Poetry: Part 2

End and Internal Rhyme

End Rhyme- Words with end rhyme have the same ending sound › cry/bye› float/ boat

Internal Rhyme- a rhyme between words in the same line › I love the way the wind sways the bales of

hay in November.

Meter

Meter

(noun)

arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses.

He said, “Hey, there fellow (a)with the hair colored yellow. (a)Watcha trying to prove? (b)‘Cause that’s my woman there (c)and I’m a man who cares (c) and this might be all for you.” (b)

Line

Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweet, LINE 3And so are you!

Line(noun)

A single line of words in a poem

Lines make up STANZAS!

Stanza “First and Last” by David McCord

A tadpole hasn’t a pole at all,And he doesn’t live in a hole in the wall.

You’ve got it wrong: a polecat’s not A cat on a pole. And I’ll tell you what:

A bullfrog’s never a bull; and how Could a cowbird possibly be a cow?

A kingbird, though, is a kind of king, And he chases a crow like anything.

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Stanza

(noun)

A group of lines.

Beginning a new stanzas often signals the beginning of a new image, thought, or idea.

Dialect

Dialect (noun)

Use of words or phrases that are limited to a certain area

NORTH: “Plug that IN for me, please.” SOUTH: “Plug that UP for me, please.”

NORTH: “HIT the lights!” SOUTH: “CUT OFF the lights!”

Speaker

Speaker (noun)

The person, place, object, or idea that is telling the events that occur in a poem

The speaker is NOT always the poet!!!

The speaker in “The Butter Battle” is the grandfather who is telling his grandson about The Wall.

The speaker in “Jabberwocky” is an all-knowing person who is NOT a character in the poem.

Connotation

Connotation

Noun

The suggested or implied meaning of a word

CHILDISH, IMMATURE, and YOUTHFUL all have similar meanings, but different connotations.

Mood

Mood

Noun

Poets create a mood in their poems to make you feel a certain way when you read them.

A mood can be ANNOYED, JOYFUL, DISTRAUGHT, FRUSTRATED, etc.

Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme Scheme

Noun

The pattern of rhyming in a poem

The RHYME SCHEME in a poem changes how the reader reads it.

Theme

“BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.”

Theme (NOUN)

A universal topic or idea of a piece of literature

A THEME can be applied anyone, anywhere, and should be stated in ONE COMPLETE SENTENCE.

EXAMPLE: “Happiness comes to those who wait.”

Tone

Tone (NOUN)

The way the message of a poem is conveyed to the reader.

The way a poem would sound if spoken.

The TONE directly affects the MOOD.

EXAMPLES: optimistic, pessimistic, threatening