Poetry. You will love it!

Poetry. You will love it! Read poetry Hear poetry ENJOY poetry

What is poetry? Many things to many people Creates ideas and feelings within the reader “…makes me want to do this, that or nothing.” Unwilling to be defined A paint-splattered canvas Evokes intense emotions or realizations in the reader Read it. Find out for yourself.

Poetry • A poem is: • a unique way of expressing an idea or emotion. • It has its own language – one of sound and imagery.

Literary devices create sound patterns • Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words. Example: Marvelous Mabel makes maple muffins. • Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within words. Example: The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain. • Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the ends of words. Example: A dove moved silently above the waves.

Creating sound patterns (cont.) • Onomatopoeia is a word whose sound suggests the sound to which it refers. Example: buzz, growl, screech, hiss, swish. • Rhyme is the repetition of syllable sounds. • Internal rhyme is the rhyming of words within a line of poetry. • Example: Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep. • End rhyme occurs when words rhyme at the end of two ormore lines.Example: One, two, three, four five. • Once I caught a fish alive.

Rhyme Scheme • The pattern of end rhymes in a poem is called the rhyme scheme. • For example: • Little Miss Muffet, a • Sat on a tuffet, a • Eating her curds and whey, b • Along came a spider, c • Who sat down beside her, c • And frightened Miss Muffet away. b

Rhyme Scheme (cont.) • Or • Rain, rain, go away, a • Come again another day, a • Little Johnny wants to play. a

Figurative Language in Potery • Poets use imagery to create pictures with words. Figurative language helps readers picture something familiar in a new way. Here are some common figures of speech: • A simile uses like or as to make a comparison. • A metaphor compares two unlike things directly, without like or as.

Figurative Language (cont.) • Personification is used to give human qualities to an idea, animal, or object. • Symbolism is when a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else. • For example: lamb is a symbol of innocence, doves are a symbol of peace. • Hyperbole is an obvious exaggeration usually used for emphasis.

How To Eat a Poemby Eve Merriam Don't be polite.Bite in.Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice thatmay run down your chin.It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are. You do not need a knife or fork or spoonor plate or napkin or tablecloth. For there is no coreor stemor rindor pitor seedor skinto throw away.

ACROSTIC POEM the first letters of each line form a word or message relating to the subject.

Haiku A Japanese form of poetry gives a brief description of nature, life, etc. Haiku consists of three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables I walk across sand And find myself blistering In the hot, hot heat

Limerick • A Limerick is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem of five lines which originated in Limerick, Ireland. • The Limerick has a set rhyme scheme of : a-a-b-b-awith a syllable structure of: 9-9-6-6-9. • The Man From Aruba There once was a man from Aruba, Whose favorite hobby was scuba. Every day he would wish, He could spear a big fish. But settled instead for canned tuna.

Diamante a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape To make it a bit simpler, here is a diagram. Line 1: Noun or subject Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subject Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject, two about the antonym/synonym Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject

Diamante Rain humid, damp refreshing, dripping, splattering wet, slippery, cold, slushy sliding, melting, freezing frigid, icy Snow

Poetry. You will love it!