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POETRY!

POETRY!. Poetic Devices: Terms, Definitions & Examples. What is Poetry ?.  Take 2 minutes and brainstorm a definition with your partner, then we will share our definitions as a class. Are these examples of poetry? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg

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POETRY!

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  1. POETRY! Poetic Devices: Terms, Definitions & Examples

  2. What is Poetry? Take 2 minutes and brainstorm a definition with your partner, then we will share our definitions as a class.

  3. Are these examples of poetry? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs28rKmZzGg&feature=PlayList&p=B95F438826F3CE36&index=1 • 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5-q6S8qJMQ&feature=related

  4. By dictionary Definition : Poetry is... ...the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. www.dictionary.com

  5. Poetry is... ...whatever you want it to be.

  6. To truly experience poetry, you must first have the tools. The following terms are associated with FORM: • Verse • Stanza • Rhyme • Rhyme scheme • Repetition • Refrain • Rhythm

  7. POETIC FORM I Verse:one single line of a poem arranged in a metrical pattern Stanza:a division of poetry equivalent to a paragraph Rhyme: the repetition of end sounds in words Rhyme scheme: refers to the pattern of end rhymes in a poem • Falling Asleep in Class I fell asleep in class today, a as I was awfully bored. b I laid my head upon my desk c and closed my eyes and snored. b I woke to find a piece of paper d sticking to my face. e I'd slobbered on my textbooks f and my hair was a disgrace. e My clothes were badly rumpled g and my eyes were glazed and red. h My binder left a three-ring i indentation in my head. h I slept through class, and probably, j I would have slept some more, k except my students woke me l as they headed out the door. k Kenn Nesbitt

  8. “Winter Uplands” By Archibald Lampman The frost that stings like fire upon my cheek, The loneliness of this forsaken ground, The long white drift upon whose powdered peak I sit in the great silence as one bound; The rippled sheet of snow where the wind blew Across the open fields for miles ahead; The far-off city towered and roofed in blue A tender line upon the western red; The stars that singly, then in flocks appear, Like jets of silver from the violet dome, So wonderful, so many and so near, And then the golden moon to light me home--The crunching snowshoes and the stinging air, And silence, frost, and beauty everywhere.

  9. Repetition, Refrain, & Rhythm... • Repetition: words or phrases repeated in writings to produce emphasis, rhythm, and/or a sense of urgency • Refrain: the repetition of a word, phrase, line, or lines at regular intervals. • Rhythm:The flow of words and the lines of the poem; the recurrent beat or stress of the words. Ex. Because there is hope, because there is love, because there is beauty, life can go on Ex. “Just the way you are” When I see your face There's not a thing that I would change ‘Cause you're amazing Just the way you are And when you smile, The whole world stops and stares for awhile ‘Cause girl you're amazing Just the way you are-Bruno Mars

  10. Poetry Terms: • Diction • Imagery • Symbolism • Tone/Mood • Hyperbole • Onomatopoeia • Personification • Alliteration • Simile • Metaphor

  11. Terms we all need to know! • Diction:word choice Ex. He walked home. • He sprinted home. • He dragged his feet home. • Imagery:words or phrases that appeal to the senses and conjure up mental images Ex. Hear: drip of ruby teardrops See: to wake up where the green grass grows Taste: lips like cool sweet teaTouch: streaming through a velvet skySmell: the stench of the underworld • Symbolism: something concrete that stands for something abstract. It may be a person, place, thing or action. It may stand for an idea, belief, feeling or attitude. Ex. The dove, with olive branch in beak,Glides over all the landSearching for a place to light.Storms of war linger on every hand,Everywhere the hawk does fight. • The dove = peace • The hawk = war

  12. How can a poet communicate with his/her audience? • Tone/Voice: the implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work Mood: the emotional effect of a poem on the reader

  13. Playing with words & meanings... • Hyperbole: obvious exaggeration used to emphasize a point or add excitement and humour to a story Ex. The dog’s bark was heard from coast to coast. Ex. My baby sister weighs a ton. • Personification:giving human qualities or action to something that is not human. Animals, inanimate objects and ideas can all be personified. Ex. Anger frowns and snarls,Sending bolts of fire from darkest night Ex. The days crept by slowly, sorrowfully.

  14. Fun with sounds! • Alliteration: the repeating of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words. It refers to the first sound rather than the first letter. ex. Slippery snails slide in the snow. ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers • Onomatopoeia: a word whose sound suggests its meaning Ex. boom, buzz, crackle, gurgle, hiss, pop, sizzle, snap, swoosh, zip

  15. Simile or metaphor? • Simile: a comparison between two seemingly unrelated things, using connecting words such as “like”, “as”, or “seems”. Ex. She was as quiet as a mouse. • Metaphor: a comparison of two things that does not use connecting words (i.e. “like”, “as”, or “seems”) Ex. Clouds are ships in full sail Racing across the sky-blue sea.

  16. And OTHER WORDS TO REVIEW  Couplet Tercet Quatrain Oxymoron Paradox Allusion Assonance Consonance Imagery

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