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1. Warm UP Review notes in your ENGLISH NOTEBOOK, and define the following terms: Stanza: Quatrain Couplet Meter: Iambic Pentameter Rhyme Scheme Sonnet

2. Reviewing Poetry Terms: • Stanza: • Quatrain • Couplet • Meter: • Iambic Pentameter • Rhyme Scheme • Sonnet

3. Stanzas • A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains: • Couplet: two lines • Triplet: three lines • Quatrain: four lines • Quintet: five lines • Sestet: six lines • Septet: seven lines • Octave: Eight lines

4. Meter and “Iambic Pentameter” • The patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. • Foot: the smallest repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line. • Iambic: an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable. • Verse: is a metric line of poetry named according to the number of feet and type of feet composing it. • Pentameter: five feet (penta meaning five)

5. Rhyme Scheme • The similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words: (sat and cat) • End Rhyme: the rhyming of words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry. • Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of end rhymes used in a poem usually marked by letters to symbolize rhyming correspondence (abab, cdcd, efef, gg)

6. Sonnet • A poem consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter • Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet • Shakespearean (Elizabethan or English) Sonnet • Consists of three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet • Rhyme Scheme = abab, cdcd, efef, gg

7. Today’s Learning Goal I will be able to analyze the poetic forms of the poems in poetry collection #3 by using the chart provided. I will know I’ve met my goal when I can explain a poem’s form using complete sentences.

8. NOTES: New Poetry Terms • Poetic Form • Tanka • Villanelle

9. Poetic Form • A poem’s defined STRUCTURE. • Meter? • Rhyme Scheme? • Stanzas?

10. Tanka • Five-line unrhymed form of poetry that originates in Japan • Usually focuses on a meditation of nature for the purpose of wisdom. • The syllable pattern of Tanka poetry follows: • 5-7-5-7-7

11. Sample Tanka The flowing river (5) Twists and turns and runs away (7) Thinking of the sea (5) Through the forests light and dark (7) At last kissing salty waves (7)

12. Villanelle • A poem written in nineteen-line form with a pattern of repeated lines and a specific rhyme scheme. • The lines of a villanelle are grouped into five triplets and one quatrain. • Rhyme scheme = aba, aba, aba, aba, aba, abaa • Line 1 is repeated in lines 6, 12, and 18. • Line 3 is repeated in lines 9, 15, and 19. • The deliberate repetition of lines can create a chanting effect or suggest intense passion.

13. Summary of the Poem’s main idea, impression, or image • Before we read, let’s compare two songs that share a similar theme with “My City.” • “New York, New York” • “Empire State of Mind”

14. “My City” by James Weldon Johnson • Weldon is a contemporary poet who modeled his sonnet “My City” after the poetic form of a Shakespearean Sonnet. • In this sonnet, Johnson uses a modified rhyme scheme in the first two quatrains. • In the rest of the poem, however, he follows classic Shakespearean form. • Let’s use your Analysis chart to determine the poetic form used by Johnson’s “My City.”

15. Analyzing Poetic Form

16. Assessing our Learning Goal… • Explain the poetic form of “My City” by James Weldon Johnson: • The poem “My City” is a written in the form of a _______________. • The poem “My City” consists of __________lines. • The lines of “My City are broken into____quatrains and ____couplet. • The poem “My City” uses a pattern of accents known as ________ ________.

17. Discussion Question • What is the type of landscape does the speaker described first in “My City?” • Contrast the landscape the speaker prefers in “My City” with the one he first describes. • What does the speaker mean by “When I come down to sleep death’s endless night?”

18. “Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night” by Dylan Thomas • Background: • Written when his father was dying; therefore-- • Speaker is addressing his dying father • Presents a view of death different from previous thought • Before we read, let’s analyze the POETIC FORM of this poem…

19. Analyzing Poetic Form

20. Assessing our Learning Goal… • Explain the poetic form of “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good night”: • The poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good night” is written in the form of a _______________. • The poem consists of __________lines. • The lines are broken into_______ and ________. • The poem “My City” uses a rhyme scheme of ___________ .

21. Discussion Question: English Notebook • What does the speaker mean when he says • “Do not go gentle into that good night?” • “Old age should burn and rave at the close of day?” • Do you agree with this speaker’s view? Why or why not?

22. Analyzing Poetic Form

23. Assessing our Learning Goal… • Explain the poetic form of “Clustering Clouds…” and “When I went to visit…”: • The poems “Clustering clouds…” and “When I went to visit” are written in the form of a _______________. • Each poem consists of __________lines. • The lines are broken into a pattern of_______ following 5-7-5-7-7. • The poem does not follow a specific______ .

24. Discussion Questions • Compare what is actually happening in “clustering clouds” with the speaker’s interpretation of what’s happening to the night sky. • What is the weather like when the speaker goes to visit? • What does this weather indicate about the speaker’s love for the girl?

25. Exit Reflection Complete the sentence frames below: The poem “My City” is written in the form of a ___________. The main idea of the poem is similar to ______________ in that _____________.