1. Journal- Write 5 similes using “as____ as a _______”

2. POETRY

3. FREE VERSE POETRY 4 Unlike metered poetry, free verse poetry does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables. 4 Does NOT have rhyme. 4 Free verse poetry is very conversational - sounds like someone talking with you. 4 A more modern type of poetry.

4. Famous Free Verse Poets 4 T.S. Eliot- 4 1888 – 1965 4 American-born English poet, playwright, and literary critic, 4 He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.

5. Famous Free Verse Poets 4 Walt Whitman 4 1819-1892 4 American poet, essayist and journalist 4 often called the father of free verse

6. BLANK VERSE POETRY 4 Blank Verse is Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Blank verse is often unobtrusive and the iambic pentameter form often resembles the rhythms of ordinary speech. William Shakespeare wrote most of his plays in blank verse.

7. Blank Verse Examples from Julius Ceasar Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

8. Iambic 4 Iambic- A foot which starts with an unaccented and ends with an accented (stressed) syllable. It is the most common meter in the English language and naturally falls into everyday conversation. An example is "To be or not to be" (the accented syllables are italicized)

9. Pentameter 4 a line of verse consisting of five units of rhythm 4 such as five pairs of stressed and unstressed syllables

10. Iambic Pentameter 4 Ten syllables in each line 4 Five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables 4 The rhythm in each line sounds like: ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM

11. Iambic Pentameter 4 Most of Shakespeare’s famous quotation fit into this rhythm. For example: 4 If mu- / -sic be / the food / of love, / play on Is this / a dag- / -ger I / see be- / fore me? 4 Each pair of syllables is called an iambus. You’ll notice that each iambus is made up of one unstressed and one stressed beat (ba- BUM).

12. CONCRETE POEMS 4 In concrete poems, the words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem. Poetry Is like Flames, Which are Swift and elusive Dodging realization Sparks, like words on the Paper, leap and dance in the Flickering firelight. The fiery Tongues, formless and shifting Shapes, tease the imiagination. Yet for those who see, Through their mind’s Eye, they burn Up the page.

16. Assignment 4 Read the following poems- –“I Hear America Singing” pg 172 Answer questions 1,2a,2b,4,5 –“Macavity :The Mystery Cat” pg 402 Answer questions 1, 2a, 3a,3b, 4a,4b, 6 4 Write 2 concrete poems of your own. **See Ms. Murphy for instructions**