1. What is Poetry?

2.  Per. 6:  Descriptive  Stanzas  May be iambic pentameter  Rhythm  Can rhyme  Tone (related to emotions)  Has [hidden] messages  May not understand on first reading How do you know if something is a poem?

3.  Form  Sound (rhythm, sound devices)  Meaning How do you know if something is a poem?

4. 1.Don’t read line-by-line. Instead, look at sentences. 2.Reorganize words so that they make grammatical sense in your paraphrase. 3.Put missing words back in to help you make sense of the meaning, or look up unfamiliar words. 3 tips for reading poetry

5.  For “Hotel California,” do the following as you listen:  Highlight or underline any words or phrases that stand out to you.  After you have read it through once, look at what you noticed. Do the words or phrases have anything in common?  Now take a look at the title. What might be the relationship of the title to the poem?  Finally, based on all you’ve noticed and thought, what do you think the theme of the poem is? How to approach a poem:

6.  The poem uses the metaphor of a “Hotel California” to represent… Then:

7.  Per. 2:  Stanzas  Sometimes rhyme  Creative way to write about nature, feelings, life  Uses metaphors or other literary devices  Rhythm  Sometimes have rules (like haiku)  Sometimes random (no rules)  Usually not really long How do you know if something is a poem?

8.  Per. 4:  Words rhyme sometimes  Written in lines  Stanzas (paragraph-like sections, or a chunk of lines)  Haikus (counting syllables)  Meaning  Writing with rhythm  Different format How do you know if something is a poem?