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Ms. Filipek

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Poetry begins in delight and ends in wisdom. Robert Frost painting with words DONT (Over)THINK!!! Meant to be enjoyed Meant to be read aloud

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Association Implications Entertaining? Drawbacks? How would you refine?

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I like to see it lap the miles I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains, And, supercilious, peer In shanties by the sides of roads; And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while In horrid, hooting stanza; Then chase itself down hill And neigh like Boanerges; Then, punctual as a star, Stop--docile and omnipotent-- At its own stable door.

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Lyric vs. Narrative Part 1: Sound and Structure What is sound? Alliteration Assonance Consonance Onomatopoeia Rhythm Rhyme/rhyme scheme Scansion/syllable stress Structure (stanzas/free verse) Repetition/Refrain Enjambment Forced/slant rhyme Exact rhyme Types of Poetry Ode, sonnet, ballad, etc. Part 2: Imagery Sensory imagery Metaphor Simile Allusion Personification Hyperbole Symbolism Part 3: Meaning Subject Speaker Tone Theme Part 4: Performance Memorization Recitation techniques

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Blends ch th tr thr ld nt sp Etc.

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Exact rhyme: sounds in words correspond Forced/slant rhyme: corresponding sounds are approximate enough to not break rhythm Rhyme scheme: the pattern of rhyme in the poem Hickory, Dickory, Dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down. Hickory, Dickory, Dock. The Hippopotamus I shoot the Hippopotamus With bullets made of platinum Because if I use leaden ones His hide is sure to flatten em. --Hilaire Belloc

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Use ORANGE First line is always labeled A Everything that rhymes with A is also A If the next line doesnt rhyme, its B New rhyme = new letter Hickory, Dickory, Dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down. Hickory, Dickory, Dock. The Hippopotamus I shoot the Hippopotamus With bullets made of platinum Because if I use leaden ones His hide is sure to flatten em.

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I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains, And, supercilious, peer In shanties by the sides of roads; And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while In horrid, hooting stanza; Then chase itself down hill And neigh like Boanerges; Then, punctual as a star, Stop--docile and omnipotent-- At its own stable door.

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The Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words NOT letters 2 line rule: the pattern is lost RED CIRCLES Circle the SOUND Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. My Marys asleep by the murmuring stream- Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. --Robert Burns, Afton Water

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I like to see it lap the miles I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains, And, supercilious, peer In shanties by the sides of roads; And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while In horrid, hooting stanza; Then chase itself down hill And neigh like Boanerges; Then, punctual as a star, Stop--docile and omnipotent-- At its own stable door.

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Consonant sound repetition anywhere else in the word Blue boxes Blood Wood Flood Good Even Heaven Given Have Clavicle Missys sanctimonious sneers My Marys asleep by the murmuring stream- Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. --Robert Burns, Afton Water

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I like to see it lap the miles I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains, And, supercilious, peer In shanties by the sides of roads; And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while In horrid, hooting stanza; Then chase itself down hill And neigh like Boanerges; Then, punctual as a star, Stop--docile and omnipotent-- At its own stable door.

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Repetition of Vowel Sounds anywhere in the word (AEIOU-Y) Especially the long vowels, oo and ow -r controlled vowels Green underline Rubber baby buggy bumpers

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I like to see it lap the miles I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains, And, supercilious, peer In shanties by the sides of roads; And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while In horrid, hooting stanza; Then chase itself down hill And neigh like Boanerges; Then, punctual as a star, Stop--docile and omnipotent-- At its own stable door.

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Repetition: The repetition of a word, phrase, or grammatical structure in a poem Refrain: Repetition of one of more lines at regular intervals in the poem We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon. -- Gwendolyn Brooks

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First man, behold: the earth glitters with leaves; the sky glistens with rain. - - N. Scott Momaday It must be able to hear The luminance of dove and deer. It must be able to hide What it seeks, like a bride. -- Jose Garcia Villa

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The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables of a poem Scansion: the arrangement of the syllables in a pattern Iambic pentameter Shakespeare, epics blank verse Divided into feet Unit of syllables in a line Contains one stressed syllable 2-3 syllables /foot The # of feet in a line completes the scansion description: 1- monometer 2- dimeter 3- trimeter 4- tetrameter 5- pentameter 6- hexameter

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Iambic But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? Trochaic Go and catch a falling star Anapestic It was many and many a year ago Dactylic Ive been to London to visit the queen Spondaic Enjambment

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Silver bark of beech, and sallow Bark of yellow birch and yellow Twig of willow. Stripe of green in moosewood maple, Colour seen in leaf of apple, Bark of popple. Wood of popple pale as moonbeam, Wood of oak for yoke and barn- beam, Wood of hornbeam. Silver bark of beech, and hollow Stem of elder, tall and yellow Twig of willow. -- Edna St. Vincent Millay When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, 'Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty, No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, 'The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty, And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true. ---AE Housman

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Stanza: the arrangement of lines in a group # of lines = stanza type 1- verse 2- couplet 3- tercet 4- quatrain 5-cinquain/ quintet 6- sestet 7- septet 8- octave Often, types of poems are classified by stanza structure Ex: sonnet = 14 lines English/Shakespearean: 3 quatrains and a couplet Italian/Petrarchan: An octave and a sestet

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Words that are sounds Boom Crash Crunch Ding Knock Rip Ribbit Oink Moo to freight cars in the air all the slow clank, clank moving about the treetops the wha, what of the hoarse whistle pah, pah pah, pah, pah, pah, pah piece and piece moving still trippingly long after the engine has fought by and disappeared in silence to the left

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Eskimos in Manitoba, Barracuda off Aruba, Cock an ear when Roger Bubo Starts to solo on the tuba. Men of every station -- Pooh-Bah, Nabob, bozo, toff, and hobo -- Cry in unison, "Indubi- Tably, there is simply nobo- Dy who oompahs on the tubo, Solo, quite like Roger Bubo!" --John Updike

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Be able to explain the effect of the elements More on the way, be ready!

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Imagery: images that the poet paints with words Five senses

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I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains, And, supercilious, peer In shanties by the sides of roads; And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while In horrid, hooting stanza; Then chase itself down hill And neigh like Boanerges; Then, punctual as a star, Stop--docile and omnipotent-- At its own stable door.

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Simile: comparing two things using like or as Metaphor: comparing two things without like or as Uses is or is implied Extended simile/metaphor: comparison carried through multiple lines/imageries

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Type of imagery Mentioning names, places, or elements of other works to evoke recognition Einstein Noah In the belly of the beast Scrooge Coldplays Viva la Vida

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Type of imagery Giving non-humans the qualities/characteristics of humans the wind talked

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Type of imagery Deliberate over- exaggeration I could eat a horse! She went to the beach all day and turned into a lobster.

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Type of imagery When one things stands for another

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How to write your part 2 analysis Identify, explain, and analyze the elements of imagery in your poem What effect? How does it contribute? Put your stuff in the truck! Were moving on

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Subject: what the poem is about Lyric: poem of emotion, praise of beauty, etc. Narrative: poem is telling a story JUSTIFY Speaker: the narrator of the poem May or may not be the poet! Who could it be? JUSTIFY Tone: the mood/ feeling of the speaker One word disdain, elation, wonder, depression, etc. JUSTIFY Theme: the overall lesson of the poem Statement phrased as if __________, then ________. JUSTIFY

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Memorization & Preparedness Expression & Emotion Volume & Clarity Appearance, Stage Presence, Creativity, Props, etc.