1. What do you see when you look at a poem?
Appreciating Poetry
What do you see when you look at a poem?

2. The Poetic Form
All poems are broken into lines – The length of each line and where it breaks, or ends.
Lines are broken into groups, or stanzas – which work together to convey the overall message.

3. Sound Devices
Rhythm – the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line
Rhyme – the repetition of sounds at the ends of words, as in sun and one
Repetition – the use of a word, phrase, line or sound more that once
Alliteration – the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, such as m in mark, must and mine
Assonance – the repetition of vowel sounds in words that don’t end with the same consonant, such as ow in bow and down

4. Imagery & Figurative Language
Simile – a comparison of two things using the word like or as
Metaphor – a comparison of two things that does not include the word like or as
Personification – a description of an object, animal, or idea as if it has human qualities and emotions

5. Free Verse
The unconventional poem! This is where the poet lets the ideas drive where each line breaks and when each stanza ends.

6. Exercise
Create a T-chart. On one side of the T-Chart write the title, “Start of the Day”
In a 3 minute free write, write down a list of the things you like most about the first part of your day or “the day” in general.

7. Exercise
Now, on the second half of the T-Chart write the title, “End of the Day.”
Write a list of things you see or experience at the end of the day.

8. Sneeze in Poem Form
Prompt – Can you be rich without money? Write your response in poem form. Your poem should include 2 or more stanzas and at least 10 lines or more.