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Poetry

Poetry . Poetry is:. One of the three major genres of literature Highly concise with a musical quality. It uses emotionally charged language that usually appeals to the five senses. Types of Poetry . Dramatic Poetry. Poetry that uses the techniques of drama

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Poetry

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  1. Poetry

  2. Poetry is: • One of the three major genres of literature • Highly concise with a musical quality. It uses emotionally charged language that usually appeals to the five senses.

  3. Types of Poetry

  4. DramaticPoetry • Poetry that uses the techniques of drama • Verse that presents the speech of one or more characters

  5. Examples Include: • Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet • Euripides’ Madea

  6. Narrative Poetry • Tells a story • Because it tells a story, it is usually longer than other types of poetry

  7. Ballads • A poem that tells a story • They are a form of narrative poetry • They are often used in songs and have a very musical quality to them No, these are not 80’s rock ballads • The basic form for ballads is iambic heptameter (seven sets of unstressed, stressed syllables per line)

  8. Epic Poetry • Also known as (Heroic Poetry) an epic is a long narrative about adventures of larger than life characters.

  9. Characteristics Include : Characteristics Include: • Hero is a great leader of a certain group of people • The setting includes many places, particularly supernatural realms ( ex. The land of the dead or “hell”) Group of people

  10. . • The hero fights in a great battle or goes on a long journey or quest.

  11. Often gods or supernatural beings will take part in the action. (ex. The Odyssey, Beowulf)

  12. The Epic Hero The main character in a long narrative that reflects the values and heroic ideals of a particular society.

  13. Characteristics • They possess superior physical strength • Usually a very “ethical” or moral person • Embodies the ideals of the society MODERN DAY HEROES

  14. Modern Day Epics What themes do these epics share?

  15. Lyric Poetry A poem of highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker.

  16. Example What though, for showing truth to flattered state,Kind Hunt was shut in prison, yet has he,In his immortal spirit, been as freeAs the sky-searching lark, and as elate.Minion of grandeur! think you he did wait?Think you he nought but prison-walls did see,Till, so unwilling, thou unturnedst the key?Ah, no! far happier, nobler was his fate!In Spenser's halls he strayed, and bowers fair,Culling enchanted flowers; and he flewWith daring Milton through the fields of air:To regions of his own his genius trueTook happy flights. Who shall his fame impairWhen thou art dead, and all thy wretched crew?

  17. Sonnet • A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter. ? What’s Iambic Pentameter????

  18. Iambic pentameter is among the most common metrical forms in English poetry: it is used in many of the major English poetic forms, including blank verse, the heroic couplet, and many of the traditional rhymed stanza forms. • If you count, it usually has 10 syllables per line.

  19. Examples: • An iambic foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. We could write the rhythm like this: • da DUM A line of iambic pentameter is five of these in a row: ExampleHere: da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM

  20. Romeo and Juliet Examples: JULIET appears above at a window But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,Who is already sick and pale with grief,That thou her maid art far more fair than she:Be not her maid, since she is envious;Her vestal livery is but sick and greenAnd none but fools do wear it; cast it off.It is my lady, O, it is my love! Notice the 10 syllables per line.

  21. Back to the Sonnet • 14 lines • Two types: • English (Shakespearian Shakespearian) • Italian (Petrarchan)

  22. English Sonnet • consists of three quatrains (4 lines) and a couplet (2 lines)

  23. Italian Sonnet • Italian consists of an octave ( 8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines).

  24. Haiku • Three line verse form • The 1st and 3rd line of the Haiku each have 5 syllables • The 2nd line has 7 syllables • A haiku seeks to convey a single vivid emotion by means of images of nature.

  25. Examples: • Notice the syllables 5,7,5 Curving up, then down. Meeting blue sky and green earth Melding sun and rain.

  26. Blank Verse • Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter • Popular verse form widely used by Shakespeare.

  27. Free Verse • Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern, or meter • it is the opposite of blank verse.

  28. Stanza • A group of lines • Couplet – 2 lines • Quatrain- 4 lines • Sestet- 6 lines • Octave- 8 lines

  29. Symbolism in Poetry • Anything that stands for or represents something else. • = or • An object that serves as a symbol has its own meaning but it also represents something abstract.

  30. Examples in Poetry • Uses like or as to compare to two or more things • The little girl was as pretty as a flower.

  31. Metaphors- Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else. • Does not use like or as to make the comparison. Example: My nephews are animals.

  32. Extended Metaphor • Same as a regular metaphor but in this case a subject is spoken of or written of as though it were something else. • Several comparisons are made

  33. Figurative Language in Poetry • Be prepared to see figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, personification, and onomatopoeia. Smiley face playing trumpet

  34. You’re not listening! Literal Language • Sometimes the language means exactly what it says, there are no hidden meanings or symbols. • This is the opposite of Figurative Language.

  35. Eat more beef!! Hyperbole • An extreme exaggeration “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!” Uh oh !

  36. Personification • Giving human characteristics to a non-human or non-living thing. “The screaming phone woke me up!”

  37. Alliteration • The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore. Listen to the ssssss sound

  38. Rhyme • The repetition of sounds at the end of words . • End Rhyme – When rhyming words come at the end of lines. • Internal Rhyme – When rhyming words are found within a line. Jane, cane, lane, hurricane , same, lame

  39. Rhyme Scheme • The pattern of rhyming words in a poem • The rhyme scheme of a poem is indicated by using different letters of the alphabet for each new rhyme.

  40. Example: “My Mistress’s Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun”- Shakepeare I love to hear her speak, yet well Iknow A That music hath a far more pleasingsound.B I grant I never saw a goddessgo: A My mistress, when she walks, treads on theground. B And yet, by heaven, I think my love asrare C   As any she belied with falsecompare. C

  41. Rhythm • The pattern of beats, or stresses, in spoken or written language. • This is very similar to the da dum da dum da dum of the iambic pentameter.

  42. THE END “Ya’ll come back now ya hear?”

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