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A group of lines arranged together the appearance of the words on the page “First and Last” by David McCord A tadpole hasn’t a pole at all, And he doesn’t live in a hole in a wall You’ve got it wrong a polecat’s not A cat on a pole. And I’ll tell you what; A bullfrog’s never a bull; and how Could a cowbird possibly be a cow? A kingbird, though, is a kind of king, And he chases a crow like anything. Four Stanzas in Couplets 1. Stanzas

a group of words together on one line of a poem “To a Snowflake” 1 hello little snowflake! 2 where are all your friends? 3 Should I expect a lot of them 4 before the morning ends? 5 I love it when you come to me 6 and you all fall down together, 7 and I get dressed to visit you, 8 toasty warm in cold, cold weather. 2. Lines The poem has 8 lines divided into quatrains Kinds of stanzas Couplet Triplet Quatrain A stanza with two lines A three lined stanza A stanza with four lines A stanza with two lines A three lined stanza A stanza with four lines

 The poet: the speaker is the “narrator of the poem. It’s the voice reading the poem. the speaker is the “narrator of the poem. It’s the voice reading the poem. the poet is the author of the poem.  The speaker Remember that the speaker is not always the poet

No, there is a kind of poetry that doesn’t have music… What kind of poetry is that???

Sounds like everyday conversation. Sounds like everyday conversation. Does not have any patterns of stress and unstressed syllables. A modern type of poetry “Unload “ by Katherine Foreman Coming in laden Frozen at the tips The door seems miles away. After wrestling with the stuff We packed into the car I want more than a heater, More than a bath and a cat on my feet. Poetry written without a regular rhyme, rhythm, & form

a comparison of two things using “like, as or resembles” a comparison of two things using “like, as or resembles”

A direct comparison of two unlike things without using like, as or resemble.

Giving human qualities to animals, objects or ideas.

Figures of speech that are exaggerated to convey a message: The Road Not Taken By Robert Frust 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. The Road Not Taken By Robert Frust 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.

Some are fun some are serious some are interesting and some don’t even sound like poetry… but they are all types of poetry. Would you like to see some?