Poetry

1. Poetry Terminology and Types

2. Figurative Language in Poetry Similes, Metaphors, and More

3. Simile • A comparison between two things using like or as. • The storm made the sky as dark as night • Her eyes are blue like the ocean deep. • __________________________________

4. Metaphor • Almost like a simile but not quite • It is a comparison between two things without using like or as. • He is a dog. • My dad is a beast. • I am an eagle soaring through the sky. • ________________________________________________

5. Alliteration • Repetition of the first letter of a word. • Alliteration poems are also called tongue twisters. • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • ________________________________________________________________

6. Rhyme • The repeated sound at the end of the words. • I would not eat them with a fox; I would not eat them in a box. • ___________ and _______________ • ___________ and _______________

7. Repetition • A line or phrase that is repeated. • I would not eat them with a fox; I would not eat them in a box.

8. Meter • The pattern of rhyme that repeats across the stanzas.

9. Two Types of Poetry Free Style Poetry Traditional Poetry Has rules Has rhyme Has rhythm Has form Has specific number of lines, or syllables, or stanzas • NO rules • NO rhyme • NO rhythm • NO form • NO specific number of lines, or syllables, or stanzas

10. Narrative Poems • Different from most poetry • They tell a story • They have characters, a setting, a conflict, and a plot • The “Charge of the Light Brigade” and “The Highwayman” are two narrative poems.

11. Poetry vs. Story Poetry Story Narrator Sentences Paragraph • Speaker • Lines • Stanzas

12. Poetry vs. Story • Speaker- the voice of the poem that speaks to the reader. • Lines – groups of words or phrases in a poem. • Stanzas – groups of lines that poems are divided into.

13. How to Find a Rhyme Scheme • 1. Read the poem, and assign the letter “a” to the first line. • 2. If the second line ends with the same sound as the first line, assign it an “a,” also. If it ends with a different sound, assign it the letter “b.” • 3. Continue reading the poem, assigning a letter to each line according to its ending sound.

14. What is the rhyme scheme in this poem? • YOUR HIGHNESS • I am a free and open fieldThat's never out of bounds,Where kites and planes and boomerangsCan do their ups and downs. • I am the biggest yard of all,Where birds begin their playOf hide-n-seek among the cloudsAt each new break of day. • I am the place called outer space,Where nothing is too high.I am the home of all the stars--I am the endless SKY. A B C B A B C B A B C B

15. How many stanzas are in the poem? Stanza 1 Stanza 2 Stanza 3 And 11 lines