Sound Effects and Meaning Reading Poetry – Part I

Rhyme  Rhyme – the ____________ of the _________ of a ____________ vowel and any sounds that follow it within a word (nail and whale, material and cereal, icicle and bicycle) We looked! Then we saw him We looked! Then we saw him Step in on the mat! We looked! And we saw him! The Cat in the Hat!

Rhyme Scheme  _________________ _________________ ____________(usual ly end rhyme)  Letters of the ________ are used to represent new sounds The Germ The Germ A mighty creature is the germ, A Though smaller than the pachyderm. A His customary dwelling place B Is deep within the human race. B His childish pride he often pleases C By giving people strange diseases. C Do you, my poppet, feel infirm? A You probably contain a germ. A Ogden Nash A mighty creature is the germ, A Though smaller than the pachyderm. A His customary dwelling place B Is deep within the human race. B His childish pride he often pleases C By giving people strange diseases. C Do you, my poppet, feel infirm? A You probably contain a germ. A Ogden Nash

from Annabel Lee It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. -Edgar Allan Poe

Approximate Rhyme  Also called ___________, off rhymes, _____________, near rhymes, imperfect rhymes  Some sounds are repeated, but the words are ________________. hollow and mellow moon and morn

End Rhyme  A word at the _______ of one line __________ with a word at the end of another line Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.

____________ Rhyme  A word ___________ a line rhymes with another word on the same line The Boa Constrictor Song I'm being swallered by a Boa Constrictor a Boa Constrictor, a Boa Constrictor I'm being swallered by a Boa Constrictor and I don't - like snakes - one bit! Oh no, he swallered my toe. Oh gee, he swallered my knee. Oh fiddle, he swallered my middle. Oh what a pest, he swallered my chest. Oh heck, he swallered my neck. Oh, dread, he swallered my - (BURP)

Repetition  The ______________ ______of a word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any form of literature.  Repetition may _________ _________, suggest order, or add special meaning or ____________ to a piece of literature.

Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Kinds of Stanzas __________=a two line stanza __________ =a three line stanza __________ =a four line stanza __________ =a five line stanza __________ =a six line stanza __________ =a seven line stanza __________ =an eight line stanza

A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns O, my luv is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June. O my luv is like the melodie, That's sweetly played in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luv am I, And I will luv thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun! And I will luv thee still, my dear, While the sand o' life shall run. And fare thee well, my only luv, And fare thee well awhile! And I will come again, my luv, Though it were ten thousand mile!

Other Sound Effects in Poetry  __________________ – the use of words to mimic sounds  __________________ – the repetition of the initial consonant sound  __________________ – the repetition of consonant sounds in neighboring words. (Not just at the beginning.)  ________________ – the repetition of vowel sounds Pop, bang, crash, buzz, oink, moo “The silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain” (The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe) “Slow the low gradual moan came in the snowing.” -John Masefield

Metaphors  When you read poetry, you will find some metaphors that are direct and some that are implied.  Direct metaphors – compare two things by ___________ ___________ that one thing is another “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players.” - William Shakespeare  Implied Metaphors – do not give the ___________ directly. They use words that __________________ of the comparison. “’Hope’ is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all –” -Emily Dickinson

Extended Metaphors  An ________________ metaphor is a comparison developed over ___________________ of a poem. The 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. --Robert Frost

Read the Following Poems  Robert Frost – 1.“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” 2.“Fire and Ice” “Fire and Ice”“Fire and Ice”  Emily Dickinson – 1.“’Hope’ is the Thing With Feathers” “’Hope’ is the Thing With Feathers”“’Hope’ is the Thing With Feathers”  Rhyme Scheme  Type of stanza  Repetition, Alliteration, Assonance, etc.  Figures of Speech – Similes, Metaphors, Personification, etc.  Meaning