1. Elements of Poetry

2. Forms of Poetry Free Verse: poetry that is free of regular rhyme or rhythm. Ode: a poem that celebrates a subject Narrative poem: a poem that tells a story Sonnet: a 14 line poem following a particular rhyme scheme.

3. Ode to my Socks Mara Mori brought me a pair of socks which she knitted herself with her sheepherder’s hands, two socks as soft as rabbits. I slipped my feet into them as if they were two cases knitted with threads of twilight and goatskin, Violent socks, my feet were two fish made of wool, two long sharks sea blue, shot through by one golden thread, two immense blackbirds, two cannons, my feet were honored in this way by these heavenly socks. They were so handsome for the first time my feet seemed to me unacceptable like two decrepit firemen, firemen unworthy of that woven fire, of those glowing socks. Nevertheless, I resisted the sharp temptation to save them somewhere as schoolboys keep fireflies, as learned men collect sacred texts, I resisted the mad impulse to put them in a golden cage and each day give them birdseed and pieces of pink melon. Like explorers in the jungle who hand over the very rare green deer to the spit and eat it with remorse, I stretched out my feet and pulled on the magnificent socks and then my shoes. The moral of my ode is this: beauty is twice beauty and what is good is doubly good when it is a matter of two socks made of wool in winter.

4. Structure Stanza: A group of lines in poetry, usually similar in length and pattern. Couplet: Two lines of poetry that rhyme. Quatrain: A poem/section/stanza of 4 lines. Sestet: A poem/section/stanza of 6 lines. Rhythm/Meter: the basic beat in a line of poetry.

5. Sounds in Poetry Alliteration: Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word. – Ex. Suzy sells seashells by the seashore. Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds in words – Ex. I made my way to the lake. Consonance: Repetition of consonant sounds in words – Ex. I dropped my locket in the thick mud. Onomatopoeia: Words that make the sound of the action it describes. – Ex. The bee buzzed around me.

6. More Sounds Rhythm: The rise and fall of our voices as we read Meter: a regular pattern of stressed (strong beats) and unstressed (weak beats) syllables. End Rhyme: Similar sounds at the ends of lines Internal Rhyme: Similar sounds in the same line Rhyme Scheme: Pattern of rhyme

7. Examples A word is dead(A)* This is both an example of rhyme When it is said(A)scheme and end rhyme! Some say.(B) I think it just(C) Begins to live(D) That day. (B) *This is an example of both meter and internal rhyme! Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

8. Personification: a comparison that gives human qualities to innate objects Imagery: when a poet uses vivid words to create a picture in your mind.