February 5, 2014Elements of Poetry - sound devices

Homework: None Objective: I can analyze the elements of poetry and evaluate how sound devices impact a poem's meaning.

Warm Up (in your composition book)Take out your random object and Literature book and turn to pg. 580 - The Elements of Poetry.Answer the following question...What are the three main elements of poetry?

The three main elements of poetry are:

One of the major differences between poetry and other genres of literature is that it SOUNDS different.

Can you think of some techniques used by an author that contribute to a poem's SOUND?

5 types of sound devices ***Hint...first, remember the 3 R's***

rhyme

rhythm

repetition

onomatopoeia alliteration

rhyme

the repetition of accented vowel sounds and the endings of wordsexample: sun, run

thing, sing

sky, cry

rhythm

the musical quality created by the alternation of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry.

example: I like to go out in the sun.I jump and dance and scream and run.So after school I head outside...

refrain(repetition)

the technique in which a sound, word, phrase or line is repeated for emphasis or unity.

example: The sun, the sun, the sun, the sun, The reason summer's so much fun.I'm leaving now to go and play...

alliteration

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Sounds, NOT letters!!!

example: The sun, a lovely sight to see, Every morn in full glory.Outside my window, oh so bright...

onomatopoeia

words whose sounds echo their meanings.

examples:

Now take a look at "Pete at the Zoo" by Gwendolyn Brooks

1. Which words rhyme at the ends of the lines?

3. What does the repetition of words and phrases in the boxed lines help to emphasize about nighttime at the zoo?

Now take a look at "Fireworks" by Valerie Worth

1. Does the poem sound like conversation or is it written in meter - a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?

2. What sounds are repeated in the boxed line to creat alliteration? Where does the poet use onomatopoeia to help you hear the fireworks?

Now let's look at some examples of these sound devices in 3 poems...

Eight BalloonsWhat's This? Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout

but first, make this chart in your notes...

Sound device

Rhyme  AlliterationRepetition Rhythm Onomatopoeia

Eight Balloons

What's This?

SarahCynthia Sylvia Stout

Eight Balloons

Eight balloons no one was buyin' All broke loose one afternoon. Eight balloons with strings a-flyin', Free to do what they wanted to. One flew up to touch the sun - POP! One thought highways might be fun - POP! One took a nap in a cactus pile - POP! One stayed to play with a careless child - POP! One tried to taste some bacon fryin' - POP! One fell in love with a porcupine - POP! One looked close in a crocodile's mouth - POP! One sat around 'til his air ran out - WHOOSH! Eight balloons no one was buyin' - They broke loose and away they flew, Free to float and free to fly And free to pop where they wanted to.

What's This? by Helen Ksypka

It's gunky goo, a slimy stew of runny, drippy glop or mucky mounds of icky, sticky, greasy, grimy slop.

It's heaps of slush - a mass of mush or gobs of gluey lumps,unappetizing drops and plops of culinary clumps.

It sometimes, too, is hard to chewwhen brittle as a brick, cuisine that has a dose of gross - enough to make you sick.

With every clue I've given you, I'm sure you have a hunch. It's what they have the nerve to serveat school and call it "lunch."

Homework:

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