Narrative Poetry

Personification Stanza Onomatopoeia Alliteration Internal Rhyme Meter Narrative Poetry Simile Imagery Metaphor Rhyme Scheme Refrain End Rhyme

Stanza • Lines of poetry grouped together • They are like a poem paragraph • The verses of a song.

Refrain • A line in a poem repeated at regular intervals • (the chorus) • It’s a party in the USA

Narrative poetry • A poem that tells a story (narrator)

End rhymes • The repeating of the sound at the end of words – Hug & bug, or pop & cop • Liar, tire, & _____________ • There’s a land that is fair and bright • Where the handouts grow on bushes • And you sleep out every night

Internal rhymes • Occur within lines • So come with me, we’ll go and see

Meter • A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. • Hardsoft softHardsoft softHardsoft soft • Soft Hard soft Hard soft Hard

Alliteration • The repeated use of a consonant or vowel sounds to start words in a line or sentence. • Billy-Bob bashed the bumblebee with bananas.

Imagery • Words and phrases that are used to stimulate the 5 senses – they paint a picture in your mind • As he turned he saw the creature step out of the dark. Its skin was white as dry old parchment and torn all over. The eyes were sunken deep and his lips were cracked and caked with what remained from its last feeding.

Metaphor • A comparison of two unlike things in which one becomes something else • His heart was a block of ice when she dumped him. • Life the houndEquivocalComes at a boundEither to rend me Or to befriend me.--Robert Francis

Personification • Giving human characteristics to something that is not human • His engine cried out in pain when he sped off.

Onomatopoeia • Words that imitate sounds • Bang • Zoom • Pow • Ring • Growl

Rhyme Scheme • The pattern of end rhymes in a poem • This helps you read a poem smoothly and steadily • A different letter is used for each rhyme • Always start with “A.” Poems are sometimes silly. Poems are sometimes sweet. Poems can be written by a guy named Willy Poems can knock the socks off your feet.

Simile • A simile compares two unlike things using: • Like • As • Than • Mr. Hogan is as bright as the sun. • Mrs. Phillips is like a computer, able to think at amazing speeds.

Narrative Poetry