1. Poetry
Easy Intro

2. 1.Poetry What is it? (usually using lines and stanzas)
a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form
(usually using lines and stanzas)

3. A very unique form of literature
A special way of capturing experiences
or feelings
Good poetry uses vivid imagery
Comes in all shapes and forms

4. Can be short or long
Manages to say a lot with just a few carefully chosen words
Is intended to be read aloud
Is personal and can be about anything and everything
Poetry is Everywhere!

5. Poetry Vocabulary

6. 2. Line:
a unit of meaning
(1 word, a phrase, or even a sentence)
3.Stanza:
lines that are grouped together
(usually each has the same number of lines)
4.Rhyme:
The repetition of sounds at the end of
lines or with in lines (rhyming pattern)
5. Rhyme Scheme:
The pattern of rhyme in a poem
(aabb or abab)

7. Rhyme Scheme
Uses the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually “see” the pattern
Are labeled according to their rhyme sounds (aabbcc)
1st rhyme sound in a poem is “a” and each time the 1st rhyme sound is heard, it is “a”
2nd rhyme sound in a poem is “b” and each time the 2nd rhyme sound is heard, it is “b”
The pattern continues with “c”, “d”, etc.

8. I Like My Nose I’m glad that my nose points down to my toes,
and doesn’t point up to the sky.
For now I can sneeze
just as much as I please,
without getting goo in my eye.
-Bruce Lansky

9. Smelly People Uncle Oswald smells of tobacco.
Aunt Agatha smells of rope.
Cousin Darren smells of airplane glue.
Cousin Tracey smells of soap.
My mum smells of garlic and cabbage.
My dad smells of cups of tea.
My baby sister smells of sick.
and my brother of scabby knee.
Our classroom smells of stinky socks.
Our teacher smells of Old Spice.
I wonder what I smell of?
I’ll just have a sniff…hmmm…quite nice.

10. a piece of writing often having a rhyme
6.Poem:
a piece of writing often having a rhyme
or rhythm which tells a story or
describes a feeling
7.Free Verse:
poetry that does not have a regular
pattern of rhythm or rhyme
8.Literal Language:
a way in which you express yourself by saying exactly what you mean
9.Characters:
the people or animals that act like
people in poems that tell a story

11. Poetry Terms:
Types of Poems

12. Free Verse (form) Written without rhyme or rhythm
Is very conversational – sounds like someone talking with you
Some do not use punctuation or capitalization, or other ways of breaking the rules of grammar.
A more modern type of poetry
Use your “senses” when writing

13. I Dream’d in a Dream I DREAM’D in a dream I saw a city
invincible to the attacks of the whole of
the rest of the earth,
I dream’d that was the new city of Friends,
Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love, it led to rest,
It was seen every hour n the actions of the men of that city,
And in all their looks and words.
by Walt Whitman
I Dream’d in a Dream

14. A Snowy Day Cold A snowy day is white
A snowy day is snowmen and snow angels
A snowy day is sledding
A snowy day is cold
Cold
Wear your coat, hat, gloves and scarf.
See your breath.
My teeth shiver.
Listen to the wind blow.
The cold smells like frozen snow.

15. Review Name three ways you can describe poetry.
2. What are lines that are grouped together?
3. What do you call the pattern of rhyme in
a poem?
4. What type of poem uses no rhyme or
rhythm?

16. Activity One
I am structured yet fair. I wonder if my students are ready for my class. I hear the frustration in the room. I see the confusion of my students. I want my students to do well. I am structured yet fair.

17. 10. Couplet (form) Definition: Examples:
A unit of verse consisting of 2 lines that usually rhyme
A couple = 2 people, 2 things, 2 of everything
May be humorous or serious
Can be song lyrics, jokes, Dr. Seuss books, etc.
Chocolate candy is sweet and yummy It goes down smoothly in my tummy! Make that chili good and hot Cook it in a Texas pot!

18. Complete the couplet
Twinkle, twinkle ….

19. Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky
Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark;
How could he see where to go,
If you did not twinkle so?
- Mother Goose

20. Bed in Summer
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people’s feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky is clear and blue, And I should like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day? -Robert Louis Stevenson

21. Song Couplet -JB There’s no promise that I won’t keep
I’ll climb a mountain, there’s none too steep
Open your mind, clear your head
Ain’t gotta wake up to an empty bed
-JB

22. How is song a form of poetry?
The lyrics and words in songs are poetry
The poem is a song once it’s put to music
Listen to your favorite song. Then read the lyrics. See if you can find a poem hiding in the song.

