AP Literature and Composition Mrs. Harbison

1. POETRY AP Literature and CompositionMrs. Harbison

2. What Is Poetry ? A kind of language that says more and says it more intensely than does ordinary language. It communicates information and is concerned with experiences.

3. The EagleAlfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.

4. The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.

5. Suicide’s NoteLangston Hughes (1902-1967) The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.

6. Metric Forms of Verse

7. Foot Numbers

8. Let’s Practice! TODAY THE SUN

9. Let’s Practice! DAILY WENT TO

10. Let’s Practice! INTERVENE, IN THE DARK

11. Metric Forms of Verse

12. Let’s Practice ! MULTIPLE, COLOR OF

13. Let’s Practice ! TRUE BLUE

14. Metric Forms of Verse

15. More poetic forms Sonnet = Shakespearean and Italian, 14 lines, iambic pentameter Shakesperean Sonnet = abab cdcd efef gg Italian Sonnet = 2 parts, 8 line octave (abba abba) and 6 line sestet (cdcdcd, or cdecde)

16. More poetic forms • Blank Verse = unrhymed iambic pentameter • Free Verse = some form of rhyme, but no rhythm