POETRY: SOUNDS AND IDEAS

The Sound of Poetry: RHYME RHYME: the repetition of sounds. When you read a poem, you can use letters to keep track of each rhyme sound: There was an old man from Peru A Who dreamed he was eating a shoe A In the midst of the nightB He awoke in a frightB And—Good grief! It was perfectly true!A

The Sound of Poetry: Rhythm RHYTHM: a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Think of drum beats in a song. Drum beats give a song rhythm, and stressed syllables gives a poem rhythm.

The Sound of Poetry: Alliteration ALLITERATION: repetition of a consonant sound. Usually, many words together that start with or use the same letter. “In a summer season, when soft was the sun…”

The Sound of Poetry: Onomatopoeia ONOMATOPOEIA: a word that sounds like what it means. Examples: hiss, buzz, rattle, bang “the quick sharp scratch…” “the slushy sand…”

The Ideas in Poetry: Imagery IMAGERY: vivid descriptions of things seen. (appeals to the 5 senses) “The breezes taste Of apple peel. The air is full Of smells to feel—”

The Ideas in Poetry: Simile SIMILE: a comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as.” Example: “Surprise” by Jean Little I feel like the ground in winter, Hard, cold, dark, dead, lifeless.

The Ideas In Poetry: Metaphor METAPHOR: a direct comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as” “The wind is now a roaring, smashing monster of destruction, raking all man's work from the valleys”

The Ideas in Poetry: Personification PERSONIFICATION: giving human characteristics to a non-human object Examples: The wind howled in anger around the house. Moon dances around my fear.

Hyperbole Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect. “I nearly died laughing” “I was hopping mad” “I tried a thousand times” Such statements are not literally true, but people make them to sound impressive or to emphasize something, such as a feeling, effort, or reaction.

Limerick A limerick is a rhyming, humorous, and often nonsensical five-line poem. The first, second, and fifth lines rhyme (forming a triplet), and have the same number of syllables. The third and fourth lines rhyme (forming a couplet), and have the same number of syllables. Limericks often begin with the words: There once was... or There was a...

Limerick continued.. There once was a gray schnauzer named Spark(9) Quite talkative, he so liked to bark(6) Sometimes running he found(6) His feet all off the ground(9) Especially on larks in the park(9) There was a mean clown in the circus(9) For fun he would push us and jerk us(9) He would hit us with pies(6) That left cream in our eyes(6) His act never once failed to irk us(9)

Ballad A poem that tells a story, usually written in four line stanzas. On Top of Spaghetti On top of spaghetti, All covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball, When somebody sneezed. It rolled off the table, And on to the floor, And then my poor meatball, Rolled out of the door. It rolled in the garden, And under a bush, And then my poor meatball, Was nothing but mush. The mush was as tasty As tasty could be, And then the next summer, It grew into a tree. The tree was all covered, All covered with moss, And on it grew meatballs, And tomato sauce. So if you eat spaghetti, All covered with cheese, Hold on to your meatball, Whenever you sneeze.

Haiku Japanese poem that has a certain amount of syllables per line.

Cinquain A five-lined poem that is like a Haiku, but has more description in it. School Fun, Miserable Talking, laughing, texting A place to learn stuff Future