poetry is..... take 5 minutes to write about your feelings towards poetry
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POETRY IS..... TAKE 5 MINUTES TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS TOWARDS POETRY. POETRY : THE ART OF MAKING POEMS “THE SPONTANEOUS OVERFLOW OF POWERFUL FEELINGS; IT TAKES ITS ORIGIN FROM EMOTION RECOLLECTED IN TRANQUILITY.” -WILLIAM WORDSWORTH P OEM : TEXTS WITH CHARGED, COMPRESSED LANGUAGE - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
POETRY IS.....
TAKE 5 MINUTES TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS
TOWARDS POETRY
POETRY:THE ART OF MAKING POEMS “THE SPONTANEOUS OVERFLOW OF POWERFUL FEELINGS; IT TAKES ITS ORIGIN FROM EMOTION RECOLLECTED IN TRANQUILITY.”
-WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
POEM:TEXTS WITH CHARGED, COMPRESSED LANGUAGECONVEY AN EXPERIENCE, AN EMOTION, OR SIMPLY AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS
Right Brain:CreativityEmotions
Left Brain:Logic
Reality
The Human Brain•Divided into 2 parts•Each half has its own function
To clarify . . .
When you are looking at big puffy clouds . . .
Your right brain tells you, “Hey! That one looks like a bunny.”While your left brain tells you . . .
It’s a cloud, Stupid!
So, which half do you use when studying poetry?
Here are a few hints: Poetry requires creativity Poetry requires emotion Poetry requires an artistic quality Poetry requires logic
For the Left Brain:Recognizing certain devices used within a poem will give the left brain something to concentrate on.We’ll start with the sound devices:
The repetition of soundsExample: hat, cat, brat, fat, mat,
sat My Beardby Shel Silverstein
My beard grows to my toes,I never wears no clothes,I wraps my hair Around my bare,And down the road I goes.
Here is another example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrcdq2viZg
The beatWhen reading a poem out loud, you may notice a sort of “sing-song” quality to it, just like in nursery rhymes. This is accomplished by the use of rhythm. Rhythm is broken into seven types.•Iambic
•Anapestic•Trochaic•Dactylic
•Monosyllabic•Spondaic•Accentual Less
CommonMostUsed
These identify patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.That means one syllable is pronounced stronger, and one syllable is softer.
iambic: anapestic:trochaic:dactylic:
unstressedstressed
LITERARY DEVICES
SIMILEA FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT MAKES A COMPARISION BETWEEN TWO UNLIKE THINGS, USING LINKING WORDS: LIKE, AS, SUCH AS, AND HOW
____AS DISGUSTING AS___________
____AS MESSY AS_______________
____AS EXCITING AS____________
____SWIFT LIKE________________
____WRINKLY LIKE____________
____BEAUTIFUL LIKE__________
METAPHORA FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT MAKES AN EMPHASIZED COMPARISION BETWEEN TWO UNLIKE THINGS WITHOUT THE USE OF LIKE OR ASEXAMPLE:
MUSIC IS A JOYFILLING MY HEART WITH BEATS
MUSIC IS A FLAMEFILLING MY EARS WITH HEAT
MUSIC IS MY SOULMUSIC MAKES ME WHOLE
CREATE 5 SENTENCES THAT CONTAIN METAPHORS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTnog5RRQo&feature=player_detailpage
“ THE NEW MOON RODE HIGH IN THE CROWN OF THE METROPOLIS…..”
MAKING MEANING OF METAPHOR
1. IDENTIFY THE CENTRAL METAPHOR IN THE VERSE AND EXPLAIN HOW THE TWO UNLIKE THINGS ARE BEING COMPARED TO ONE ANOTHER TO ILLUSTRATE THE SPEAKER’S POINT.
2. GOOD METAPHORS PUT VERY CLEAR AND MEMORABLE PICTURES IN THE READER’S HEAD.WHAT PICTURE IS GIVEN IN LINES 8-10, AND WHAT DO THESE PICTURES STAND FOR METAPHORICALLY?
