Poetry…ohhh yeah!

1. Poetry…ohhh yeah! All you need to know to be in the know!

2. Recap of Poetry Vocab • So, WHAT IS poetry??? form of literaryart in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns, lyrics, or prose poetry

3. Example of basic poem • SONNET #12 • by: William Shakespeare • WHEN I do count the clock that tells the time • And see the brave day sunk in hideous night, • When I behold the violet past prime • And sable curls all silvered o'er with white, • When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, • Which erst from heat did canopy the herd, • And summer's green all girded up in sheaves • Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard; • Then of thy beauty do I question make • That thou among the wastes of time must go, • Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake • And die as fast as they see others grow; • And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense • Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.

4. Simile • simile: is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the word "like" or "as". • You will be asked to look for this within a text.

5. Example of simile • As agile as a monkeyAs alike as two peas in a podAs annoying as nails scratching against a chalkboard. As bald as a baby's backsideAs bald as a badgerAs bald as a cootAs beautiful as natureAs big as a boatAs big as a busAs big as an elephant

6. Metaphor • metaphor: is a figure of speech concisely expressed by an implied analogy between two objects or ideas, conveyed by the use of a word instead of another • Again, you will be asked to identify this within a text.

7. Example of metaphor • The streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner."(Cynthia Ozick, "Rosa") • "But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill."(William Sharp, "The Lonely Hunter") • "Men's words are bullets, that their enemies take up and make use of against them."(George Savile, Maxims of State) • "A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind."(Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors) • "The rain came down in long knitting needles."(Enid Bagnold, National Velvet)

8. Hyperbole • Hyperbole: is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally

9. Example of hyperbole • It is going to take a b'zillion years to get through Medical School. • I ate the whole cow. • He's 900 years old. • I am so hungry I could eat a horse. • There are millions of other things to do. • You're always doing that. • Running faster than the speed of light. • You could be Miss Universe. • It took light years for this to work. • I waited in line for centuries.

10. Oxymoron • oxymoron:  is a figure of speech that combines normally contradictory terms

11. Example of oxymoron • Dry lake • Fuzzy logic • Living dead • Free gift • Numb sensation • Same difference, once again • Stand down • Metal woods (Golfers) • Books on tape

12. Allusion • allusion: is a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication

13. Example of allusion In Dr. Kings, “I have a Dream” speech, he alludes to multiple things. Such as: King alludes to Psalm 30:5[6] in the second stanza of the speech. He says in reference to the abolition of slavery articulated in the Emancipation Proclamation, "It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.“ He also alludes to Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” when he states, “Five score years ago..."; his hearers were immediately reminded of Abraham Lincoln's "Four score and seven years ago", which opened the Gettysburg Address. King's allusion effectively called up parallels in two historic moments.

14. Illusion • illusion: is a distortion of the senses, revealing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. While illusions distort reality, they are generally shared by most people

15. Example of illusion • Television is also an example of an illusion. When you see a person on the screen, there isn't actually a person there. • When people talk of the phone as sounding as if you are in the next room, that is an illusion .

16. Iamb • iamb or iambus: is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry • For simplicity, we will talk about Iambic pentameter.

17. Iambic pentameter • An iambic foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The rhythm can be written as: • Da DUM a line of iambic pentameter is five iambic feet in a row: • Da DUM da DUM da DUM daDUM • Iambic • The most famous iambic writer was Shakespeare.

18. Example of Iamb • Paradise LostbyJohn Milton • Chapter 1 - Book 1Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruitOf that forbidden tree whose mortal tasteBrought death into the World, and all our woe,With loss of Eden, till one greater ManRestore us, and regain the blissful seat,Sing, Heavenly Muse, that, on the secret topOf Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspireThat shepherd who first taught the chosen seedIn the beginning how the heavens and earthRose out of Chaos: or, if Sion hillDelight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flowedFast by the oracle of God, I thenceInvoke thy aid to my adventurous song,That with no middle flight intends to soar