POETRY

What is poetry????? Poetry- A piece of writing used to convey images, feelings and emotions. Poetry can appear in many different forms. Can be short or long. Poetry CAN rhyme, but does not have to.

What is Figurative Language? Figurative Language- Language enriched by word meanings and figures of speech The OPPOSITE of a literal meaning. The poet is trying to make you “figure” something out.

Figurative Language Alliteration- repeating the same beginning sounds throughout the lines of a poem Ex.: I hear the l ake water l apping with l ow sounds by the shore... Symbolism- using a sign, word, sound or object to represent a thing, quality or idea

Figurative Language Personification- giving human qualities to things that are not human, like animals or trees or rivers. Ex- The wind whistled through the trees Bugs Bunny Onomatopoeia- word that imitates the sound it represents Ex- Buzz, Tap, Zip

Figurative Language Metaphor- compares two different things without like or as Ex.: For ever since that time you went away I've been a rabbit burrowed in the wood Simile- compares two different things using like or as (sometimes than) Ex.: Joe is like an old bull He is as cunning as a fox

Figurative Language Hyperbole- figure of speech which is an exaggeration - I nearly died laughing - I tried a thousand times You’re so… jokes - My dog is so uglyI have to tie a $100 bill on it so people will pet it! -My aunt is so fat you have to take 2 trains and a bus to get on her good side.

Figurative Language Allusion- When a piece of work refrences something that is popular in pop culture or from another movie or book.

Poetic Elements Refrain- Repetition of a word or phrase Lines- ONE line of a poem Stanza- One of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines.

Poetic Elements Rhyme Scheme- The pattern in which the last word of the lines of a poem rhyme. The first rhyming sound is labeled as “A”. The second rhyming sound is labeled “B” and so on and so forth. Example: Roses are red (A) Violets are blue (B) Sugar is sweet(C) And so are you(B) Our love is dead…

Forms of Poetry As mentioned earlier, poetry can appear in many different forms. These are the following forms that we will study in class: - Haiku - Free Verse - Limerick - Sonnet - Ballad or Narrative Poetry

Haiku a three line poem, typically dealing with nature; 17 total syllables in a pattern Originated in Japan

Examples of Haiku The red blossom bends and drips its dew to the ground. Like a tear it falls on the Chinese vase the flowers retain brightness - - pouring out water.

Limericks a humorous form consisting on five lines. Lines 1, 2 and 5 are long and they all rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 are short and they rhyme. Rhyme scheme is AABBA Typically start with “There once was…” Originated in Ireland

Example of a Limerick There was a farmer from Leeds, Who ate six packets of seeds, It soon came to pass, He was covered with grass, And he couldn't sit down for the weeds!

Example of a Limerick There was a young hunter named Shepherd Who was eaten for lunch by a leopard. Said the leopard, "Egad! You'd be tastier, lad If you had been salted and peppered!"

Sonnet a 14 line poem with a set rhyme scheme and metrical pattern Made famous by William Shakespeare A typical line of a sonnet has ten syllables and is written in Iambic Pentameter. This means that every other syllable is accented, so it sounds sing-songy A basic Rhyme Scheme For a Shakespearean Sonnet is as follows: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

Ballad or Narrative Poetry A ballad is a Narrative Poem (tells a story) and can be sung, but doesn’t have to be. Often times has a refrain or some sort of repetition Usually rhymes in some way, but there is not set rhyming pattern. An example of a ballad is “Casey at The Bat” By Ernest Thayer

Free Verse no set pattern; may or may not include rhyme Usually follows some sort of metrical pattern, but doesn’t have to