1. Poetry 1

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3. Narrative Poetry Tells a story. Has characters, setting, and a plot. The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, While I pondered weak and weary… “The Raven” tells a story – it has a setting, plot and characters (the speaker and a raven). 3

4. Ballad From “The Dying Cowboy” Let sixteen gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen young cowboys come sing me a song, Take me to the green valley and lay the sod o’er me, For I’m a poor cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong. A song or songlike poem Tells a story About lost love, betrayal or death (usually) Can be sad or humorous Uses simple, folksy language Uses lots of repetition

5. Lyrical Poems Expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. Usually short; can be sung or is song-like. Can be song lyrics as well. Tears in Heaven I'll find my way Through night and day, 'Cause I know I just can't stay Here in heaven. 5

6. Alliteration Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words or sentences or a line of poetry. “Surf” by Lillian Morrison Waves want to be wheels, They jump for it and fail fall flat like pole vaulters and sprawl arms outstretched foam fingers reaching. 6

7. End-Stop A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for sorrow will not show his head. Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things. Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished. When punctuation in poetry occurs at the end of the line. 7 Four end stops below …

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9. Free Verse “Blossoms” by Walter Dean Myers I never dreamt that tender blossoms would be brown Or precious angels could come down to live in the garden of my giving heart But here you are brown angel Sounds natural, just like everyday conversation. It can rhyme or have rhythm – but it doesn’t have to! 9

10. Ode Ode to Cheese (excerpt) Ode To Cheese, Which Makes Us Smile, When Camera's go Clack. Ode To Cheese, Which make us taste, The greatest of flavors, the wackiest of whack. Ode To Cheese, Blue, Gorgonzola, American and Cheddar. Ode To Cheese, Beja and Feta, In all types of weather. Expressing feelings of honor or praise for a person or object A form of lyrical poem (emotional and melodic) Longer poem (usually) 10

11. Elegy Excerpt from In Memory of W.B. Yeats He disappeared in the dead of winter: The brooks were frozen, the airports almost deserted, And snow disfigured the public statues; The mercury sank in the mouth of the dying day. What instruments we have agree The day of his death was a dark cold day. Lyric poem expressing sorrow over death or loss. 11

12. Enjambment As I in winter's night stood shivering in the snow, Surprised I was with sudden heat, which made my heart to glow. A “ sentence” that carries over into more than one line. 12 Example of enjambment Carries into next line!

13. Caesura Example Caesura It is the actual pause in a line. The punctuation or pause in the middle. 13 Creates an effect for enjambment. Flint white, purple. They lie scattered Like inflated pebbles. Native To the black hutch of clay. Caesura

14. Rhythm or Meter Pattern of beats or a series of stressed and unstressed syllables in poem. Poets create rhythm by using words in which parts are emphasized or not emphasized. Whenever the wind is high Stressed = Unstressed = from “Windy Nights” By Robert Louis Stevenson When ev er the moon and stars are set, When ev er the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet, A man goes rid ing by. Late in the night when the fires are out, Why does he gal lop and gal lop a bout ? 14