P OETRY U NIT S.C.O.S: 5.01 and 5.02
W ARM - UP : Write a definition for each word in the homograph pairs below: Hair/hare Flour/flower Pail/pale Reign/rein
W HAT IS P OETRY ? It is a way of organized writing that uses lines instead of paragraphs. Elements of Poetry: Form Sound Figurative Language Imagery
E LEMENTS OF P OETRY Form: the way it looks on the page Types of Form: Stanza: groups of lines (4,6,8) Blank Verse: lines have rhythm but do not rhyme Free Verse: lines have no rhythm or rhyme Rhymed: word at the end of some lines rhyme or sound alike Couplet: 2 consecutive lines that rhyme
E LEMENTS OF POETRY Sonnet: 14 lines with a particular rhyme scheme Haiku: a poem of 3 lines with specific syllables in each line (5, 7, 5) and mostly about nature Concrete: a poem that makes a picture on the page Internal rhyme: 2 or more words in the same line rhyme. Ex: The cat in the hat.
S OUND Helps express meaning and emotions Types of Sound : Rhythm : pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables Rhyme : words that sound the same or similar (hat, cat) Alliteration: repeating beginning consonant sounds (big, black bear) Assonance : repeating vowel sounds (the cat in the hat sat on a tac) Onomatopoeia : a word that represents a sound (bang, hiss, pop)
F IGURATIVE L ANGUAGE Language that is NOT meant word for word Types of Figurative Language : Simile : a comparison that uses the words LIKE or AS Metaphor : a comparison that DOES NOT use the words like or as Personification: giving human actions or features to something that is not human, (the stars winked at me) Hyperbole: an exaggeration (He weighs a ton!) Idiom: a phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning. (Hit the books) Oxymoron: opposite or contradictory terms used in a combined form (pretty ugly)
I MAGERY Word or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses “I could taste the sourness of the lemon as it made my lips pucker.”
K INDS OF P OEMS Narrative : poems that tell a story Epic : a long poem about a hero Ballad : a poem that was originally sung (we still call songs ballads) Dramatic: a poem that has a conversation among characters. Think Shakespeare! Lyric: a poem that expresses that poet’s thoughts and feelings
T ODAY IS T UESDAY, S EPTEMBER 7, 2010 Warm-up: Identify the simile in the following example. Copy the lines in this poem and underline the simile in each line.: “ The willow is like an etching, fine lined against the sky. The ginkgo is like a crude sketch, hardly worthy to be signed.”
T ODAY IS W EDNESDAY, S EPTEMBER 8, 2010 Warm-up: In your own words answer the following question: What is a haiku?
H AIKU From the Japanese we have inherited the sensitive yet powerful haiku (high-coo). It is a three-line, seventeen syllable, unrhymed poem about nature. It captures a moment in nature or in life and allows the reader to visualize the scene.
L ETS LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES : An old silent pond (5) A frog jumps into the pond (7) Splash, silence again.(5) Basho What images do you see when you hear this poem?
In the darkest woods (5) A weeping willow tree cries (7) Who made such sadness? (5) G.Lipson What images do you see when you hear this poem? What are the descriptive phrases used in this poem?
L ET ’ S P RACTICE : Take these words and turn them into descriptive phrases: For example: lake can be used like this: A lazy, placid lake. Sun Willow tree Night sky Ocean Beach
T ODAY IS T HURSDAY, S EPTEMBER 9, 2010 Warm-up: Write 2 definitions for each word below: Count Down Fast Fly
T ODAY ’ S A GENDA : Take out your haiku worksheets With a Partner share your haiku’s and answer the following questions together: Does the first line in my poem have 5 syllables? Does the second line in my poem have 7 syllables? Does the last line in my poem have 5 syllables? What is my partner’s haiku about? Are there any mispelled words in my haiku? What changes will you make to make your haiku more descriptive?
F INALIZE H AIKU On a clean sheet of regular or construction paper, re-write your haiku and decorate it. Put you First and Last name, class period, and today’s date on the back of your poem.
T ODAY IS F RIDAY, S EPTEMBER 10, 2010 Warm-up: Write 3 definitions for each homograph: Lap Meter Pound Spell