1. POETRY

2. ELEMENTS OF
POETRY

3. RHYME
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
Scifi Miller’s cool
In the swimming pool.

4. Repetition
Repeated use of words, phrases, or rhythms.
Chorus or refrain

5. Rhythm
A poem’s pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
“the beat”

6. Sound Devices
Onomatopoeia - use of words whose sound suggests their meaning.
Snap, Crackle, Pop
Alliteration - the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout

7. Figurative Language
Simile - compares using “like” or “as”.
White as snow
Metaphor - compares saying one is another.
Eyes were blazing stars.
Personification - gives human traits to something nonhuman.
The printer chattered loudly.

8. Form Structure of poem Stanzas; paragraph-like groupings of lines
Free Verse
* not written a rhythmical pattern
* lines of different lengths and beats
Haiku; strict syllable and line count

9. A regular pattern of rhyming words.
Rhyme Scheme
A regular pattern of rhyming words.
Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smitty stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he
With large and sinewy hands;
And muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
The rhyme scheme is ababcb.

10. TYPES of
POETRY

11. Ballad
A song or songlike poem that tells a story divided into stanzas.
Adventure or Romance
Stanza of 4 or 6 lines
Includes a refrain; sometimes changes

12. Lyric Poetry Expresses thoughts and feelings.
Nature is a common subject
Uses vivid, musical language; descriptive

13. Narrative Poetry Tells a story * has plot, characters & setting
More use of sound
* rhythm & repetition used to create
musical effect