Wednesday, March 26 th BellringerBellringer Poetry TermsPoetry Terms –Symbol –repetition –onomatopoeia –refrain –atmosphere (mood) Writing TimeWriting Time Homework: Poetry Terms Test on Monday

Bellringer Please spend a few minutes organizing your notes and notebook and any other supplies.Please spend a few minutes organizing your notes and notebook and any other supplies.

Symbol Any object, person, place, or experience that stands for something else because of a resemblance or association with it.Any object, person, place, or experience that stands for something else because of a resemblance or association with it. The Road Not Taken, by Robert FrostThe Road Not Taken, by Robert FrostThe Road Not TakenThe Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

Repetition The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech or piece of writing.The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech or piece of writing.

Circles, by Myra Cohn Livingston I am speaking of circles. The circle we made around the table, our hands brushing as we passed potatoes. The circle we made in our potatoes to pour in gravy, whorling in its round bowl. The circle we made every evening finding our own place at the table with its own napkin in its own ring. I am speaking of circles broken.

Onomatopoeia The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes.The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. Eskimos in Manitoba, Barracuda off Aruba, Cock an ear when Roger Bobo Starts to solo on the tuba. ~from “Recital,” by John Updike

Refrain A line or lines repeated regularly.A line or lines repeated regularly. In a song, the refrain is usually called the chorus.In a song, the refrain is usually called the chorus.

Atmosphere / Mood The emotional quality or atmosphere of a poemThe emotional quality or atmosphere of a poem The Sidewalk Racer by Lillian Morrison Skimming an asphalt sea I swerve, I curve, I sway; I speed to whirring sound an inch above the ground; I’m the sailor and the sail, I’m the driver and the wheel I’m the one and only single engine human auto mobile.

Free Verse & Lyric Poetry Free verse—Poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement.Free verse—Poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement. What poems have we read that are examples of free verse?What poems have we read that are examples of free verse? Lyric poetry—Poems that express thoughts or emotions about a subject.Lyric poetry—Poems that express thoughts or emotions about a subject. What poems have we read that are lyric poems?What poems have we read that are lyric poems?

Writing Choices I Don’t Understand PoemI Don’t Understand Poem Just Because PoemJust Because Poem Love PoemLove Poem Rhetorical QuestionRhetorical Question 10-word challenge10-word challengeAND Free Choice (can do another choice or write something you want)Free Choice (can do another choice or write something you want)