23. 11. Acrostic Poetry (form)
Definition:
Example:
The first letters of each line form a word or message relating to the subject
The letters of the subject written vertically
Each line begins with a word or phrase that starts with that letter
Does not have to rhyme
Simple, based upon one word
Music M y head is full of rhythm U ntil I can barely sit still S ee me move to the beat I t does the same for others C an you feel the magic of music?

24. A fast swimmer I am
B rown-eyed girl, I’ve got two
B rave heart full of courage
Y ells for the Blue Sharks

25. Teacher T akes time to listen E ach student is important
A lot of patience
C ares about learning
H as all the answers (or will look it up!)
E ach day a new adventure (or headache, up to you)
R eally organized (most of the time!)

26. Review… 1. What is a unit of meaning in a poem?
2. What is the repetition of sounds at the end of lines or within lines?
3. Name a place where you can find a couplet.
4. Identify: The tiny bird in the tree
Was singing songs just for me.

27. 12. Haiku (form) A 3 line poem consisting of 17 syllables.
(5-7-5 pattern)
1st line = 5 syllables
2nd line = 7 syllables
3rd line = 5 syllables
Ancient Japanese form of poetry
Typically expresses a single thought, feeling or idea
Usually has nature themes
Does not rhyme

28. Raindrops Worm Raindrops falling down On the windowpane making
wonderful music
-Jason
Worm
At night, quietly,
a worm under the moonlight
digs into a nut.
-Basho

29. a / worm / un / der / the / moon / light
At / night,/ qui / et / ly,
a / worm / un / der / the / moon / light
digs / in / to / a / nut.

30. Haiku Example A rain drop, drop top I just wanna eat nonstop
Feed me a pork chop

31. 13. Quatrain (form)
Is not some strange train that is taken to “The Land of Qua.”
“Quatr” means 4
Has 4 lines with a rhyming pattern of
aabb, abab, aaaa,
or abcd
One of the most common forms of poetry

32. Can you guess who spoke in this Quatrain?
Fee, fi, fo, fum
I smell the blood of an Englishman,
Be he alive, or be he dead
I’ll grind his bones to make my bread.
The mean, giant orge in
“Jack and the Beanstalk

33. 14. Cinquain (form)
A five line poem that follows a strict pattern/format

34. 15. Sonnet (form) Have 14 lines, 10 syllables per line
Sonnets follow a strict rhyme scheme which is determined if the sonnet is Petrarchan (Italian), Shakespearean, or Spenserian
Sonnets have a “turn” somewhere in the poem
15. Sonnet (form)

36. Poetry Terms: Sound Devices

37. 16. Alliteration (sound device)
The repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line
To the lay-person, these are called “tongue-twisters”.
Example: How much dew would a dewdrop drop if a dewdrop did drop dew?

38. Let’s see what this looks like in a poem we are familiar with.
Alliteration
Alliteration
She Walks in Beauty I.
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.
Alliteration
These examples use the beginning sounds of words only twice in a line, but by definition, that’s all you need.

39. 17. Repetition (sound device)
Using the same key word or phrase throughout a poem.
This should be fairly self-explanatory,
but . . .
at risk of sounding like a broken record . . .

40. Time to spend;
time to mend.
Time to hate;
time to wait.
Time is the essence;
time is the key.
Time will tell us
what we will be.
Time is the enemy;
time is the proof.
Time will eventually
show us the truth.
Time is a mystery;
time is a measure.
Time for us is
valued treasure.
Time to cry . . .
Time to die.
Valued Treasure
by Chris R. Carey

41. So, which is the repeated key word or phrase?

42. Time to spend; time to mend. Time to hate; time to wait.
Time is the essence;
time is the key.
Time will tell us
what we will be.
Time is the enemy;
time is the proof.
Time will eventually
show us the truth.
Time is a mystery;
time is a measure.
Time for us is
valued treasure.
Time to cry . . .
Time to die.
Valued Treasure
by Chris R. Carey

43. 18. Onomatopoeia (sound device)
The creation of words that mimic the natural sound
Example: The buzz of the bee created instant fear in Amy.

44. Know any songs with Onomatopoeia???

45. Poetry Terms: Figurative Language

46. 19.Figurative Language:
an elaborate way of expressing
yourself in which you don’t say
exactly what you mean
a comparison of 2 unlike things that uses a word
of comparison such as “like’ or “as” or “than”
(a type of figurative language)
20.Simile:
21.Metaphor:
compares 2 unlike things, but does not use a
word of comparison
(a type of figurative language)
gives human qualities to nonhuman things
(a type of figurative language)
22.Personification:

47. Similes (figurative language)
Example: She is as beautiful as a sunrise. My love is like a red rose.
A comparison of two things using “like” or “as” or “than”
Usually comparing 2 unlike things

48. Metaphors (figurative language)
A form of figurative language in which things are compared by stating one thing
is another.
“Like” and “as” are not used.
Example:
Her hair is silk.

