Poetry Notes
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October 28, 2013POETRY NOTES
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A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)
Line = single row of words
Stanzas = the poetic equivalent of a paragraph Consists of 2 or more lines
POETRY
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Couplet = a two line stanzaTriplet (Tercet) = a three line stanzaQuatrain = a four line stanzaQuintet = a five line stanzaSestet (Sextet) = a six line stanzaSeptet = a seven line stanzaOctave = an eight line stanza
KINDS OF STANZAS
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PoetAuthor of the poem
SpeakerNarrator of the
poem
POINT OF VIEW
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RHYTHM
The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem
Rhythm can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration and refrain.
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METER
When we speak, our syllables are either stressed (stronger emphasis) or unstressed (weaker emphasis). For example, the word remark consists of two syllables. "Re" is the unstressed syllable, with a weaker emphasis, while "mark" is stressed, with a stronger emphasis.
In poetry, a group of two or three syllables is referred to as a foot.
When poets write in meter, they count out the number of stressed (strong) syllables and unstressed (weak) syllables for each line.
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TYPES OF FEET
Iambic - unstressed, stressed Trochaic - stressed, unstressed Anapestic - unstressed, unstressed, stressed Dactylic - stressed, unstressed, unstressed
Iambic pentameter is the most well known type. It is used by Shakespeare in his sonnets and when his upper class characters speak.
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EXAMPLES OF IAMBIC PENTAMETER
u / u / u / u / u /But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
u = weak / = strong
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RHYME
Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.
(A word always rhymes with itself.)
LAMP STAMP
Share the short “a” vowel soundShare the combined “mp” consonant sound
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RHYME SCHEME
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. (See next slide for an example.)
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END RHYME
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Hector the Collector Collected bits of string.
Collected dolls with broken heads And rusty bells that would not ring.
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SAMPLE RHYME SCHEME
The Germ by Ogden Nash
A mighty creature is the germ, Though smaller than the
pachyderm. His customary dwelling place
Is deep within the human race. His childish pride he often pleases By giving people strange diseases.
Do you, my poppet, feel infirm? You probably contain a germ.
aabbccaa
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FREE VERSE POETRY
Although free verse requires no meter, rhyme, or other traditional poetic techniques, a poet can still use them to create some sense of structure
Free verse poetry is very conversational - sounds like someone talking with you.
A more modern type of poetry.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF FREE VERSE
POETRY
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INTERNAL 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
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NEAR RHYME
a.k.a imperfect rhyme, close rhyme
The words share EITHER the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH
ROSE LOSE
Different vowel sounds (long “o” and “oo” sound)Share the same consonant sound
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ONOMATOPOEIA
Words that imitate the sound they are naming BUZZOR sounds that imitate another sound
“The silken, sad, uncertain, rustling of each purple curtain . . .”
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ALLITERATION
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?
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CONSONANCE
Similar to alliteration EXCEPT . . .
The repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words
“silken, sad, uncertain, rustling . . “
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ASSONANCE
Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry. (Often creates near rhyme.)
Lake Fate Base Fade (All share the long “a” sound.)
EXAMPLES:
“Slow the low gradual moan came in the snowing.”- John Masefield
“Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep.”- William Shakespeare
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IMAGERY
Language that appeals to the senses.Most images are visual, but they can also appeal to
the senses of sound, touch, taste, or smell.
then with cracked hands that achedfrom labor in the weekday weather . . .
from “Those Winter Sundays”
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SYMBOLISM
When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else. = Innocence
= America
= Peace
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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SIMILE
A comparison of two things using like or as
“She is as beautiful as a sunrise.”
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METAPHOR
A direct comparison of two unlike things
“All the world’s a stage, and we are merely players.”- William Shakespeare
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EXTENDED METAPHOR
A metaphor that goes several lines or possible the entire length of a work.
“The Cafeteria”The cafeteria is a jungle.Wild animals scrambling for food.Grunting like wild boarsStampeding to the lineDevouring their preyCleaning their pawsand then returning to their dens
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IMPLIED METAPHOR
The comparison is hinted at but not clearly stated.
“The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it.”
- from The Pearl- by John Steinbeck
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HYPERBOLE
Exaggeration often used for emphasis.
"As I Walked Out One Evening" by W.H. AudenI'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet,And the river jumps over the mountainAnd the salmon sing in the street,I'll love you till the oceanIs folded and hung up to dryAnd the seven stars go squawkingLike geese about the sky.
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LITOTES
Understatement - basically the opposite of hyperbole. Often it is ironic.
Ex. Calling a slow moving person “Speedy”“It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on
the brain” - The Catcher in the Rye' by J.D. Salinger
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IDIOM
An expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says.
Examples: It’s raining cats and dogs. He has a chip on his shoulder Break a leg
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PERSONIFICATION
An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities.
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How many lines are in a septet?Give an example of an idiomDefinition of assonanceDifference between poet and speakerDefinition of litote
OPEN NOTE QUIZ – 2 POINTS EACH