1. Reading Standard 1.3- Determine the relationship & purpose between different forms of poetry.
Sound and Sense

2. “the best words in their best order” Samuel Taylor Colleridge
Poetry is…
“the best words in their best order”
Samuel Taylor Colleridge

3. Rhythm The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Provides the poem’s beat EX
U / U / U / U /
This lov ely flow er fell to seed.
Meter- 2 syllables = 1 meter- creates a pattern

4. RHYME Adds to the music of a poem.
End Rhyme- when the sound at the end of the line has the same sound as the end of another line.
Couplet- two consecutive lines that rhyme
EX:
The panther is like a leopard,
Except it hasn’t been peppered.
-- Ogden Nash,
from “The Panther”

5. RHYME Internal Rhyme- when the rhyme occurs within the line
EX: While I nodded, nearly napping suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door----
Edgar Allen Poe
“The Raven”

6. RHYME Exact rhymes- uses the exact sound to rhyme
EX: napping & tapping- in these two words the “a”, “pp”, and “ing” are all examples of exact internal & end rhyme.
Approximate rhymes- near rhymes- the sounds are so similar that they “kind of” rhyme
EX: cat & catch or bat & bit

7. RHYME Alliteration- the repetition of consonant sounds.
EX: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Assonance- the repetition of vowel sounds
EX: She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

8. Onomatopoeia Note: Comic books also use these words often.
A long word that refers to the use of words with sounds that imitate or suggest their meaning.
EX:
POW!
ZING!
CREAK
ZAP!
Note: Comic books also use these words often.

9. TYPES OF POETRY Epic Elegy Narrative Ballad Lyric Sonnet Free Verse
CH. 6
Sonnet
Free Verse
Ode

10. Lyric Usually written in first person point of view
Expresses an emotion or an idea or describes a scene
Do not tell a story and
are often musical

11. ELEGY
Poem written for someone or something that has died.

12. ODE Long Lyric poem, usually praising some subject.
written in dignified language.

13. NARRATIVE Poem that tells a story- a series of related events
Usually includes an entire plot line- exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

14. BALLAD
Songlike poem that tells a story, often a sad story of betrayal, death, or loss.
Usually have a regular, steady rhythm, a simple rhyme pattern, and a refrain.
Easy to memorize.

15. FREE VERSE Poem that doesn’t rhyme
It follows no specific pattern or structure

16. EPIC Long narrative poem about the many deeds of a great hero.
Are closely connected to a particular culture.
Hero embodies the important values of the society he comes from
Heroes in Epics are traditionally male

17. SONNET 14 line Lyric poem Follows strict rules of structure-
Petrarchan:
Rhyme scheme: abbacddc, efgefg
Pentameter & rhythm varies
Shakespearean:
end rhyme: abab,cdcd, efef, gg.
Iambic pentameter: 5 meters w/ rhythmic pattern that goes unstressed (u) stressed (/) throughout the line.

18. Works Cited information abstracted from:
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. “Response to Literature,” Holt Literature and Language Arts: Second Course. Austin, Texas