1. Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. -- Plato

2. Types of Rhyme Near Rhyme Sam Am Ham Seen/been
Internal rhyme-an individual line of poetry contains one or more words that rhyme.
Use for emphasis or additional unity
Slant Rhyme (n): When the end words of two lines of poetry share a similar sound but do not “rhyme” in the traditional sense (known as “full” or perfect rhyme).
Rhyme Scheme– the pattern of rhyming words within a given stanza or poem; identified with a letter of the alphabet. Ask: Is rhyme scheme germane to the effect or meaning of a poem.
Onomatopoeia- murmur – WHY USE IT?
Near Rhyme
Sam Am Ham

3. Use of Repetition
Alliteration-repetition of initial sounds; intensify effects, add weight to an idea, makes verse easier to remember.
James Thomson's verse "Come…dragging the lazy languid line along."
Consonance–repetition of consonants within a line or at the end of words. Used to create subtle harmonies. Ex: "some mammals are clammy“; odds and ends; struts and frets;
a.k.a. Dissonance, Half rhyme, and
Oblique Rhyme (or Slant Rhyme) --rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
Assonance- repetition of similar vowel sounds; can be used to create near, or slant, rhyme. EX: earth and hearth
Example: The plate was shapely and well-made.

4. Meter and Rhythm Roughly 90% of poems in English use iamb
Iambic Pentameter = 5 iambs per line or 10 syllables. SHAKESPEARE 
Roughly 90% of poems in English use iamb
Scansion. (uh, goot gawd) the process of analyzing meter
What is it good for? Meter contributes to the poem’s meaning, structure, tone, and effect
Cute little song
Irene is an iamb
Tanya is a trochee
Sue-Ann is a spondee
Deborah is a dactyl
Antoinette is an anapest

5. Caesura, Enjambment, End-Stop
It’s an internal pause—usually indicated by a period, semicolon, dash, or other punctuation.
End-Stopped
CLASS
Enjambment, often called run-on, is indicated by an absence of punctuation and eliminates the need for pause. Don’t stop reading until you see punctuation!

6. Free Verse Do poems have to rhyme? Is Free Verse really poetry?
While Ezra Pound is largely credited with starting the free verse poetry movement that created more relaxed style requirements and eliminated the wide-spread use of formal poetry, there are still plenty of aficionados out there who firmly believe that all poetry should rhyme. These are ten of the reasons they use to support their argument, and reasons why some believe that rhyming poetry is far superior to its free-verse brethren.
Do poems have to rhyme? Is Free Verse really poetry?
Is "The Red Wheelbarrow" a poem?

7. Blank Verse