1. Poetry Notes #1
Poetry Basics

2. --poems share a writer’s emotions about a topic --they are compact (but not necessarily short) and generally contain one or more poetic elements --they do NOT have to rhyme
What is poetry?

3. What are the two main kinds of poems?
Rhyming Free verse (non-rhyming)
What are the two main kinds of poems?

4. What are the parts of a poem?
Verse: a single line of poetry
Stanza: a group of lines in a poem separated by spaces (similar to a paragraph)
A bird came down the walk:
He did not know I saw;
He bit an angle-worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw.
And then he drank a dew
From a convenient grass,
And then hopped sidewise to the wall
To let a beetle pass.
This poem has 8 verses and 2 stanzas. Number the verses and circle the two stanzas.
What are the parts of a poem?

5. Rhyme: the repetition of sounds at the ends of words Ex: potato, tomato
What is rhyme?

6. the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem; the beat
What is rhythm?

7. What is Imagery?
Words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s 5 senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound