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Understanding Poetry: Key Elements and Techniques

Dive into the essential elements of poetry, including tone, rhythm, rhyme, and figurative language. Learn about the speaker's attitude and how it shapes the poem's meaning. Explore different rhyme types, such as end rhyme, internal rhyme, and rhyme schemes that contribute to the musicality of poetry. Discover the concept of free verse and the impact of repetition and alliteration in creating sound effects. This guide will enhance your ability to analyze and appreciate the depth of poetic expression through various strategies.

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Understanding Poetry: Key Elements and Techniques

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  1. Poetry Terms

  2. Tone • The speaker’s attitude towards his or her audience

  3. Rhythm • Musical quality produced by repeated sound patterns

  4. Scanning • Marking the syllable pattern • / = stressed • U= unstressed • EX: Dr. Seuss

  5. Rhyme • Words that end with the same vowel or vowel-consonant sound • EX: clown & noun • Both have –ow followed by an –n sound

  6. End Rhyme • Rhyming that occurs at the end of a line • EX: Dr. Seuss’ The Sneetches : thars & stars

  7. Internal Rhyme • Rhyming that occurs within a line • EX: “The rumbling, tumbling stones, • And “Bones, bones, bones!” • from “The Sea” by James Reeves

  8. Rhyme Scheme • The pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines • Ill tell you the story of Jimmy Jet- A • And you know what I tell you is true. B • He loved to watch his TV set A • Almost as much as you. B • From “Jimmy Jet and his TV Set” by Shel Silverstein

  9. Free Verse • Sounds like regular conversation • Many poets use this today because then they don’t have to worry about meters or rhyme schemes

  10. Repetition • Rhyme and rhythm used to create sound effects • EX: Dr. Seuss using “thars” and “stars” to create humor

  11. Refrain • The repetition of a word, phrase, line or group of lines

  12. Alliteration • Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together • EX: It laughs a lovely whiteness, • And whitely whirs away, • From “Cynthia in the Snow” by Gwendolyn Brooks

  13. Figurative Language • Also known as Figures of Speech • Making imaginative comparisons • EX: His friendship was valuable • His friendship was like a gift

  14. Metaphor • Directly compares two unlike things • EX: The sea is a hungry dog, Giant and gray.

  15. Simile • Comparison between unlike things that uses specific words of comparison, such as like or as • EX: He’s white as spilled milk • from “Ode to Mi Gato” by Gary Soto

  16. Personification • Speaking of something that is not human as if it has human abilities, emotions, and reactions. • EX: The sky wept bitterly all day.

  17. Word Choice • Choosing the right word- the one that is most vivid and precise-to convey or show a poem’s meaning

  18. Sentence Structure • Showing meaning and tone in poetry

  19. Strategies… • Strategies that will help you identify tone and meaning in poetry: • Pay attention to the title • Punctuation • Rhythm and rhyme scheme • Word choice • Figurative Language • Fluency

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