poetry ch 6 p. 402. rhythm the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Elegy- For My Grandmother
This lovely flower fell to seed; A
Work gently, sun and rain; B
She held it as her dying creed A
That she would grow again. B
exact rhyme/approximate rhyme
This lovely flower fell to seed; Work gently, sun and rain;
She held it as her dying creedThat she would grow again.
ABAB
Approximate, near, slant rhyme
This lovely flower fell to seed;
Work gently, sun and rain;She held it as her dying creed
That she would grow again.Orange—door hinge
Porridge
What is the
• The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Heartbeat. Tu Tum
• Rhythm is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Couplet- 2 consecutive lines that rhyme
• The panther is like a leopard,
• Except it hasn’t been peppered.
• A
• A
• Rhyme scheme is always AA
• BB CC DD EE FF
Internal rhyme- inside a line
“While I nodded nearly napping Suddenly there came a tappingAs of someone gently rapping, rapping at my
chamber door.”
• Assonance- the repetition of a vowel sound.
• There are strange things done in
the midnight sun
Free verse
• Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full dazzling. (alliteration)
• Give me juicy autumnal fruit ripe and red from the orchard
• Give me a field where the unmowed grass grows.
• Give me an arbor, give me the trellised grape
alliteration
• The repetition of a consonant
• Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full dazzling.
• Green, grow, great, ground, grass, giving
• Brown, bark, big, bent, branches
onomatopoeia
• Refers to the use of sound that imitates or suggests the meaning of a word
• Boom, burp, zing, • Crack, buzz, swoosh, whisper• Chirp• Rustle,• Sizzle• Hiss, boom, kaboom, bang, zap, roar,
Ballad-
• Narrative (old songs from Middle Ages in England)
• Songlike poem• Often sad, about betrayal, loss or death• Simple rhyme and words• Refrain• Steady rhythm or meter• Ex. “The Cremation of Sam McGee”
Ode
• An ode is a long, lyric poem that usually praises one thing written in dignified, serious, formal language.
Sonnet/rhyming couplets• Reminiscing• by Ralph Cortez
• Watermelons were so much sweeter then,• When boys were the stuff of super men,• And summers seemed so much longer too,• With nothing pending and nothing due.• We were swordsmen-swashbuckling heroes.• Eternal victors-never zeroes;• Second basemen and clean-up hitters;• Forever winners, never quitters• Play was a ritual in those days,• To go on magical mind forays,• To play the game with aplomb and ease,• To venture forth when and where we'd please.• We would feign death, and then rise up again.• Watermelons were so much sweeter then.
Personification
• Giving human traits to nonhuman things
• Ex.
• The tree’s hair fell to the ground.
Main idea of a poem?
• Main idea- underlying meaning
Think Like a TreeSoak up the sun
Affirm life's magicBe graceful in the windStand tall after a stormFeel refreshed after it
rainsGrow strong without
notice
Critical detail
• Essential, important information
• Date of birth and death
• Famous for
• (lifeguard story)
Direct quote vs. paraphrase
• Think Like a Tree
• “Soak up the sunAffirm life's magicBe graceful in the windStand tall after a stormFeel refreshed after it rainsGrow strong without notice”
• This is about learning a life lesson by following the example of a tree.