Poetry Part Five A Unit on Types of Poetry and

Literary Terms

CONSONANCE

• Similar to alliteration EXCEPT . . .

• The repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words

“silken, sad, uncertain, rustling . . “

ASSONANCE

• Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry.

(Often creates near rhyme.)

Lake Fate Base Fade (All share the long “a” sound.)

Another example: purple curtain

Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tippers’s lips

The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight is fake.

ASSONANCE cont.

Examples of ASSONANCE:“Slow the low gradual moan came in the

snowing.”- John Masefield

“Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep.”

- William Shakespeare

SYMBOLISM

• When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else.

= Innocence

= America

= Peace

Allusion

• Allusion comes from the verb “allude” which means “to refer to”

• An allusion is a reference to something famous.

A tunnel walled and overlaidWith dazzling crystal: we had

read Of rare Aladdin’s wondrous

cave,And to our own his name we

gave.

From “Snowbound”John Greenleaf Whittier

When something that wasn’t expected happens. Or when the opposite of what is expected happens.

Irony

Example of irony in poetry• Ironic• To always want what you don't have... • When we were little we wished that we could be older,

to be able to handle things easier and more bolder.We wished so much, that when we sat on a chair,our feet would touch the ground, instead of just hanging in the air.

We longed to dress up and go out for real,instead of playing dress ups wondering how it might feel.We longed to be able to swim without help, in the deep end,to go out to movies and shopping with our best friend.

But now that I am older, I wish I was a little girl,with cute little dimples and my hair in a twirl.I wish I was little, so that when I sat on a chair,my tiny feet were hanging in the air.

I wish I was younger with my only problem a broken toy,so little I didn't know the pain of loving a boy.For then my soul wouldn't have been torn apart,I wish I was a little girl for toys are easier to mend then a broken heart.

•By lil miss baileyPublished: 10/30/2007

Lyrical Poetry• Students go to lyrics.com or a lyric website and pick

out a song that they feel is poetic.• Students write about their song, why they chose it and

what it means to them. Also, they must pick out 3 elements of figurative language, metaphors, similies, etc.

• Create a word document with the lyrics- must be checked by Mrs. Dennis. Students may present lyrics and play music for the class. They show us the poetic elements that they have found and label them.

• *Students are graded on participation and their ability to address the poetic concepts in their song.

Oxymoron• Dry lake • Fuzzy logic • Living dead • Free gift • Numb sensation • Same difference, once again • Stand down • Metal woods (Golfers) • Anarchy rules! • Park drive • Jumbo shrimp• Tight slacks• Pretty ugly

Things That Go Away & Come Back Again

Thoughts

Airplanes

Boats

Trains

People

Dreams

Animals

Songs

Husbands

Boomerangs

Lightning

The sun, the moon, the stars

Bad weather

The seasons

Soldiers

Good luck

Health

Depression

Joy

Laundry

Anne Waldman

Parody: Examples from Weird Al

Review• Three types of POV• Litote• Hyperbole• Simile• Metaphor• Personification• Meter• Free Verse• Blank Verse

Rhyme SchemeSonnetAlliterationOnomatopoeiaConsonanceAssonanceSymbolismAllusionOxymoronParody

Review• Three types of POV• Litote• Hyperbole• Simile• Metaphor• Personification• Meter• Free Verse• Blank Verse

Rhyme SchemeSonnetAlliterationOnomatopoeiaConsonanceAssonanceSymbolismAllusionOxymoronParody

“Saturday At The Canal”

• By Gary Soto- from The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry- 2nd Edition• I was hoping to be happy by seventeen.

School was a sharp check mark in the roll book,An obnoxious tuba playing at noon because our teamWas going to win at night. The teachers wereToo close to dying to understand. The hallwaysStank of poor grades and unwashed hair. Thus,A friend and I sat watching the water on Saturday,Neither of us talking much, just warming ourselvesBy hurling large rocks at the dusty groundAnd feeling awful because San Francisco was a postcardOn a bedroom wall. We wanted to go there,Hitchhike under the last migrating birdsAnd be with people who knew more than three chordsOn a guitar. We didn't drink or smoke,But our hair was shoulder length, wild whenThe wind picked up and the shadows ofThis loneliness gripped loose dirt. By bus or car,By the sway of train over a long bridge,We wanted to get out. The years frozeAs we sat on the bank. Our eyes followed the water,White-tipped but dark underneath, racing out of town.

