1. WHAT IS POETRY

2. …..words arranged in a RYTHMIC pattern with regular ACCENTS (like BEATS in music)

3. …words carefully selected for sound, accent, and meaning…to express IMAGINATIVELY ideas

4. . . . In one way EVERYONE Uses poetry when He speaks or writes With Words that create IMAGES, such as. . .

5. “I’ve come to the end of my own rope
IN CONVERSATION. . .
“I’ve come to the end of my own rope

6. “L-O-V-E is a MANY SPLENDORED THING”
In Songs. . .

7. “A Nation Concieved in Liberty—”
In Speeches. . .
“A Nation Concieved in Liberty—”

8. Tries to express an idea with words that
. . .BUT A POET
Is a person more
Endowed
With imagination who
Tries to express an idea with words that
Give it FORM and
BEAUTY--

9. A BIG TREE AND ITS GETTING DARK!
I SEE A
DARK
HAND IS
TEARING
THE
VAULT OF
NIGHT
-Looking at the same thing
What do I see?
A BIG TREE AND ITS GETTING DARK!

10. RHYTHM MELODY IMAGERY FORM Each poem has:
And POETRY has a “LANGUAGE” all its own…

11. That is, the ACCENTS of the Syllables in the Words fall at regular
EACH POEM has a RHYTHM
Called a “METRIC PATTERN”
(except in free verse)
That is, the
ACCENTS of the
Syllables in the
Words fall at regular
Intervals, like the
BEAT of MUSIC

12. MELODY EXAMPLE: dame and same Rhyme—that is- where two words have
EACH POEM ALSO HAS “MELODY”
LIKE MUSIC, EACH POEM HAS
MELODY
(I.E. SOUND DEVICES)
OF WHICH THE PRINCIPLE ONE IS. . .
Rhyme—that is- where two words have
The SAME SOUND on their last accented vowel
Preceded by DIFFERENT consonants.
EXAMPLE: dame and same

13. SINGLE RHYME DOUBLE TRIPLE LOVE Dove Rapping Tapping Mournfully
Scornfully

14. OTHER RHYMING TERMS:
IMPERFECT RHYME
two words that look alike, but don’t
sound alike
Example: LOVE and JOVE
INTERNAL RHYME
the rhyme occurs inside a single line of poetry
Example: “Let’s beat the heat.”

15. …besides rhyme, poets also use these
OTHER SOUND EFFECTS-
ASSONANCE- resemblance of vowel sounds in
words
Example: “O harp and altar, of the fury fused”
ONAMATOPOEIA- words sound like their
meanings
EXAMPLES: drip, whisper, hoot, meow, murmur

16. ALLITERATION-words that begin with the same consonant sound
SUCH AS: In a Summer Season, where Soft was Sun

18. (figures of speech representing sense experiences)
EACH POEM ALSO HAS
IMAGERY
(figures of speech representing sense experiences)
-comparisons are one way of creating imagery as in…
SIMILE- two unlike things are compared using “like” or “as”
Example: the man paced like a lion

19. 2) METAPHOR- two unlike things are directly compared without the use of “like” or “as”
Example: The river is a snake which coils on itself.
3) PERSONIFICATION-giving human qualities to anything that is not human
Examples: The trees danced in the breeze

20. 4) APOSTROPHE- addressing some abstract object
Example: “O world! Tell me thy pain!”
5) LITERARY ALLUSIONS- Referring metaphorically to person, places, and things from history or previous literature.

21. -and by EXAGGERATION
HYPERBOLE- Saying more than this is true
Example: “He wore his fingers to the bone.”
2) UNDERSTANDMENT- Saying less than is true.
Example: “Losing his job meant ht could sleep late.”

22. IRONY- Saying the opposite to what is true.
Example: “War is kind.”
And finally, EVERY POEM has FORM
(structure)

23. You will walk with us this year.
A star
If you are
A love compassionate,
You will walk with us this year.
We face a glacial distance who are here
Huddl’d
At your feet
NOTE EACH LINE STARTS WITH A CAPITAL LETTER
LONG LINES
OFTER INDICATE DISTANCE OR DIRECTION
RUN-ON LINE_
NOT END SENTENCE OR THOUGHT

24. REPETITION
-of words, sounds, or ideas to enhance rhythm or to create emphasis
Example :
Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn

25. What’s a “POETIC LICENSE?”
It means that a poet is allowed to break rules of spelling to make his or her rhyme or meter more perfect-
AS IN: soft oft
Hope ope

26. RHYME SCHEMES
ARE INDICATED BY THE USE OF LETTERS
Such as in :
1. Roses are red A
2. Violets are blue B
3. Sugar is sweet C
4. And so are you B
The rhyme scheme of this poem is ABCB.

27. STANZAS A LONG POEM USUALLY CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF LINES
GROUPED INTO SETS OF
LINES CALLED
STANZAS

28. SOME SPECIAL NAMES FOR STANZAS
# OF lINES
What’s it called?
What it is 2
RHYMED COUPLET
2 LINES WITH THE SAME RHYME 4
QUATRAIN
4 LINES WITH ANY RHYME 6
SESTET
SIX LINES 8
OCTAVE
8 LINES 14
SONNET
14 LINES OF IAMBIC PENTAMETER

29. SOME TYPES OR GROUPS POEMS FALL INTO
ELEGY
EPITAPH
ODE
EPIC
NARRATIVE
PASTORAL
LYRIC
BALLAD
SONNET

30. POETS AND THEIR POETRY HAVE THEIR OWN STYLES
(sometimes these are called schools or movements)
“CLASSICAL”
“REALISTIC”
“ABSTRACT”
“ROMANTIC”
“PSYCOLOGICAL”

31. THEME Try to Understand the Ask yourself: “What is the message?”
Of each poem
Ask yourself: “What is the message?”

32. DIFFERENT POETS MY HAVE QUITE DIFFERENT ATTITUDES TOWARD THE SAME SUBJECT
War makes the mighty men and eliminates the weak
War is a dreadful waste of people and resources
war
What Amazing heroism and courage war brings our in men
As a soldier, I do not see the war, but only my own misery

33. EVERY POET IS INFLUENCED BY…
His or her BELIEFS-usually reflected on in his/ her THEMES
The PERIOD-usually affects the STYLE of the poem
The SUBJECT-often affects the METRICAL PATTERN
CREATIVITY will affect his or her use of IMAGERY

34. THE END
KEEP POETRY ALIVE