Poetry

What is Poetry? Besides being everyone’s favorite part of Language Arts, it is: –A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to the emotion and imagination

I bet that is as clear as mud to some of you– right? Poetry is simply the other way of writing. The two types of writing are poetry and prose. Prose is what we use everyday. Poetry is a more creative way of expressing ideas and emotions. It is far more methodical and structured than prose.

According to some of the greatest poets, Poetry is… Wordsworth “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility” Coleridge “Poetry: the best words in the best order” Voltaire “Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.” Aristotle “Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Khalil Gibran “Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.” Emily Dickinson “Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these”Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these

Robert Frost “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Percy Bysshe Shelley “Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.”Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted. Robert Frost “Poetry is what gets lost in translation.”Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Lord Byron ” Poetry should only occupy the idle.”Poetry should only occupy the idle. T.S. Eliot “Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves.”Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves. Vincent Van Gogh “Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.”Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.

Where do we find poetry? Not just in books! Greeting cards Motivational passages Bible (psalms) Song lyrics Other “stuff”

The Twenty Third Psalm The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green Pastures, he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake, Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me, thy rod and staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Nursery Rhymes Rain rain go away, Come again another day. Little Johnny wants to play; Rain, rain, go to Spain, Never show your face again!

Motivational Sayings

Wow! I think I woke up some of you! Poetry is everywhere– not just in your Language Arts book. –Music lyrics are a great example of poetry –Take one of my favorite songs for example: "One Step Closer" I cannot take this anymore Saying everything I've said before All these words they make no sense I find bliss in ignorance Less I hear the less you'll say You'll find that out anyway

Is it more bearable now? How about one more example before we take notes? This one is for YOU! Sometimes I'm in a jam I've gotta make a plan It might be crazy I do it anyway No way to know for sure I'll figure out a cure I'm patchin' up the holes But then it overflows If I'm not doin' too well Why be so hard on my self?

Paramore “Decode” How can I decide what's right? When you're clouding up my mind Can't win your losing fight all the time Not gonna ever own what's mine When you're always taking sides You wont take away my pride No not this time Not this time

Time for Notes! Turn to pgs. 378 & 379 in your Language Arts book. –Copy down the definitions for the following terms: Rhyme*** We will do the others End rhymeas we come to them. Internal rhyme Alliteration Meter and scanning Free verse *** Or just pay attention to the following slides!

Taking Notes For today, please just copy down the definition for each of the terms we discuss. Then, copy down the example…unless you would like to find your own example.

Rhyme The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them. –Trouble and bubble –Clown and noun Rhymes in poetry help create rhythm and lend a songlike quality to a poem. They can also emphasize ideas and provide humor or delight.

End Rhymes –End rhymes are rhymes at the ends of lines. I cannot take this anymore Saying everything I've said before _____________________________________ Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!

Internal Rhymes Internal rhymes- rhymes within lines. In days of old when knights caught cold, They were not quickly cured; No aspirin pill would check the ill, Which had to be endured.

Rhyme Scheme The pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines in poetry Example: SEE PG. 380

Alliteration The repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together. Alliteration can establish a mood and emphasize words. She sells seashells by the seashore.

Meter and Scanning Meter- The beat of the poem. A Repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Scanning- finding the pattern of the meter and marking the sounds **DON’T COPY THIS EXAMPLE*** When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, “Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away.”

Free Verse Poetry that is “free” of regular meter and rhyme scheme. so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

Tone The writer’s attitude toward a work Examples: serious; playful; sad; sarcastic; happy; excited

Onomatopoeia The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning Example: boom, bang, sniffle, rumble, hush, ding, snort, buzz

Metaphor A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing. He’s a bear today.

Simile A comparison between two unlike things using words such as like, as, than, or resembles. His voice is as loud as a trumpet. His face is like a bug. He was like a bull in a china shop.

Personification A special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were human or alive. …Giving human qualities to animals or objects… The leaves danced along the sidewalk.

Ode A poem that is written to honor someone or something of great importance to the speaker “Ode to Joy” “Ode to Mi Gato”

Haiku The most widely known form of Japanese poetry. A haiku consists of three lines and a total of seventeen syllables: five syllables each in lines 1 and 3 and seven syllables in line 2 An old silent pond… A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again.

Images/ Imagery Language that appeals to the senses– sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. …Language that paints a picture in your mind… Example: yet the hummingbird hovered within the hour sipping clear rain from a trumpet flower

Contrasting Images Images that are in the same poem, but don’t go together Thunderstorm and sunshine

Speaker The voice that is talking to us in a poem. In “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun,” the speaker is the boyfriend of the woman being described

The world is too much with us The world is too much with us; late and soon, A Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: B Little we see in Nature that is ours; B We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! A The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; A The winds that will be howling at all hours, B And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; B this, for everything, we are out of tune; A It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be C A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; D So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, C Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; D Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; C Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. D