Poetry

1. Poetry

2. What is Poetry? • It’s a kind of language that says more and says it more intensely than ordinary language. (Laurence Perrine) • A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language. • It conveys experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way. • It uses language chosen for its sound and suggestive power.

3. Functions • to imitate • to engage attention • to feed imagination • to form one’s cultural identity • to enjoy the sound • to learn metaphors

4. What is poetry? • What it is, exactly, is less important than how it makes us feel.

5. Poetry by Eleanor Farjeon (1966) What is Poetry? Who Knows? Not a rose but the scent of the rose; Not the sky but the light in the sky; Not the fly but the gleam of the fly; Not the sea but the sound of the sea; Not myself but what makes me See, hear, and feel something that prose Cannot, what it is, who knows?

6. Poetry… by Carl Sandburg • is the opening and closingof a door,leaving thosewho look throughto guess aboutwhat was seenduring a moment

7. Elements of Poetry • Rhythm • Rhyme and sound • Imagery • Figurative language: • Comparison and Contrast • Shape • Emotional force, mood • Diction

8. Diction • Latinate and Germanic Diction • Poetry is often associated with fancy or elaborate vocabulary. • Is French a more poetic language than German? • This need not be the case. Hesse uses simple, clear, unpretentious language • Much more Germanic or Anglo-Saxon than Latinate

10. Poetry for children • Like poetry for adults but may comment in a different way • Poetry that is cute, coy, nostalgic, or sarcastic might be aboutchildren, but it is not forthem. (Charlotte Huck) • Didactic or preachy poems are usually not insightful or particularly enjoyable.

11. Poems can be funny

12. EletelephonyLaura E. Richards Once there was an elephant, Who tried to use the telephant— No! no! I mean an elephone Who tried to use the telephone— (Dear me! I am not certain quite That even now I've got it right.) Howe'er it was, he got his trunk Entangled in the telephunk; The more he tried to get it free, The louder buzzed the telephee— I fear I'd better drop the song Of elephop and telephong!)

13. The Burp by Anonymous • Pardon me for being rude.It was not me, it was my food.It got so lonely down below,it just popped up to say hello.

14. Poems can be fun

15. Betty Botter

16. Swimming Oolby Kenn Nesbitt Swimming in the swimming pool is where I like to "B," wearing underwater goggles so that I can "C." Yesterday, before I swam, I drank a cup of "T." Now the pool's a "swimming ool" because I took a "P."

17. Poems can be insightful

18. My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow-- Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball, And he sometimes goes so little that there's none of him at all. 

19. My Shadow (cont.) He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close behind me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

20. Half I never finish anything. I leave my work half done. At breakfast I'm served two fried eggs. I always eat just one. At school I'm only half awake. I don't stand half a chance. I like to wear my shorts to school because they're like half pants. I read no more than half a book and finish half my test. In class I'm always teased a lot because I'm just half dressed. This poem is supposed to have exactly fourteen lines.

21. Poems can express serious feelings

22. Which Lunch Table ? • Where do I sit?         All my friends         from last year          have changed;          my world is                 f r a c t u r e d                 l o p s i d e d                r e a r r a n g e d.          Where do I fit?          Nothing is clear.          Can already tell          this will be           a jigsaw year. Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poemsby Kristine O'Connell GeorgeClarion Books, 2002

23. Poems can speak through their shapes(Concrete poems)

24. "Breezes," by Court Smith, A concrete poem THE WINDLESS ORCHARD, 31, p. 12

25. A Gentle Breeze

26. People are always finding new ways to create poetry

27. Arms by Dan Weber • http://www.vispo.com/guests/DanWaber/arms.htm • The poem uses the internet to create poetry in a new form.

28. Fun Poems children can create

29. Alphabet (ABC) • Each line begins with the next letter of the alphabet. • Example:A young girl was walking in the rain.But her umbrella didn't open.Couldn't run, couldn't hurry,Dressed in new shoes,Entered a house full of dolls.Found all her friends enjoying them.

30. Acrostic • The first letter of each line form a word itself… • which might be the subject of the poem. • ExampleCrisp and colorfulAdorable and crunchyNice and tastyDelicious and temptingYummy and best

31. Cinquain • Line 1 = 1 noun, title • Line 2 = 2 adjectives. Description • Line 3 = 3 verbs. Actions • Line 4 = A phrase with 5 words • Line 5 = restate the title in other words PenguinsBlack, whiteSwimming, jumping, fishingThey dive into freezing water.Birds in suits. “Penguins” ~Kenneth Miller

32. Diamante • Similar to a cinquain, but with seven lines with top and bottom lines mirroring each other. • Example“Winter and Summer” WinterFrosty, BrightSkiing, Snow Ball Fighting, SleddingIcicles, Snowflakes, Vacation, FamilySwimming, Sun Tanning, SwelteringHot, Sunny Summer ~ Lyndsey M

33. Haiku • Japanese origin • based mainly on nature and rarely rhymes • Usually three lines with • the first line containing 5 syllable, • the second line 7 and • the third line 5. • Example‘Night and Day’ The stars are shiningthey will shimmer and they‘llglowuntil the sun shines ~Mattie M.

34. Limerick • a poem of 5 lines. • Lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another.Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other. • ExampleThere was an Old Man with a flute,A serpent ran into his boot;But he played day and night,Till the serpent took flight,And avoided that man with a flute.~ Edward Lear

35. Next Week Present your poems in groups similar to the folktale presentations • You have 5-7 minutes each. • You want to grab your audience's interest and make them care about your poem. • Be as creative and interesting as possible to share your poem. • Involve your group members as much as possible. • Ask them to read some parts. • Ask questions about the poem. • Have them do some actions. • Do anything you like, but you want them to enjoy this experience and the poem. • Choose one poem from your group to share with the class.