49. What’s in a poem? I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
A poet paints a picture or expresses a feeling with words.
Poems are usually written in a brief songlike manner.
The poet uses unusual combination of words to describe
people, places, and things.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
by William Wadsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

50. Personification (figurative language)
Definition:
Examples:
My dog smiles at me. The house glowed with happiness.
An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities

51. 23.Hyperbole (figurative language)
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasize something, not to be taken literally

52. 24.Idiom (figurative language)
A common saying that does not mean what

53. Directions: underline the personification in each sentence
Directions: underline the personification in each sentence. Circle the letter that has the same or almost the same meaning.
The tree fought the wind with its branches.
A battle was being fought beneath the tree.
The tree branches were moving in the wind.
The fog crept silently into the valley.
The fog came slowly into the valley.
Animals were creeping into the valley.
The hikers left the meadow and were swallowed by the forest.
The hikers disappeared among the forest trees.
The forest ate the hikers.

54. Identify the correct forms of Figurative Language?
“His feet were as big as boots.”
“The tropical storm slept for two days.”
“All the world’s a stage, and we are merely
players.” -William Shakespeare

55. Directions: Underline the similes, draw a circle around the metaphors, and mark an X on the examples of personification.
The Storm
The great storm swept over the countryside like a giant mop. Sandy watched worriedly from the timid little house sitting lonely on the plains. The storm was a dark gray wave that seemed sure to crash down on her. Sandy turned back inside her house. She did not like storms. She waited for the rain that would sound like rocks hitting the tin roof. She waited for the storm to sing its fierce song. Sandy knew, though, that it would all soon pass.

56. What have you learned? 1. The sun played peek-a-boo with the
clouds. __________
2. The surface of the water looked as
smooth as glass. __________
3. The clouds are cottonballs in the sky.
__________

57. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
Hey!
Sun’s a settin’,
This is what I’m gonna sing.
This is what I’m gonna sing:
I feels de blues a comin’,
Wonder what de blues’ll bring?
-Langston Hughes

58. Is the sentence figurative or literal language?
____ 1. The chair was so heavy that I couldn’t lift it.
____ 2. My whole life is one big circus.
____ 3. The bridge of my nose was bruised.
____ 4. The cozy living room waited like a tired friend.
____ 5. The warm evening lingered, quiet as a mouse.

59. 25.Oxymoron (figurative language)
An expression in which TWO contradictory terms are in conjunction (next to each other)

60. 26.Paradox (device)
A group of words or a phrase that seem contradictory and impossible but are actually true or possible
Example: The silence in the room was deafening.

62. 27.Understatement (figurative language)
A rhetorical expression with less strength than expected; the opposite of hyperbole
Example:
I’ll be there in one second.
This won’t hurt a bit.

63. 28.Allusion (device)
A brief reference to a WELL-KNOWN person, place, thing or idea of significance

64. 29.Metonymy
A figure of speech in which a person, place or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it
Ex:
The White House stated today …
The Crown reported that ..

66. 30.Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole
Examples: Check out my new set of wheels! – in reference to a new car
The strings were praised for an excellent performance. – Strings represent the whole orchestra

67. Additional Literary TERMS

68. 31.Irony
A contradictory statement or situation to reveal a reality different from expected

69. 32-34.Three types of Irony

70. In poetry, the speaker in the poem is the voice that talks the reader, similar to the narrator in fiction
Sometimes, the poet is the speaker
Poet may create a different voice (child, man, woman, object, animal, etc.)
35.Speaker
Example:
Know me by my final call,
heart stopped by a rifle shot.
Hung by my hind legs,
left to freeze.
My fur, crystalline gray, moon-blurred,
darker where I bled.

71. 36. Point of View: The angle or perspective from which
a story is told.
It allows the reader to get inside a
character’s head.
Three points of view:
First person 
Second Person
Third Person

72. 37.First Person Point of View:  The character tells the story.
Uses pronouns:
I, me, mine, ours, and us
“I checked into a hotel called the Olympia, which is right on the main street of town. I was hanging around and I got to talking to the guy at the desk. I asked him if this wasn’t the town where that kid named Maneri played ball.”

73. 38.

74. 39.

75. 40.Third-Person Limited Narrator is limited to one character.
Tells thoughts & feelings of one character
Example
Tim was mad at Shay. He blamed her. Shay just left without saying anything. She left a note and then left him.

76. 41.Third-Person Omniscient
Narrator is all knowing.
Narrator tells thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
Omni = All Scient = Knowing
Example
Tim was mad at Shay. He blamed her. Shay knew Tim would be mad, but she wanted to live her life.

78. Fun poetry websites