instrument Stephanie Theissen Moon Heaven’s delight Gleaming, shining, glowing, Object of deep mystery Jewel TJK Chocolate Dark Dream Melting, tempting, satisfying Definitely to die for Heaven TJK

21. A poem that tells a story. Generally longer than the lyric styles of poetry b/c the poet needs to establish characters and a plot. Examples of Narrative Poems “The Raven” “The Highwayman” “Casey at the Bat” “The Walrus and the Carpenter” NARRATIVE POEMS http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/highwayman/index.cfm

22. In concrete poems, the words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem. Poetry Is like Flames, Which are Swift and elusive Dodging realization Sparks, like words on the Paper, leap and dance in the Flickering firelight. The fiery Tongues, formless and shifting Shapes, tease the imiagination. Yet for those who see, Through their mind’s Eye, they burn Up the page. CONCRETE POEMS

23. TV-aholic I'm a TVaholic My mom says Honestly, I really don’t watch that much TV 4 3 h h o o u u r r s s o o n n M S o u n n d d a a y y 5 hours on Saturday, 6 hours on Thursday

24. With a light bulb you can see things like the boogieman who hides in the dark or monsters under your bed at night time or the ugly pair of jeans and dirty socks in your walk-in closet. Light bulbs appear over little cartoon characters’ heads when they have an idea sopeople knowit. A lightbulb is usedin so many ways. Turn one on! Light Bulb

25. The Moon Moon The blue moon shines down from heaven, above the clouds, near the stars, on the people below in their box houses, asleep on their tiny little beds, under the warm and comfy covers.

26. FIGURATIVELANGUAGE

27. SIMILE • A comparison of two things using “like, as than,” or “resembles.” • “She is as beautiful as a sunrise.”

28. METAPHOR • A direct comparison of two unlike things • “All the world’s a stage, and we are merely players.” - William Shakespeare

29. Hyperbole • Exaggeration often used for emphasis.

30. Idiom • An expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says. • Ex. It’s raining cats and dogs.

31. An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities. from “Ninki” by Shirley Jackson “Ninki was by this time irritated beyond belief by the general air of incompetence exhibited in the kitchen, and she went into the living room and got Shax, who is extraordinarily lazy and never catches his own chipmunks, but who is, at least, a cat, and preferable, Ninki saw clearly, to a man with a gun. PERSONIFICATION

32. OTHERPOETIC DEVICES

33. When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else. = Innocence = America = Peace SYMBOLISM

34. IMAGERY • Language that appeals to the senses. • Most images are visual, but they can also appeal to the senses of sound, touch, taste, or smell. then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather . . . from “Those Winter Sundays”