1. By: Mrs. Searing
7th Grade
Poetry Books

2. What is poetry? "I may write in silence, but my words will
No set definition
Art of writing
thoughts and ideas
Written expression of
emotion
"I may write in
silence, but my words will
always be heard." -Summers

3. How to read poetry continued…
Read the title
Read slowly
Keep reading when a line has no punctuation at the end
Pause at , : ; -
Stop at end marks? . !

4. How to read a poem…
Visualize
Connect
Respond
Question
Listen

5. Writing Poetry All poems will have a title
Capitalize the first word in every line.

6. THE NEW PORCH
On your porch it’s beautiful. You can hear the rain and hear the birds sing. I know it’s different than before, but as long as you love me…….it will feel good.

7. Stanza
A paragraph in poetry
How many
stanzas?

8. How many
Stanzas?

9. How to respond to poetry
About
Poet’s message
Refer to text
I like
Language
Say what the poem is about
Theme (lesson)
Lines directly from
poem & Explain
Personal connection
Write about individual
words and phrases
Mood, figurative language, verbs, rhyme, etc…

10. An acrostic poem is a word written vertically or horizontally
And each letter of the title is used as the initial letter for that line.

11. Acrostic Example
Swimming
Splashing
Water In My
Mouth Is No
Gulp…fun!

12. MORE ACROSTIC
School
Science
Creativity
Homework
Outside
Objects
Learn

13. A couplet is a two line poem that rhymes.
COUPLETS
A couplet is a two line poem that rhymes.

14. She has a very round belly.
COUPLET EXAMPLE
Kelly
My dog’s name is Kelly.
She has a very round belly.

15. MORE COUPLETS RECESS Out at recess we have lots of fun.
We have 30 minutes and we’re done.

16. Lyric Expresses the thought and feelings of a single speaker.
Usually centers around nature

17. Lyric Addresses the reader directly
Does not tell a story-NO characters or actions
A poem written to be sung
Emotional song-like poetry
Thoughts and feelings of poet

18. Lyric Poem Example Harlem Night Song By; Langston Hughes Come,
Let us roam the night together
Singing
I love you.
Across
The Harlem roof-tops
Moon is shining.
Night sky is blue.
Stars are great drops
Of golden dew.
Down the street
A band is playing
Singing.
Lyric Poem Example
Harlem Night Song
By; Langston Hughes

19. Concrete Poetry
A poem that forms a structurally original visual shape. Also called shape poetry

20. Concrete Poem

21. Concrete
Examples

22. A Haiku is a poem that consists of unrhymed words organized into 3 lines.
Line 1= 5 syllables
Line 2= 7 syllables
Line 3= 5 syllables
Haiku

23. I love the smell of the air.
Haiku Example
SPRING
It’s always raining.
I love the smell of the air.
I like the flowers.

24. We rake up all of our leaves.
More Haikus
Fall
Fall is always cold.
We rake up all of our leaves.
Then we jump in them.

25. Narrative Poem
A poem that tells a story and contains the elements of a story, such as characters, plot, conflict, setting, climax, and resolution

26. Narrative Poem In your arms I’ll forget The trouble of the day
And watch the myriad of colors turn
Into a silver, black, and white.
With you, even the night is bright
And alone, the day is gray,
So sit by me a little while
And love me till the day.
Narrative
Poem

27. Metaphor-Compares one thing to another without “like” or “as”

28. Life by: Naomi Long Madgett
Life is but a toy that swings on a bright gold chain
Ticking for a little while
To amuse a fascinated infant,
Until the keeper, a very old man,
Becomes tired of the game
And lets the watch run down.

29. Multiple comparisons between the unlike objects or ideas.
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor that is
drawn out beyond
the usual phrase.
Multiple comparisons between the unlike objects or ideas.

30. Extended Metaphor Fog The fog comes By: Carl Sandburg
On little cat feet.
It sits looking
Over harbor and city
On silent haunches
And then moves on.
Extended
Metaphor

31. Personification
An inanimate object is given human qualities.

32. Personification Example
April Rain Song
By: Langston Hughes
Let the rain kiss you.
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk.
The rain makes running pools in the gutter.
The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night-
And I love the rain.

33. Onomatopoeia
Words are used in place of where a reader should hear sounds.
Words mimic the sound they represent.

34. Onomatopoeia
Bang boom zoom Is what I hear! Eye-catching colours Fast appear Bang boom zoom Is what I hear! Colourful paint drops Invade the air Bang boom zoom Is what I hear! Eye catching colours Slowly disappear Bang boom zoom Is what I hear! These colourful fireworks I really seem to fear.

35. Alliteration Dressy Daffodils Repetition of the beginning sound
or letter in two
or more words
in a line.
Dressy Daffodils
Rabbits Running Over Roses

36. Alliteration Caring Cats
Caring cats cascade off Laughing lamas lounging.
Underneath yelling yaks, Yelling at roaming rats.
Caring
Cats

37. Simile- Uses “like” or “as” to compare 2 unlike items

38. three long lines and two
LIMERICK:
A limerick
is an amusing poem of
five lines. There are
three long lines and two
short lines.

39. LIMERICK EXAMPLE Rhymed, humorous, nonsense poem of 5 lines
Rhyme Scheme is:
a-a-b-b-a
Syllable Structure is:

40. LIMERICK Example I am a pretty little flower
I am endowed with lots of power
When you pick me in green
I'll bite you cu I'm mean
And live to see another hour.

41. CINQUAIN: 5 line poem LINE 1: One word (subject)
LINE 2: 2 words to describe the subject
LINE 3: 3 verbs to describe an action
LINE 4: 4 words expressing emotion
LINE 5: A synonym or another word for the subject

42. Playing, rolling, swimming
CINQUAIN EXAMPLE
Bears
Huge, white
Playing, rolling, swimming
Splashing on all fours
Creature

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