POETRY

Bellringer Quickwrite: What would it be like to read a novel or a short story or an article without any paragraphs?

What is the name of this song? Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Do you ever feel, feel so paper-thin like a house of cards, one blow from caving in? Do you ever feel already buried deep? Six feet under screams, but no one seems to hear a thing. Do you know that there's still a chance for you? 'Cause there's a spark in you. You just gotta ignite the light, and let it shine. Just own the night like the Fourth of July. 'Cause baby, you're a firework. Come on, show 'em what you're worth. Make 'em go "oh, oh, oh!“ As you shoot across the sky-y-y.

“Firework” Katy Perry Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Do you ever feel, feel so paper-thin Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in? Do you ever feel already buried deep? Six feet under screams, but no one seems to hear a thing. Do you know that there's still a chance for you? 'Cause there's a spark in you. You just gotta ignite the light, and let it shine Just own the night like the Fourth of July. 'Cause baby, you're a firework. Come on, show 'em what you're worth. Make 'em go "oh, oh, oh!" As you shoot across the sky-y-y.

Stanza A group of lines in a poem that are seen as a unit (the paragraph of a poem) Couplet: a 2-line poem Tercet: a 3-line poem Quatrain: a 4-line poem Cinquain: a 5-line poem Sestet: a 6-line poem Septet: a 7-line poem Octave: an 8-line poem

Verse Paragraph A series of lines in a poem grouped together by content; they vary in length within a poem and don’t follow a set pattern.

Rhyme The repetition of sounds at the ends of words Example: man and plan

End Rhyme Occurs when rhyming words appear at the end of 2 or more lines The sun the brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray. - Whittier’s “Snowbound”

Internal Rhyme Occurs when rhyming words fall within a single line. Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! - Carroll’s “Jabberwocky”

Exact vs. Approximate Rhyme Exact Rhyme: 2 or more words share the same vowel and consonant sounds at the end of a word (Example: man and plan) Approximate, slant, or half rhyme: occurs when the sounds repeated in words are similar but not identical (Example: prove and glove)

Rhyme Scheme The regular pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines in a poem or stanza; it is expressed using the letters of the alphabet, with each letter indicating the final sound in a line – for example, abab.

“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. A B C

“The Walrus and the Carpenter” Lewis Carroll The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright – And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night. A B C D