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A Simile to explain poetry

Poetry is like a circus.Poetry is like a circus.Full of color, motion, and excitementFull of color, motion, and excitement

Poetry appeals to our senses

Pleasing to the eyesPleasing to the eyes Sings to the earsSings to the ears Tickles the taste budsTickles the taste buds

What is Prose?

ProseProseShort stories, novels, newspapers, Short stories, novels, newspapers,

any type of essayany type of essayLonger, looser works or paragraphsLonger, looser works or paragraphsEverything poetry is not!Everything poetry is not!

What does Poetry do?

Squeezes meaning into a short number Squeezes meaning into a short number of lines and wordsof lines and words

Ends in a specific place to make a Ends in a specific place to make a special effectspecial effect

StanzasStanzas

Language of the Poet

SuggestionSuggestion ExaggerationExaggeration ComparisonComparison

Poetry also…

Poetry inspires the reader to look at the Poetry inspires the reader to look at the world in new waysworld in new ways

Poetry expresses feeling Poetry expresses feeling Brief, rhythmic, colorfulBrief, rhythmic, colorful Tells stories in a compact fashionTells stories in a compact fashion

Basic Elements of Poetry

FormForm SpeakerSpeaker SoundSound ImageryImagery Figurative LanguageFigurative Language

Form

The way a poem looks on a page.The way a poem looks on a page.

Poems are written in lines or shapesPoems are written in lines or shapes

Stanzas-lines grouped togetherStanzas-lines grouped together

Form

Free VerseFree Verse No pattern or structureNo pattern or structure Sounds like conversationSounds like conversation

Specific FormsSpecific Forms Limerick, Diamonte, Shape, etc.Limerick, Diamonte, Shape, etc.

Refrain

A line or group of lines repeated at A line or group of lines repeated at regular intervals, appears in some regular intervals, appears in some songs and poemssongs and poems

Speaker

The voice that relates the story or ideas of the The voice that relates the story or ideas of the poempoem

PoetPoet Person who writes poetryPerson who writes poetry

Speaker may be…Speaker may be… PoetPoet Character or voiceCharacter or voice

Sound

Words are used to create appealing sounds.Words are used to create appealing sounds.

Four Techniques:Four Techniques: RhymeRhyme RhythmRhythm RepetitionRepetition OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia

Rhyme

The repetition of the same or similar sounds The repetition of the same or similar sounds in words that appear near each other in a in words that appear near each other in a poem.poem. End Rhyme: rhyme that comes at the end End Rhyme: rhyme that comes at the end

of linesof lines Perfect Rhyme: Rhymes that after their Perfect Rhyme: Rhymes that after their

first consonant sounds, their remaining first consonant sounds, their remaining sounds are alikesounds are alike

Rhyme Scheme

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.Lowercase letters describe the Lowercase letters describe the

scheme. A limerick is aabba. The scheme. A limerick is aabba. The first two lines rhyme, the second two first two lines rhyme, the second two lines rhyme, and the first two rhyme lines rhyme, and the first two rhyme with the last.with the last.

Rhythm

The pattern of beats made by stressed The pattern of beats made by stressed or unstressed syllables in the lines of a or unstressed syllables in the lines of a poempoem

Meter-regular stressed and Meter-regular stressed and unstressed beatsunstressed beats

Repetition

The repeated use of sounds, words, The repeated use of sounds, words, phrases, or lines, it emphasizes phrases, or lines, it emphasizes important items, and helps unify a important items, and helps unify a poem or other work of literaturepoem or other work of literature

Onomatopoeia

The use of words whose sounds suggest The use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings.their meanings.

Crack, boom, bang!Crack, boom, bang!

Imagery

Image or mental picture that is created Image or mental picture that is created with words which appeal to one or with words which appeal to one or more of the senses; sight, sound, taste, more of the senses; sight, sound, taste, touch, smelltouch, smell

Figurative Language

Poet uses language that stretches words Poet uses language that stretches words beyond their usual meaningbeyond their usual meaningAlliteration, simile, metaphor, Alliteration, simile, metaphor,

onomatopoeia, etc.onomatopoeia, etc.

Meaning

The central idea or emotion behind the poemThe central idea or emotion behind the poem Restate the poem in your own words, Restate the poem in your own words,

paraphrase, ask yourself is the poem about a paraphrase, ask yourself is the poem about a person? Place? Thing? Feeling? Idea?person? Place? Thing? Feeling? Idea?

What emotion do you feel when you read the What emotion do you feel when you read the poem?poem?

Who is the speaker?Who is the speaker?

Reading Poetry Strategies

Preview the poem and read it aloud a few Preview the poem and read it aloud a few times.times.

Visualize the images.Visualize the images. Clarify the words and phrases.Clarify the words and phrases. Evaluate the poem’s theme.Evaluate the poem’s theme. Let your understanding grow.Let your understanding grow.