1. Poetry Lessons

2. Set up a title page Poetry Table of Contents
What is Poetry? Elements of Poetry & How to memorize and recite a poem
Extended Metaphor poem
Concrete Poem

3. Extended Metaphor Poem
Define simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using words “as” and “like” used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox).
Define metaphor
A metaphor is a comparison of one object with another that are completely different.
metaphor simply suggests that two dissimilar things are the same.
What is an extended metaphor?
an extended metaphor is basically a drawn-out metaphor that is represented throughout the whole poem.

4. Concrete Poem
Concrete poetry uses the words and the form of the poem to convey the same meaning so that they are difficult to separate one from the other. Form is meaning. A
Life
given
by a solider
is a life that has meaning, a life that has
purpose. Greater love has no man than
he lay his life down for his friend-
I never
Knew you
yet you
are my
greatest
friend
with
your
life is
Freedom