1. Types of Poetry “ Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, And the thought has found words” Robert Frost “ Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, And the thought has found words” Robert Frost

2. POETRY... What is it?  the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. Slide Source: http://home.comcast.net/~vldschool/Poetry% 20Terminology.ppt#256,2,POETRY

3. POET A poet is a literary artist who uses words to create images or messages that evoke an emotional, intellectual or other critical thoughts and responses in readers. Slide Source: http://home.comcast.net/~vldschool/Poetry%20Terminology.ppt#256,2,POETRY

4. Understanding Poetry  Why We Developed Language- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EdWgsT UhmI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EdWgsT UhmI  Why We Read Poetry- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS1esgRV 4Rc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS1esgRV 4Rc

5. American Poetry  Broke away from set form and meter. It didn’t have to rhyme, or have a syllable count pattern. It was FREE verse.  More of an emphasis was on raw emotion. The only emotion in previous Old World poetry was Love—the divine and flawless kind.  Poetry was part of a private observation  Broke away from set form and meter. It didn’t have to rhyme, or have a syllable count pattern. It was FREE verse.  More of an emphasis was on raw emotion. The only emotion in previous Old World poetry was Love—the divine and flawless kind.  Poetry was part of a private observation

6. Classic Poets  Classical Poets: Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickenson, Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost  Mainstream, white males  Typically wealthy, or with connections  Subject Matter:  Nature revealing a universal truth  Democracy/Freedom  Religion  The Common Man  Typical Poetic Tools:  Free Verse  Meter, Rhyme, Punctuation, Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Repetition, Alliteration, Irony  “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe  https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=bLiXjaPqSyY https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=bLiXjaPqSyY  “Oh Captain, My Captain” by Walt Whitman  http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=jAZLDI1FtRw http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=jAZLDI1FtRw

7. African American Poets  Famous Poets: Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Sterling Allen Brown, Gwendolyn Brooks  Common Topics:  Freedom, or lack thereof  Class differences  Identity Struggles  Poetic Tools:  alliteration, imagery, metaphor, personification, simile, rhyme, repetition, apostrophe, echo, allusion, hyperbole, and meter http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=NX9tHuI7zVo -Life Ain’t Been No Crystal Stair by Langston Hughes

8. Minority Poets  Mexican-American: Pablo Nerudo, Gary Soto, Octavio Paz, Luis Lopez  Native American: Esther Belin, Laura Da’, Santee Frazier, Joy Harjo  Common Topics:  Political and social issues  Historical events  Spirituality and Nature  Identity, Alienation  Family Life  Choices  How Things Work by Gary Soto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4d NOGVZTds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4d NOGVZTds  Oranges- Gary Soto : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lz_ mz5hG2o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lz_ mz5hG2o  Sherman Alexie’s Top Ten: http://billmoyers.com/content/sherman- alexies-top-ten-native-american-poets/ http://billmoyers.com/content/sherman- alexies-top-ten-native-american-poets/  Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines- Pablo Nerudo  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w DOioi5Jt8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w DOioi5Jt8

9. Children’s Poets  Too Many Daves by Dr. Seuss  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =rebt5INsg3o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =rebt5INsg3o  I cannot go to school today  https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=_vU0VXHSdD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=_vU0VXHSdD4 Famous Poets:  Shel Silverstein  Raffi  Dr. Seuss  Jack Prelutsky Common Topics: Life Lessons Growing Up Identity Family Comedy Nonsense Commonly Use: Rhyme, Rhythm, Onomatopoeia, lyrics, simile, alliteration, couplet, assonance

10. Poetry Slams/ Spoken Word  Poetry Slam- Various poets perform  Disillusioned youth use poetry to give a voice to their frustration at being born into a broken word  Poetic Devices:  Rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, lyrics, beats, onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor  Common Topics:  Identity  Social Injustice and Dysfunction  Education  Family Issues  Slam Poem- Why I Hate School, but Love Education  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ZmM7zPLyI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ZmM7zPLyI  Shoulders by Shane Koyczan  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An4a-_NjilY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An4a-_NjilY  Pretty by Katie Maccai  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6wJl37N9C0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6wJl37N9C0  To the Boys Who Will One Day Date My Daughter  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcIwZ1Dth0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcIwZ1Dth0c  Girl Code 101  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-8v54uji3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-8v54uji3k  Target by Anthony  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBfw8pZ8fGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBfw8pZ8fGU  For Teenage Girls  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb2WqeXe--w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb2WqeXe--w

11. Lyrics  (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.  POETRY THAT IS SET TO INSTRUMENTATION

12. Comedy  Famous Comedic Poets:  Weird Al  Flight of the Conchords  Tenacious D  Stephen Lynch  Lonely Island  Common Topics:  Human Fragility or Stupidity  Politics  Life Experiences- Best and Worst  SATIRE-a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.  Common Poetic Devices:  Rhyme, Rhythm, Meter, Onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, satire, couplet, puns Flight of the Conchords- Rambling through the Avenues of Time- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwI- M_3dr-s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwI- M_3dr-s Weird Al-Word Crimes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0 H- vPoDc&list=PLBvdvKDIsQZklKDTQCjZq0tp biUSt_OnJ&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0 H- vPoDc&list=PLBvdvKDIsQZklKDTQCjZq0tp biUSt_OnJ&index=3

13. Musicals  Also called musical comedy. a play or motion picture in which the story line is interspersed with or developed by songs, dances, and the like.  Famous Poets:  Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rogers, George Gershwin,  Famous Musicals:  Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Music Man, Oklahoma!, The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q  Common Topics:  Classic Literature  Love  Historical  Being Human  Poetic Tools:  Rhyme, meter, rhythm, lyrics, onomatopoeia, satire, puns

14. Rap  Eminem- Love the Way You Lie  http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=r4l-ZKNyl28 http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=r4l-ZKNyl28  Tupac Shakur- Changes  http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Ay9BWM8lwOA http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Ay9BWM8lwOA  Rapping (also known as emceeing, [1] MCing, [1] spitting (bars), [2] or rhyming [3] ) refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics [1] [2] [3]  Rapping is distinct from spoken word poetry in that it is performed in time to a beat spoken word poetry  Rapping can be traced back to its African roots. Centuries before hip hop music existed, the griots of West Africa were delivering stories rhythmically, over drums and sparse instrumentation.hip hop musicgriots West Africarhythmically drums  Art forms such as spoken word jazz poetry and comedy records had an influence on the first rappers