2. What makes a poem?
With your elbow partner write a paragraph about ice cream and a poem about ice cream.
5 minutes

3. Compare/Contrast Prose and Poetry
Paragraph (prose)
Poetry

4. Poetry - definition
Literary genre in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm;

5. Elements of Poetry Structure Sound devices Figurative language Lines
Stanzas
Sound devices
Rhyme
Repetition
Alliteration
assonance
Figurative language
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
personification

6. Sound devices
Repetition – repeating a word or phrase for rhythm or emphasis “I have a dream!”
Rhyme – the end sound of the word is the same: the fat cat sat on the mat
Alliteration – repetition of the first consonant sound: goody-goody gumdrops!
Assonance – repetition of a vowel sound: Do you like blue? (repeating the ue sound)

7. Poetry Structure – Copy the poem Number the lines, Highlight the stanzas
“The Crocodile” by Lewis Carroll How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in, With gently smiling jaws!
How many lines
How many stanzas
What words rhyme
Any repetition? (How)
Personification – cheerfully he seems to grin, gently smiling jaws

8. What sound devices are in “The Little Turtle”
“The Little Turtle” by Vachel Lindsay There was a little turtle. He lived in a box. He swam in a puddle. He climbed on the rocks. He snapped at a mosquito He snapped at a flea. He snapped at a minnow. And he snapped at me. He caught the mosquito He caught the flea. He caught the minnow. But he didn’t catch me.

13. Forms of Poetry
Haiku
Acrostic
Sonnet
Free Verse

14. Haiku
An old silent pond… (5 syllables) A frog jumps into the pond, (7 syllables) Splash! Silence again. (5 syllables) Farewell! Like a bee Reluctant to leave the deeps Of a peony

15. Acrostic Poem

16. Sonnet – 14 lines CAT VERSUS by Tasha Guenther
My cat stares blankly at the wall  Trying to hunt the light. She flicks her tail and starts to crawl,  Eyes focused, fur upright.
I watch her, silently, as she creeps  Slowly towards her prey. I remain still, as if fast asleep  For this is not child’s play.
Her moving stops, she is ready To jump up and attack. I see her ascend, now unsteady;   I gasp, and she looks back.
Her eyes are chasms, black holes throughout, And my flashlight goes quickly out.

17. Free Verse
“Me” by Walter de la Mare As long as I live I shall always be My Self – and no other, Just me. Like a tree. Willow, elder, Aspen, thorn, Or cypress forlorn. Like a flower, For its hour- Primrose, or pink Or a violet- Sunned by the sun, And with dewdrops wet. Always just me.

18. How to understand and appreciate a poem
Read it several times!
Look up words you don’t know
Identify figurative language
Seek out sound devices
Try to paraphrase the poem
Re-read the title
Look for the theme, message, meaning

19. Your Turn! Write a “Dream” poem
Write a free verse poem about your dream(s)
At least 10 lines
Use at least 2 sound devices
Use at least 1 form of figurative language
Be creative! Have fun!