1. As Ancient as Language 2. Used by all walks of life to explore deeper meaning 3. Based on Understanding 4. States things more intensely 5. Truest form.

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1. As Ancient as Language 2. Used by all walks of life to explore deeper meaning 3. Based on Understanding 4. States things more intensely 5. Truest form of literature 6. Anyone can write or interpret

Tools 1. Always read more than once. 2. Learn every single word. 3. Pay attention to what you hear and understand. 4. Always read aloud. 5. Find the theme. 6. Ask questions: Who is the speaker? What is the purpose? What does the title tell us?

Imagist Poetry Designed to create an image in a reader’s mind. Free verse Dependent on words of value Stanzas are shorter Sight is the primary sensory structure Uses synesthesia- imagery appealing to two senses at once. (hot pink) Not open to much interpretation – the image is the intent. Rhyme and Rhythm is often absent. Words and images create the quality.

Vocabulary and Terminology Alliteration Allusion Assonance Blank Verse Consonance Epic Fig. Language Free Verse Hyperbole

Vocab and Terminology (cont.) Idiom Metaphor Meter Onomatopoeia Personification Rhyme Scheme Simile Stanza Theme Tone

Lyrical Poetry Lyric comes from “song accompanied by music” Usually a short poem Single speaker expressing thought and emotion Love Anger Frustration Beauty Happiness Sadness

Lyrical (cont.) May follow traditional form or Free Verse Never tells a full story Shares a single experience Leaves it up to the reader to share the experience Intent is to find the emotion being shared…SYMBOL! Contains a musical element in its word structure Rhyme (end and internal) Meter (many rhythms) Use of stanzas and choruses (repeated stanzas) Choruses often carry the THEME!

Rhyme Scheme Pattern of End Rhyme in a Poem Assign a letter to each sound Rhyming lines are given same letter In silent night when rest I tookA For sorrow near I did not lookA I wakened with such a thundering noiseB And piteous shrieks of dreadful voiceB That fearful sound of “Fire!” and “Fire!”C Let no man know is my desireC

Meter Pattern determined by number & type of beats per line Groups of syllables are called: “FEET” Iamb – unstressed (~)/stressed(/)……… “again” Trochee – stressed (/)/unstressed (~) ….. “wonder” Anapast – un/un/s …………………………….. “on the beach” Dactyl – s/un/un ………………………………. “wonderful” Spondee – s/s ………………………………… “spacewalk”

Meter (cont.) Lines are described by number of feet in each: Monometer = 1 foot Dimeter = 2 feet Trimeter = 3 feet Tetrameter = 4 feet Pentameter = 5 feet Hexameter = 6 feet Heptameter = 7 feet Example: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary” Example: “We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes.”