3. EXPLAIN HOW YOU BELIEVE THE SPEAKER OF THE POEM FEELS ABOUT NEW YORK? WHY?
ALLITERATION
THE REPETITION OF THE SAME OR SIMILAR CONSONANT SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS THAT ARE CLOSE TOGETHER
EXAMPLE:BRAZEN BELLS!WHAT A TALE OF TERROR, NOT THEIR TURBULENCY TELLS!-EDGAR ALLEN POE
Picture Puzzle Piece by Shel Silverstein
One picture puzzle pieceLyin' on the sidewalk,
One picture puzzle pieceSoakin' in the rain.
It might be a button of blueOn the coat of the woman
Who lived in a shoe.It might be a magical bean,
Or a fold in the redVelvet robe of a queen.
It might be the one little biteOf the apple her stepmother
Gave to Snow White.
It might be the veil of a brideOr a bottle with some evil genie inside.
It might be a small tuft of hairOn the big bouncy belly
Of Bobo the Bear.It might be a bit of the cloak
Of the Witch of the WestAs she melted to smoke.
It might be a shadowy traceOf a tear that runs down an angel's face.
Nothing has more possibilitiesThan one old wet picture puzzle piece.
HYPERBOLE
A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT USES INCREDIBLE EXAGGERATION, OR OVERSTATEMENT, FOR EFFECT.
“I PULLED UP WITH A MILION TRUCKS- LOOKIN’, SMELLIN’, FEELING LIKE A MILLION BUCKS” -LUDACRIS
I AM SO THIRSTY____________________.
THE GUY IS SO CHEAP_______________.
SHE IS SO SMART_________________.
I LOVE IT MORE THAN_________________.
PERSONIFICATIONA FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH AN OBJECT OR ANIMAL IS GIVEN HUMAN FEELINGS, THOUGHTS, OR ATTUTUDES.
EXAMPLE:MY REPORT CARD SMILED, SHOWING OFF STRAIGHT A’S
“LODGED” BY ROBERT FROST
THE RAIN TO THE WIND SAID,“YOU PUSHED AND I’LL PELT.”THEY SO SMOTE THE GARDEN BEDTHAT THE FLOWERS ACTUALLY KNELT,AND LAY LODGED-THOUGH NOT DEAD.I KNOW HOW THE FLOWERS FELT.
GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN_VMeJEvWA&feature=related
“GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE, YOU OLD GLOOMY SIGHT
THE USE OF A WORD WHOSE SOUND IMITATES OR SUGGESTS ITS MEANING
ONOMATPOEIA
A HUMAN LAUGH A BELL WATER DRIPPING CAR HORNS WALKING ON PEANUT SHELLS BRAKES STOPPING CREAKING OF A DOOR EATING POTATO CHIPS
THE USE OF LANGUAGE TO EVOKE A PICTURE OR CONCRETE SENSATION OF A PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR AN EXPERIENCE
IMAGERY
TOUCH:
TASTE:
SMELL:
SIGHT:
SOUND:
HARLEM: A DREAM DEFERRED
-LANGSTON HUGHESWHAT HAPPENS TO A DREAM DEFERRED?
DOES IT DRY UPLIKE A RAISIN IN THE SUNOR FESTER LIKE A SORE-AND THEN RUN?DOES IT STINK LIKE ROTTEN MEAT?OR CRUST AND SUGAR OVER-LIKE A SYRUPY SWEET?
MAYBE IT JUST SAGS LIKE A HEAVY LOAD.
OR DOES IT EXPLODE?
GENERATION LOSTB.O.B.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fxqbZ6GOIU
“I USED TO WEAR A GRILL BECAUSE IT WAS THE TREND; NOT BECAUSE I LIKED IT I JUST WANTED TO FIT IN”
TYPES OF POEMSPERSONAL “I”
LIMERICKDIAMANTE
HAIKUSONNET
CINQUAIN PANTOUM
SPOKEN WORD
LIMERICK
A WITTY, HUMOROUS, OR NONSENSE POEM WITH AN AABBA RHYME SCHEME
HAIKU PRESENTS A VIVID PICTURE AND THE
POET’S IMPRESSION, SOMETIMES WITH SUGGESTIONS OF SPIRITUAL INSIGHT.
