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Poetry

Poetry. Let’s review first… skim through…. Narrative Poetry. The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, While I pondered weak and weary…. Tells a story . Has characters, setting, and a plot. “The Raven” tells a story – it has a setting, plot and characters (the speaker and a raven). Ballad.

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Poetry

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  1. Poetry

  2. Let’s review first… skim through…

  3. Narrative Poetry The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, While I pondered weak and weary… Tells a story. Has characters, setting, and a plot. “The Raven” tells a story – it has a setting, plot and characters (the speaker and a raven).

  4. Ballad From “The Dying Cowboy” Let sixteen gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen young cowboys come sing me a song, Take me to the green valley and lay the sod o’er me, For I’m a poor cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong. A song or songlike poem Tells a story About lost love, betrayal or death (usually) Can be sad or humorous Uses simple, folksy language Uses lots of repetition

  5. Lyrical Poems Tears in Heaven I'll find my wayThrough night and day,'Cause I know I just can't stayHere in heaven. Expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. Usually short; can be sung or is song-like. Can be song lyrics as well.

  6. Alliteration • “Surf” by Lillian Morrison • Waves want • to be wheels, • They jump for it • and fail • fall flat • like pole vaulters • and sprawl • arms outstretched • foam fingers • reaching. Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words or sentences or a line of poetry.

  7. End-Stop • A glooming peace this morning with it brings. • The sun for sorrow will not show his head. • Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things. • Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished. When punctuation in poetry occurs at the end of the line. Four end stops below …

  8. New concepts… read closely…

  9. Free Verse • “Blossoms” • by Walter Dean Myers • I never dreamt • that tender blossoms • would be brown • Or precious angels • could come down • to live in the garden • of my giving heart • But here you are • brown angel Sounds natural, just like everyday conversation. It can rhyme or have rhythm – but it doesn’t have to!

  10. Ode • Ode to Cheese (excerpt) • Ode To Cheese, Which Makes Us Smile, When Camera's go Clack.Ode To Cheese, Which make us taste, The greatest of flavors, the wackiest of whack.Ode To Cheese, Blue, Gorgonzola, American and Cheddar.Ode To Cheese, Beja and Feta, In all types of weather. Expressing feelings of honor or praise for a person or object A form of lyrical poem (emotional and melodic) Longer poem (usually)

  11. Elegy • Excerpt from • In Memory of W.B. Yeats • He disappeared in the dead of winter: The brooks were frozen, the airports almost deserted, And snow disfigured the public statues; The mercury sank in the mouth of the dying day. What instruments we have agree • The day of his death was a dark cold day. Lyric poem expressing sorrow over death or loss.

  12. Enjambment • As I in winter's night stood shivering in the snow,Surprised I was with sudden heat, which made my heart to glow. Example of enjambment A “ sentence” that carries over into more than one line. Carries into next line! Enjambment

  13. Caesura • Example Caesura Caesura It is the actual pause in a line. The punctuation or pause in the middle. Flint white, purple. They lie scatteredLike inflated pebbles. NativeTo the black hutch of clay. Creates an effect for enjambment.

  14. Rhythmor Meter • from “Windy Nights” • By Robert Louis Stevenson • Whenever the moon and stars are set, • Whenever the wind is high, • All night long in the dark and wet, • A man goes riding by. • Late in the night when the fires are out, • Why does he gallop and gallop about? Pattern of beats or a series of stressed and unstressed syllables in poem. Poets create rhythm by using words in which parts are emphasized or not emphasized. Whenever the wind is high Stressed = Unstressed =

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