Types of Poetry: Lyric & Narrative Power Point #3

Lyric Poetry - Characteristics The most common form of poetry The most common form of poetry Most poetry we think of is lyric poetry Most poetry we think of is lyric poetry Focuses on a single idea or image Focuses on a single idea or image expresses the thoughts & feelings of a poet expresses the thoughts & feelings of a poet Can rhyme or be in free verse Can rhyme or be in free verse It does NOT tell a story portraying characters and their actions It does NOT tell a story portraying characters and their actions Originated from an ancient Greek form of poetry that was accompanied by a musical instrument, usually a lyre Originated from an ancient Greek form of poetry that was accompanied by a musical instrument, usually a lyre Very musical sounding words create a pleasant harmonious effect Very musical sounding words create a pleasant harmonious effect Music is composed of song lyrics Music is composed of song lyrics Page Examples Types of Lyric Poetry Songs Sonnets Ode Hymn Elegy Haiku Cinquain Free Verse Concrete

Lyric Poetry “ My Shadow ” by Robert Louis Stevenson I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow-- Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball, And he sometimes goes so little that there's none of him at all. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close behind me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

Lyric Poetry - Free Verse Free Verse is poetry that usually doesn’t have regular rhythms, rhyme patterns, or stanzas. Free Verse is poetry that usually doesn’t have regular rhythms, rhyme patterns, or stanzas. It sounds more like conversational speech. It sounds more like conversational speech. Free verse can be compared to a song that doesn’t rhyme. There can still be a musical quality if the poet chooses. Free verse can be compared to a song that doesn’t rhyme. There can still be a musical quality if the poet chooses. Poet can express feelings, emotions, and ideas in an imaginative way. Poet can express feelings, emotions, and ideas in an imaginative way. It can be about serious or humorous subjects. It can be about serious or humorous subjects.

Free Verse - Examples “Fog” By Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. “Infant Joy” By William Blake “I have no name; I am but two days old.” What shall I call thee? “I happy am, Joy is my name,” Sweet joy befall thee! Pretty joy! Sweet joy, but two days old. Sweet joy I call thee: Thou dost smile, I sing the while; Sweet joy befall thee!

NARRATIVE POETRY It tells a story It tells a story Has characters, setting & plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution). Has characters, setting & plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution). It is written in verse It is written in verse May or may not rhyme May or may not rhyme Ideas are organized in stanzas Ideas are organized in stanzas Kinds of Narrative Poetry Epic Ballad

Narrative Poetry Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door; Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore,. For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, Nameless here forevermore. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me---filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, “ 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door, Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. This it is, and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is, I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you." Here I opened wide the door;-- Darkness there, and nothing more. “THE RAVEN” By Edgar Allan Poe (1845) Notice how the poem even starts out like a story…”Once upon…” This is just a small section of the poem, but if you were to go through the whole thing you would be able to fill in a plot diagram with exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

Narrative Poetry – The Ballad A specific type of narrative poem A specific type of narrative poem Based on ancient customs of telling stories in songs Based on ancient customs of telling stories in songs Subject is usually an adventure, a romance, or dramatic event Subject is usually an adventure, a romance, or dramatic event Told in a serious, formal way Told in a serious, formal way Repetition & elaborate language give it a song-like quality Repetition & elaborate language give it a song-like quality Ballad Poems are poems that tell a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain. Ballad Poems are poems that tell a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain. Example of a Ballad: “The Wreck of the Hesperus” (pg 818) 80s Love Ballads (songs)

Plot Pyramid Review Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution Can you identify setting? Characters? Dialogue?