POETRY Yuying Wei
DEFINITION Poetry is a form of literary art which uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.
BRIEF HISTORY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnX0tAOnq-g
ELEMENTS PROSODY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZL1jzdzIQ4 RHYME, ALLITERATION, ASSONANCE rhyme-a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, most often at the end of lines alliteration-repitition of initial consonants of a series of words assonance-repetition of vowels to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences FORM Line Stanza
Figure this out Rhyme? Alliteration? Assoncance? I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless.... Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary on a proud round cloud in white high night
Rhyme? Alliteration? Assoncance?
CATEGORIES Nursery Rhymes Classics sonnet lyric poem epic poem free verse Chinese-Shi Japanese-Kaiku etc. The term nursery rhyme is used for "traditional" poems and songs for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the 19th century and in North America the term "Mother Goose Rhymes", introduced in the mid-1700s, is still often used.
Mother Goose
Smoker's Epitaph Fill-In-The-Blank Poems GAME Here lies Sam Shay. Smoked six packs a day. He started smoking when he was one. Now he's one dead son-of-a- ?. He started smoking when he was two. Now there's nothing he can ? . He started smoking when he was three. Now he's buried beneath a ? . Here lies Sam Shay. Smoked six packs a day. He started smoking when he was four. Now he's knocking on heaven's ? . He started smoking when he was five. Now the poor guy ain't ?. gun door do alive tree
GAME Here lies Sam Shay. Here lies Sam Shay. Smoked six packs a day. He started smoking when he was six. Now he's got a problem we can't ? . He started smoking when he was seven. Now we hope he's gone to ? . He started smoking when he was eight. Now he he doesn't look too ? . Here lies Sam Shay. Smoked six packs a day. He started smoking when he was nine. Now he isn't feeling ? . He started smoking when he was ten. Now, he'll never smoke ?. fix fine again heaven great
SHARING RESCOUCES Poetry 4 kids http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-a-fractured-nursery-rhyme/ Poetry Teachers http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html
References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry#Forms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursery_rhyme http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html http://iambicpentameter.net/