1. POETRY

2. POINT OF VIEW IN POETRY POET The poet is the author of the poem.
SPEAKER
The speaker of the poem is the “narrator” of the poem.

3. Two Most Basic Types of Poems
Traditional
Follows fixed rules, such as a specific number of lines
Has a regular pattern of rhythm and/or rhyme
Organic
Does not follow established rules for form
Does not have a regular pattern of rhythm and may not rhyme at all
May use unconventional spelling, punctuation, and grammar

4. ANATOMY OF A POEM FORM - the appearance of the words on the page
LINE - a group of words together on one line of the poem
STANZA - a group of lines arranged together
A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.

5. Another Way to Think of It…
A line is a rib
A stanza is a ribcage
The form is how the ribcage looks
(oh look, it’s an analogy!)

6. SOUND EFFECTS

7. RHYTHM The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem
Based on meter (pattern of syllables)

8. How Does This Poem Use Sound to Gain The Audience’s Interest?

9. RHYME
Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.
LAMP
STAMP
Share the short “a” vowel sound
Share the combined “mp” consonant sound
Activity: Rhyme group game

10. RHYME SCHEME A pattern of rhyme.
Use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds
Do this to be able to visually “see” the end rhyme pattern. (Ex: abab ccdd)
Activity: Rhyme Scheme group game

11. EXAMPLE How Doth the Little Crocodile
How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!”
a b c d

12. Types of Rhyme
1. End – a word at the end of one line rhymes with the word at the end of another line
Hector the Collector
Collected bits of string.
Collected dolls with broken heads
And rusty bells that would not ring.
2. Internal – a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Blue = Internal
Red = End

13. 3. NEAR RHYME a.k.a imperfect rhyme, close rhyme ROSE
The words share EITHER the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH
ROSE
LOSE
Different vowel sounds (long “o” and “oo” sound)
Share the same consonant sound

14. FREE VERSE POETRY Has NO obvious pattern or rhyme scheme
Very modern and conversational.

15. Practice Activity #1:
“The Tiger” by William Blake Tiger, Tiger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye. Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

16. HELP! MY POEM IS LAME!

17. Figurative Language Instantly Makes Poems Better!
How many types can you name?

18. Just a Few You Should Remember…
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Idiom
Imagery
Repetition

19. Make This Terrible Poem Better:
Edit the poem using at least one type of figurative language
You may change the language and rhyme scheme
I AM ALONE AND NO ONE UNDERSTANDS MY PAIN
I can't escape from this place, All I see is your face, You left me in the rain, Alone and insane. I just want to be free, I’m still thinking about what was once you and me. How can this be?