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"Friday at Cary" By Bryan StillI was hoping to be happy by seventeen.School was a roll call, seven classes, and lunch.Our bands were not heard playing, For our chances of winning the game were slim.The teachers were too young and enthusiastic to understand.The hallways were rich with good grades and students slow to get to class.A friend and I were talking by the computers,Absorbed in the conversation- we were supposed to be working.I felt confident because college and scholarships were in my pocket.I wanted to go there; to college,Where new freedoms awaited, like the breaking of chains.I wouldn’t break their trust, or the law.My hair was gelled, gently rustling with every movementYet unaffected by cold, smiting windsThat bite your face on frosty, winter days.I wanted to leave high school,To skip those long, toiling years of work and preparations.I wanted to get to college, my adulthood: my freedom.

Final Project: Poetry Portfolio, Poster, Poetry Slam, Wax Museum, WebQuest Look up famous poets, poems, analysis

using ttpcastPoetry Wax MuseumHave children dress up the way one ofthe characters in a Silverstein poemmight dress (e.g., a student could select“Diving Board,” page 24 in Falling Up,and dress like a swimmer). Then stationthe characters in rows around the room.Next, have other classmates or parentscome in to “activate” the character. Whenthey press an imaginary button in frontof the child, he or she can either recite or

Apology Poem

Dear Apple, I'm sorry that I

picked you off the treebefore you were ready to fall

Please forgive me

Cinquain

Apples (one word)Juicy, sweet (two words)

Red, yellow, green (three words)Yummy, delicious, fantastic,

healthy (four words)Apples (one word)

Five W'S Poetry

Each line in this type of poem answers one of the 5 W's (who? what? when?

where? why?)

I Love eating apples

In the morning In my kitchen

‘Cause they are so good for me

Diamond Poetry

When centered this poem will take the form of a diamond.

Apples (one word)Sweet, ripe (two words)

Delicious, Empire, Cortland (three words)

Pies, sauce (two words)Apples (one word)

Acrostic Poetry

An acrostic poem is one in which certain letters, often the first letter of every

line, form a name or a theme.

Apples are yummy.Pretty and juicy.Please pick only when ripe.Licking jelly apples are fun.Eat them day and night.

Dramatic Poetry

• A poem where the speaker is someone other then the poet themselves. A Dramatic poem often includes characters and

dialogue • Example: “Meeting at Night” by

Robert Browning• “Incident in a Rose Garden” by

Donald Justice

Haiku Poems

Nature HaikuGreen grass in April

Birds begin to sing in treesChildren playing outside

By Sean

Nature HAIKUFROGS jumping around

Frogs hopping away from snakesFrogs doing cool tricks

By Nicholas 

Color PoemColor (title)

Color is describe looks, describe looks, and feels like describe feel. Color is the taste of describe taste.Describe smell and describe smell smell color.Describe how color makes you feel makes me feel color.Color is the sound of describe sound and describe sound.Color is place that reminds you of color, place that reminds you of

color, and place that reminds you of color.Experience that makes you feel this color is color.Experience that makes you feel this color is also color.Color is anything you want for this line.

Color Poem

ExampleTurquoiseTurquoise is magic, manatees, and silly putty.Turquoise is the taste of sherbert.Juicy pears and the desert smell turquoise.A cleared mind makes me feel turquoise.Turquoise sounds of splashing paint and tubas.Turquoise is Yashiro, a calm pool of water, and a coral reef.Painting is turquoise.Making new friends is turquoise.Turquoise is having siblings.

Credits•Many pictures from the Microsoft Gallery•Some poems from Prentice Hall Literature Book, “Gold” level. Prentice, Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632. 1989.•Poetic devices information/Definitions Prentice Hall Literature. •Poem by Ali Duncan, grade 9, original “Zig-Zag” poem•Headline Poem by Jessica Grover, grade 9•Most powerpoints found on pppst.com and most poems found on gigglepoetry.com•http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ironic.html