Introduction to Poetry Lesson 3

Lesson Objectives At the end of this lesson we will be able to recognise and use various literary devices.

Poetry V Prose Poetry – when language is used creatively to convey meaning. Prose – ordinary written language. It flows naturally, like speech.

Poem 1: The Seagull Seagull, seagull, sit on the sand, It’s never good weather when you’re on the land. Anon.

Alliteration repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words or phrases.

Alliteration Continued Continue this poem, using a different animal for each line and using alliteration: One wicked walrus was woefully wet. Two torpid tortoises told terrible tales. Three ... Four… Five… Six… Seven… Eight… Nine… Ten… You need to use a different animal for each number, while describing them doing something, using alliteration.

Rhyme Rhyme is when two words sound the same. E.g. Dog and log, house and mouse.

Poem 2: The Porcupine J.F Hendry Although they rarely show their features Porcupines are far from spineless creatures. J.F Hendry

Rhyming… The correct name for two lines of poetry that rhyme is... a Rhyming Couplet.

TASK Write a six line poem that contains 3 rhyming couplets. FOR EXAMPLE: The fluffy white dog Sat on a rotting log. His tail wagged furiously, His head cocked curiously. Along came a cat And he ran off like that.

Poem 3 – The Robin If on a frosty morning the robin redbreast calls, his waistcoat red and burning like a beggar at your walls. Throw bread crumbs on the grass for him when the ground is hard and still, for in his breast there is still a flame that winter cannot kill. By Iain Crichton Smith

Comparisons One of the main things that a poem often does is compare one thing to another thing. Look at the poem The Robin. What is the Robin being compared to in the first four lines?

There are two ways you can make comparisons… Simile Metaphor

Metaphors Frogs sit more solid than anything sits. In mid-leap they are parachutists falling in a free fall. They die on roads with arms across their chests and Heads high.

Similes I love frogs that sit Like Buddha, that fall without Parachutes, that die Like Italian tenors.

Above all, I love them because, pursued in water, they never panic so much that they fail to make stylish triangles with their ballet dancer’s legs. By Norman MacCaig

Poem 5- Catfish The leopard eye of a murderer And the body of an eel Combine to form a velvet glove That has a grip like steel. By J.F. Hendry

TASK To start, fill in the Poetic Devices table provided to you. How many do you know without consulting your workbook? Next, complete the tasks on the second page (writing in your workbook, not on the worksheet).

Extended Plenary Using the skills you’ve practiced today, write a poem describing your favourite animal. You must use at least one example of: Alliteration A simile A metaphor A rhyming couplet Peer assessment: Read someone else’s poem. Give them a mark out of 4 for each of the criteria listed here 