Poetry terms and unit focus

Unit focus By the end of this unit, the goal is for all of you to be able to: understand difference between free verse and rhyme understand the form and structure of poetry identify poetic elements identify enjambment Identify sound devices within poetry create meaning from poetry create your own poetry

Poetic Structure Lines A horizontal row of words that may or may not form a complete sentence Stanzas A group of lines forming a unit and separated from the next stanza by a line of space The mother smiled to know her child was in a sacred place, but that smile was the last smile to come upon her face. -"Ballad of Birmingham" Dudley Randall enjambment: The continuation of a complete idea (a sentence or clause) from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause

Rhyme Repetition of a final stressed vowel and succeeding sounds in two or more words. Internal rhyme: occurs within lines of poetry End rhyme: occurs at the end of lines Rhyme scheme: pattern formed by the end rhymes o Is shown by a row of letters, in which a different letter of the alphabet signals each new rhyme

Sound Devices Alliteration o repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words o past the puff-cheeked clouds Consonance o repetition of consonant sounds within words or at the end of words o and kisses are a better fate Assonance o repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words o in a proud round cloud in a white high night Onomatopoeia o words that imitate sounds - spelled as it sounds o swoosh or clank

Review? Words we've discussed that you will need to know. IF you don't - this is your HOMEWORK Simile Metaphor Personification Imagery

Unit Outline Historical/Cultural Themes in Poetry: Week 1 George Ella Lyon Langston Hughes Felix Morisseau-Leroy Pablo Neruda Headline Poetry Creating meaning - multiple messages: Week 2 Emily Dickinson William Butler Yeats E.E. Cummings Fire and Ice Shel Silverstein

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared. The Rose that Grew from Concrete