1. Poetry Notes/Terms
Poetry Unit 2016

2. Poetic Devices
Speaker: the "voice" which seems to be telling the poem. Not the same as the poet; this is like a narrator.

3. Oxymoron
Two words placed close together which are contradictory, yet have truth in them. Example: Jumbo shrimp

4. an exaggeration in the service of truth - an overstatement.
Hyperbole
an exaggeration in the service of truth - an overstatement. 

5. Tone and Mood
Tone: is the poet's attitude toward his/her subject or readers. Mood: is the prevailing feeling that is created in a story or poem.

6. Assonance and Consonance
Assonance: is a close repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually in stressed syllables. Consonance: the close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels.

7. Irony
is a literary device in which the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens.   

8. Symbolism
a symbol has two levels of meaning, a literal level and a figurative level. 

9. Theme
is the central idea of the story, usually implied rather than directly stated.

10. Couplet and Quatrain
Couplet: Two lines of rhyming poetry Quatrain: Four line stanza of poetry

11. How to Understand Poetry Notes
Read it out loud
Don’t skim

12. How to Understand Poetry, continued
3. Ask “who is talking” and “who are they talking to ?”
4. Break the poem down line by line

13. How to Understand Poetry, continued
5. Ask yourself what the line means in “plain English”
6. Read it again…out loud

14. Poetry or Music?

15. Poem or Song?
This is for the kids who die/ Black and white,
For kids who die certainly/ The old and rich will live on awhile

16. Poem
“Kids Who Die” by Langston Hughes

17. The memory throws up high and dry/ A crowd of twisted things/ As if the world gave up, the secret of its skeleton/ Stiff and white

18. Poem
“Rhapsody on a Windy Night” by T.S. Eliot

19. Opens a door in heaven/ From skies of glass/ A Jacob’s ladder falls/ On greening grass/ And over the mountain walls/ Young angels pass.

20. Poem
“Early Spring” by Alfred Lord Tennyson

21. In the blink of an eye/ Just a whisper of smoke/ You could lose everything/ The truth is you never know

22. “Like I’m Gonna Lose You” by Meghan Trainor Song

23. Loving me is complicated/ Too afraid, a lot of changes/ I’m alright and you’re a favorite/ Dark nights in my prayers

24. Rap
“Alright” by Kendrick Lamar

25. I can hear sweat trickling down your cheek,/ your heartbeat sound like sasquatch feet,/ thundering, shaking the concrete

26. Rap
“Shot Ya” Notorious B.I.G.

27. Look at my dab, dab/ Look at my dab, homie dab.

28. Poem
William Wordsworth

29. …JK, it’sMigos

30. Found Poetry Notes Found poetry is invented poetry.
The poet uses other writings to extract words or phrases that are meaningful or appealing to him
Scan the written material for catchy words and phrases
The poet arranges these words and phrases to make his own poem.
Focuses on the beauty and sound of language
Found poetry is usually free verse and has a title

31. 6 Word Memoir Examples

32. Imagery Notes
What is imagery?

33. Basic Rhyme Scheme Notes
ABAB
Rhyme line 1 with line 3
Rhyme line 2 with line 4

34. AABB
This scheme divides a section of four lines into two rhymed couplets, each of which sounds kind of complete in itself.

35. ABBA
A rhyming pair sandwiched inside of another rhyming pair. This scheme’s also known enclosed rhyme

36. XAXA
This scheme’s a little unpredictable, because it has two lines that don’t rhyme with anything. This allows the writer (that’s you!) a little more creative freedom. 

37. AXXA
The two middle lines are unpredictable; they don’t rhyme with each other or any other line in the stanza.

38. Sonnet Notes
The term "sonnet" derives from the Italian word sonetto,meaning "little song". A poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme