What is it really?

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What is it really?

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What is it really?. Poetry is…. a type of literature in which words are chosen and arranged in a compact, precise way to create specific effects. TYPES of poetry. #1 - Narrative. Tells a story; it has plot and characters. #2 – Free Verse. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Poetry is…. a type of literature in

which words are chosen and arranged in a

compact, precise way to create specific effects

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TYPES of

poetry

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#1 - NarrativeTells a story; it has plot and characters

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#2 – Free VersePoetry without

regular patterns of rhyme and rhythym

No set rules to follow

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“Fog” by Carl Sandburg

The fog comeson little cat feet. 

It sits lookingover harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on.

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#3- Limerick…Is a short humorous poem.

… Is composed of 5 lines.

…has aabba rhyme scheme

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Limerick Example:There was a young lady from Nigerwho smiled as she rode on a tiger.They returned from the ride,with the lady inside,and the smile on the face of the tiger!

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# 4 - LyricPresents the personal thought and feelings

of a single speaker.

Most poems, other than narratives are lyric poems.

Can be a variety of forms and cover many subjects

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#5 - BalladA narrative poem that was

originally meant to be sung or recited.

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Form in PoetryForm = the way it is laid out on the page

unusual line breaks (even in the middle of words)

lines arranged to create a visual pattern on the page

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…Form Continued…The length of each line helps create

rhythm and meaning.

Lines may be grouped into STANZAS which express a single idea or theme.

Pattern of lines and stanzas often creates pattern of rhyming words.

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I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.The waves beside them danced, but theyOut-did the sparkling leaves in glee;A poet could not be but gay,In such a jocund company!I gazed—and gazed—but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:

“Daffodils” by William Wordsworth

For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.

Stanza 1

Stanza 2

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MeterA regular pattern of stressed (/)

and unstressed (u) syllables

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StyleA writer’s unique way of communicating

ideas

It’s not what a poet says, but how a poet says it.

Communicated through poet’s words, form, and use of punctuation, capitalization, and

spacing

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Sound Devices

Are ways of using words for the sound qualities they create.

Help convey meaning and mood in a writers work

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#1 = RhymeEnd Rhyme – Rhyming words come

at the end of lines

Internal Rhyme – Rhyme that

occurs within a line of poetry

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Is it end or internal rhyme?

Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

"Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost

He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.

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Is it end or internal rhyme?

You're the top! You're the Colosseum, You're the top! You're the Louvre Museum, You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss, You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, You're Mickey Mouse. You're the Nile, You're the Tow'r of Pisa, You're the smile on the Mona Lisa. I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop, But if, Baby, I'm the bottom, You're the top!

“You’re the Top” by Cole Porter

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#2 - RhythmPattern of stressed and unstressed

syllables in a line of poetry

Used to bring out musical quality, emphasize ideas, & create moods

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#3 - AlliterationRepetition of beginning consonant

sounds in words

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#4 - AssonanceRepetition of vowel sounds in the

middle of words

Examples:

“Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground.” - Pink Floyd

“Hear the mellow wedding bells.” - Edgar Allen Poe

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#5 - RepetitionRepeating words, sounds, or phrases to help emphasize

meaningFrom “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

by Samuel ColeridgeAlone, alone, all, all alone,Alone on a wide wide sea!And never a saint took pity onMy soul in agony.

The many men, so beautiful!And they all dead did lie;And a thousand thousand slimy thingsLived on; and so did I.

I looked upon the rotting sea,And drew my eyes away;I looked upon the rotting deck,And there the dead men lay.

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#6 - OnomatopoeiaThe use of words that sound like

the noises they describe