2. What is a Poem? /po ʊ əm/

3. How would YOU define it? What’s YOUR own definition?

5. Important Words from the definition? VERBAL > LANGUAGE > TECHNIQUES SOUND VERSE / PROSE BEAUTY

6. VERSE?Lines/stanzas SOUND?rhymes/rhythm,etc. TECHNIQUES?Images/metaphors/comparisons, etc. BEAUTY?Art!!!!!! TECHNIQUES? SOUND? VERSE? BEAUTY?

7. Example: a Sonnet by Shakespeare

8. RHYMES?> what is the rhyming pattern? ABAB CDCD EF EF GG A Shakespearean Sonnet has the following pattern: ABAB CDCD EF EF GG

9. Same rhyming pattern?

10. Yes!

11. A poem can be simple, short, etc.

12. What is a poem made of? Elements of poetry: imagery | diction | sound | metaphor | theme | saying something new

13. Let’s focus on SOUND Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears A Who Spot the words that sound the same. Of course the final rhymes: May/day Nool/pool joys/noise But also INTERNAL RHYMES such as 15th/heat cool/Nool/pool Can you also feel a rhythm ?...

14. There is a beat on each bold syllable On the 15th of May, In the Jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, In the cool of the pool, He was splashing…enjoying the jungle’s great joys… When Horton the elephant heard a small noise.