1. A MOMENT IN HUMAN EXPERIENCE (KOKORO-FROM THE HEART)
2. DESCRIBES TWO CONTRASTING THINGS(SOUND FAMILIAR??)
3. RECORDS A MOMENT OF ENLIGHTENMENT4. TRY TO CAPTURE CONCRETE IMAGES,
OFTEN WITH BOTH TIME AND PLAVCE MENTIONED OR SUGGESTED
3 Lines longFirst line is five syllablesSecond is seven syllablesThird is five syllables
What’s in my headphones? (5)Nothing but Hip-Hop music,(7)Jay-Z, Tupac, Nas!(5)
• CONCISE
• CONCRETE IMAGERY
• HAVING THE NATURAL WORLD AS A SUBJECT MATTER
Does my haiku have three lines? _________________
Does my first line have five syllables? _________________
Does my second line have seven syllables? _________________
Does my third line have five syllables? _________________
Does my haiku express how I feel at a specific moment in time? _________________
DIAMANTE IRIS TIEDT CREATED AN UNRHYMED
FORM OF POETRY THAT COMBINES OPPOSITES IN A SINGLE, SEVEN-LINE POEM.
THE WORD OF THE LAST LINE IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE WORD OF THE FIRST LINE. THE LINES IN BETWEEN DESCRIBE EITHER THE STARTING WORD OR ITS OPPOSITE.
ON PAPER THESE POEMS LOOK LIKE A DIAMOND, SO WE CALL THEM AFTER THE ITALIAN WORD FOR DIAMOND– DIAMANTE
DOGS FURRY LOUD BARKING SNIFFING ROLLINGJACK RUSSELL, CHIHUAHUA, ENGLISH BULLDOG, PERSIAN, SIAMESE, SPHYNX PURRING SCRATCHING TWIRLING SOFT SLEEK
CATS
LINE 1:ONE WORD(SUBJECT/NOUN THAT IS CONTRASTING TO LINE 7)LINE 2:TWO WORDS(ADJECTIVES) THAT DESCRIBE LINE 1 LINE 3:THREE WORDS(-ING VERBS)THAT RELATE TO LINE 1 LINE 4:FOUR WORDS (NOUNS) FIRST 2 WORDS RELATE TO LINE 1 LAST 2 WORDS RELATE TO LINE 7 LINE 5:THREE WORDS (ACTION VERBS) THAT RELATE TO LINE 7 LINE 6:TWO WORDS (ADJECTIVES) THAT DESCRIBE LINE 7 LINE 7:ONE WORD( SUBJECT/NOUN THAT IS CONTRASTING TO LINE 1)
SQUARE SYMMETRICAL, CONVENTIONAL SHAPING, MEASURING, BALANCING BOXES, ROOMS, CLOCKS, HALOS ENCIRCLING, CIRCUMNAVIGATING, ENCLOSING ROUND, CONTINUOUS CIRCLE
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CINQUAIN A CINQUAIN IS A FIVE-LINE POEM THAT
DESCRIBES A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING.
LINE 1: ONE WORD(SUBJECT OR NOUN) LINE 2: TWO WORDS(ADJECTIVES) THAT DESCRIBE LINE 1 LINE 3: THREE WORDS(ACTION VERBS) THAT RELATE TO LINE 1LINE 4:FOUR WORDS(FEELINGS OR A COMPLETE SENTENCE) THAT RELATES TO LINE 1 LINE 5:ONE WORD(SYNONYM OF LINE 1 OR A WORD THAT SUMS IT UP)
HAPPINESS(SUBJECT/NOUN)CHEERFUL, DELIGHTFUL, GLEEFUL (3 ADJECTIVES RELATED TO LINE 1)LAUGHING, GIGGLING, REJOICING(3 ACTION WORDS RELATED TO LINE 1)LAUGHTER IS THE SECRET OF LONGEVITY(4 WORDS OR A SENTENCE RELATED TO LINE 1)BLESSEDNESS(ONE WORD THAT SUMS UP THE POEM)