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Poetry

Poetry. Form. The physical arrangement of words on the page Some poetry is written in strict formal patterns Some poetry is written in free verse. Stanza. Lines of poetry are commonly grouped into stanzas, or groups of lines. Free Verse.

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Poetry

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  1. Poetry

  2. Form • The physical arrangement of words on the page • Some poetry is written in strict formal patterns • Some poetry is written in free verse

  3. Stanza • Lines of poetry are commonly grouped into stanzas, or groups of lines

  4. Free Verse • Poetry that does not contain lines of regular rhyme or meter

  5. Is this this segment of poetry written in a structured form or free verse?

  6. Love can not fill the thickened lung with breath, Nor clean the blood, not set the fractured bone; Yet many a man is making friends with death Even as I speak, for lack of love alone. -Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Sonnet 30”

  7. Is this this segment of poetry written in a structured form or free verse?

  8. she spun herself into a web and looking for a place to rest turned to him but he stood straight declining to be her corner -Nikki Giovanni, “Woman”

  9. Alliteration • A repetition of initial consonant sounds • “To jiggle and jump for joy”

  10. Assonance • A repetition of vowel sounds within words • as in “a greed is as deep as the sea”

  11. Consonance • A repetition of consonant sounds • As in “of fleet foot and sound mind”

  12. Rhyme • A repetition of final sounds in two or more words • As in “a stray gray tray”

  13. Onomatopoeia • The use of words that refer to sounds • Such as “snort, clank, and whir

  14. Rhythm • The pattern, or beat in unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

  15. Meter • The rhythm that is repeated throughout a poem

  16. Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain; Now yet a floating spar to men that sink And rise and sink and rise and sink again -Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Sonnet 30”

  17. Figurative Language • Language authors use to convey meaning meaning beyond the literal meanings of words • Examples of these are: simile, metaphor, and personification

  18. Simile • A comparison between two things using “like,”“as,” or “than” • Such as “My life is like an open book”

  19. Metaphor • A comparison between two things that does not use “like,”“as,” or “than” • Such as “Jealousy is a green-eyed monster”

  20. Personification • Giving human qualities to something that is not human • such as “The teakettle ordered us back to the kitchen”

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