Poetry

1. Poetry Take notes during presentation!

2. What is a poem? Poetry looks different from prose because it is organized into lines instead of paragraphs. To understand a poem, think about the way the words the words look on the page, the way they sound, and the images the words create.

3. What is a poem? Most poems contain at least some, if not all, of the following key elements: Form Sound Imagery Figurative language

4. Form The way a poem looks on the page is called its form. Poems are made up of lines. In some cases, these lines are arranged in groups, called stanzas. Some poetry is written in strict patterns. Other poetry, called free verse, is not.

5. Form The summer still hangs heavy and sweet with sunlight as it did last year The autumn still comes showering gold and crimson as it did last year. -Charlotte Zolotow, �Change�

6. Sound Poems, like songs, depend on sound to help express meaning and emotions. When you analyze a poem, be sure to read it aloud at least once so you can hear the musical qualities it contains. The sound of poetry comes from rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and onomatopoeia.

7. Rhyme Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words, for example, moon and June.

8. Repetition Repetition is the use of sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines more than once. A poet may use repetition to emphasize an idea or a feeling. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words.

9. Rhyme and Repetition Shadows on the wall Noises down the hall Life doesn�t frighten me at all Bad dogs barking loud Big ghosts in a cloud Life doesn�t frighten me at all. -Maya Angelou �Life Doesn�t Frighten Me�

10. Alliteration Mean old Mother Goose Lions on the loose. -Maya Angelou, �Life Doesn�t Frighten Me�

11. Rhythm Rhythm is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem. Stressed syllables are read with more emphasis, and unstressed syllables are read with less emphasis.

12. Rhythm The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry as dry. -Lewis Carroll �The Walrus and the Carpenter�

13. Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is the use of a word that suggest a sound. Examples: buzz hum clang swish

14. Onomatopoeia Silver wings are shining As it goes gliding by First it zooms And it booms Then is buzzes in the sky Then its song is just a drumming A soft little humming Strumming Strumming Mary Green, �Aeroplane�

15. Imagery Words and phrases that appeal to a reader�s five senses � sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch- are called imagery. Examples of imagery: Blistering sun, piercing rain, cotton-candy clouds.

16. Figurative Language Another way that poets create clear and powerful images is through figurative language. Figurative language is made up of words and phrases that present ordinary things in new and unusual ways. Similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification are common types of figurative language.

17. Simile A simile is a comparison of two things that have something in common using the word like or as. Example: Her eyes are green as emeralds.

18. Metaphor A metaphor is another kind of comparison which does not contain like or as. Instead, it states that one thing actually is something else. Example: Her eyes are emeralds.

19. Personification Personification is a kind of figurative language in which an animal, object, or idea is given human qualities. Example: The sun wrapped its warm arms round my shoulders.

20. Hyperbole Hyperbole is wild exaggeration, usually funny.

21. Hyperbole There was a Young Lady whose chin Resembled the point of a pin; So she had it made sharp, And purchased a harp, And played several tunes with her chin. -Edward Lear

22. Hyperbole �he had to arrange some shelter From the tropical sun Before it roasted him alive. -Arthur C. Clarke

23. Tone and Speaker The tone of a poem is the poet�s attitude towards his or her subject. For example, the tone might be serious, sad, humorous, or angry. You can identify the tone by paying close attention to the images in a poem and to the poet�s word choice.

24. Speaker The speaker in a poem is the voice of the poem, the person who seems to be saying the words.

25. Poetry As you read poetry throughout our unit keep these terms in mind and look for the use of these elements. Enjoy poetry!

26. The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet, knowing way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost

27. Poetry This concludes our presentation!