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POETRY
POET
The poet is the author of the poem.
SPEAKER
The speaker of the poem is the narrator
of the poem.
POINT OF VIEW IN POETRY
They are not always the same!
STRUCTURE IN POETRY
LINE - a group of words together on one line of the poem
STANZA - a group of lines arranged together
A word is deadWhen it is said,
Some say.
I say it justBegins to live
That day.
STRUCTURE
One Line
Two Stanzas
RHYME IN POETRY
Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.
LAMPSTAMP
Share the short “a” vowel sound
Share the combined “mp” consonant
sound
RHYME
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Hector the CollectorCollected bits of string.
Collected dolls with broken headsAnd rusty bells that would not ring.
END RHYME
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
From “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
INTERNAL RHYME
A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme, but not always).
Use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually “see” the pattern.
RHYME SCHEME
Hector the Collector ACollected bits of string. BCollected dolls with broken heads
CAnd rusty bells that would not ring.
B
SOUNDIN POETRY
Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
ALLITERATION
Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry.
(Often creates near rhyme.)
Lake Fate Base Fade(All share the long “a” sound.)
ASSONANCE
Examples of ASSONANCE:
“Slow the low gradual moan came in the snowing.”
-John Masefield
“Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep.”
- William Shakespeare
ASSONANCE CONT.
the formation of a word from a sound
the use of onomatopoeia for rhetorical effect (the art of language).
ONOMATOPOEIA
“Onomatopoeia Poem”By Lee Emmett
water plops into pondsplish-splash downhillwarbling magpies in treetrilling, melodic thrill
Read more at http://examples.yourdictionary.com/5-examples-of-onomatopoeia.html#eJVquygTXj5W8uYw.99
TYPES OF POETRY
A short poem
Usually written in first person point of view
Expresses an emotion or an idea or describes a scene
Does NOT tell a story
Often sounds musical
LYRIC
Examples of Lyric Poems:
“Annabel Lee” By Edgar Allen Poe
“Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”By William Shakespeare
A poem that tells a story.
Originally meant to be sung.
Examples of Ballads:
“The Highwayman”By Alfred Noyes
Many songs by Taylor Swift are ballads.
BALLAD
Unlike metered poetry, free verse poetry may
NOT rhyme.
Free verse poetry is conversational - sounds like someone talking with you.
A modern type of poetry.
Examples of Free Verse:
“Freedom of Free Verse”By Elandra Poindexter
“Severe Weather”By Dorian Petersen Potter
FREE VERSE
A poem that deals with serious themes, such as justice, truth, or beauty.
Example of an Odes:
“Ode to a Nightingale”
By John Keats
“Ode to My Locker”By Jana Ghossein
ODE
A poem that tells a story.
Generally longer than the lyric poetry because the poet needs to establish characters and a plot.
Examples of Narrative Poems:
“The Raven”By Edgar Allen Poe
“Casey at the Bat”By Ernest Lawrence Thayer
NARRATIVE POEMS
A poem that tells a story.
Can be VERY VERY long.
Many stanzas.
Example of Epic Poem
“The Odyssey” By Homer
(yes, this is Spark Notes,
and you will so love it!)
EPIC POEMS
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Something not human given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities.
Example of Personification in
Poetry:
“Take a Poem to Lunch”
By Denise Rodgers
PERSONIFICATION
A comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
SIMILE
“Simile Poem”By Denise Rodgers
Your teeth are like stars;They come out at night.They come back at dawnWhen they’re ready to bite.
Read more at http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-simile-poems.html#S2CA07l9uup6cHaz.99
A direct comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
DIRECT METAPHOR
“All the world’s a stage, and we are merely players.”
- William Shakespeare
The comparison is hinted at but not clearly stated.
IMPLIED METAPHOR
“The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it.”
from The PearlBy John Steinbeck
Exaggerationoften used for emphasis.
Find more of these hyperbole poems at http://www.mywordwizard.com/hyperbole-poems.html
HYPERBOLE
“Appetite”In a house the size of a postage stamplived a man as big as a barge.His mouth could drink the entire riverYou could say it was rather large.For dinner he would eat a trillion beansAnd a silo full of grain,Washed it down with a tanker of milkAs if he were a drain.
An expression common to a particular place or time.
The meaning is not literal.
Find more of these hyperbole poems at http://allpoetry.com/poem/9150185-Short-Poems--Idioms-by-Brenna-Lynn
IDIOMS
“Idiom Poems” by Brenna LynnActions Speak Louder Than Words:I asked my actions,In hushed tones,How loudly they could speak.I received no reply.
All's Well, That Ends Well:When my day ended well,Nothing else seemed to be...I had regrets from earlier on,All was not at ease.
Allusion comes from the verb “allude” which means “to refer to.”
An allusion is a reference to something famous.
A tunnel walled and overlaid
With dazzling crystal: we had read
Of rare Aladdin’s wondrous cave,
And to our own his name we gave.
From “Snowbound”John Greenleaf Whittier
ALLUSION
Language that appeals to the senses.
Most images are visual, but they can also appeal to the senses of sound, touch, taste, or smell.
IMAGERY
then with cracked hands that ached
from labor in the weekday weather . . .
from “Those Winter Sundays”
When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself.
Also represents, or stands for, something else.
Innocence
America
Peace
SYMBOLISM
