1. Poetry Poetry Stuff to Know

2. Prose Vs. Poetry No rhyme No pattern/rhythm No line division Can use images Can target emotions Divisions are paragraphs Rhymed/Unrhymed Follows a beat/has rhythm Line division Uses images to focus on a particular idea Targets emotions through use of images Divisions are stanzas

3. Structure Lines Stanza Couplet Tercet Quatrain ORGANIZATION of Poetry

4. Lines Stanza Similar to a sentence in a paragraph Lines create the stanza Group of lines of poetry that are similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces A paragraph of poetry It states and develops a single main idea

5. Couplet Two lines of a verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit When the sunny skies turn from blue to gray, I can't help but wonder just what you would say? I wonder if you know how many lives you have touched, Do you know that people here love you so much? -One More © Maranda G. BriceOne More

6. Tercet A set or group of three lines in a verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent tercet Every one young or old Needs someone to listen As their stories are told The difference is yours to make A minute from your busy day Is all it would take - A Minute © Patricia A. GordonA Minute

7. Quatrain A stanza of four lines; one having alternate rhymes With a symphony of colors Spread on her wings, She strolls in the garden With a light footprint. She smile to the flowers, She flew by the pond, And freshen her breath By kissing the rose. - The Butterfly © Andres Diaz The Butterfly

8. Rhyme Imagery Alliteration Repetition Tone Mood Meter Poetic Elements

9. Rhyme Repetition of sounds at the ends of words. Poets use rhyme to lend a song-like quality to their verses and to emphasize certain words or ideas Many poems contain end-rhymes or rhyming words at the ends of lines

10. Internal Rhyme When a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary. -From “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

11. Rhyme Scheme Pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem. You can identify the rhyme scheme in stanzas by looking at the last word in the line and assigning letters to the rhyming words Example: Like the sun behind the cloudsA Like the darkness of the nightB Like the grass beneath the treesC You stepped into the light…B

12. 1. I knew I’d have to grow up sometime,______ That my childhood memories would end,______ But a spark within me died,______ When I lost my imaginary friend. ______ 2. As the sun set and the moon came, ______ I looked out the window in dread and shame. ______ The sound of birds rose from the sky, ______ I waved my hand and bid goodbye. Rhyme Scheme Practice

13. 3. When I look into his eyes,______ I see the deep blue sea.______ I hope my love never dies,______ That he’ll always be there for me.______ 4. And here ends the saga______ Of writers who have grown.______ We’re successful authors,______ Now we will be unknown.______

14. Imagery Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the 5 senses Poets often paint images, or word pictures, that also appeal to your senses Writers use imagery to describe how their subjects look, sound, feel, taste, and smell These pictures help you experience the poem fully

15. Idiom Words are not meant to be taken word for word Example: You are pulling my leg. It’s raining cats and dogs.

16. Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant sounds Writers use this to draw attention to certain words or ideas to imitate sounds and to create musical effects

17. Meter Arrangement of a line of poetry by the rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater Had a wife and Couldn’t keep her. Meter – 4 syllables per line Meter – 4 syllables per line

18. Tone WRITER’s attitude toward his or her audience and subject Often be described by an adjective such as formal or informal, serious or playful, bitter or ironic Factors that contribute to the tone are word choice, sentence structure, line length, rhyme, rhythm, and repetition

19. Mood Feeling created in the READER by a literary work or passage Similar to tone

20. Consonance Assonance Repetition of consonants in a line-not at the beginning (ex. Sue was passing Art class.) Repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line (ex. Saul was filled with awe over Mardi Gras.)

21. Formal Verse Free Verse Lyric Poetry Narrative Poetry Ballads Epic Poetry Dramatic Poetry Types of Poetry

22. Extended Metaphor Extended Metaphor (also called a Conceit) Hate is a zit Earned by debris, dirt, oil, grime Kicked into a face By a filthy world It begins beneath the surface Then pokes out its disgusting head Makes the face turn red And grows and grows Until finally It explodes Poems that compare two separate things throughout an entire poem Poems that compare two separate things throughout an entire poem The poem extends the comparison through multiple lines. The poem extends the comparison through multiple lines.

23. Free Verse Poetry that is open to pattern and is recognized as non-conforming and rhyme-less verse Poetry without rules! It doesn't have to rhyme It doesn’t have a specific arrangement of the words in the poems (meter) FVP is not just random thoughts written on paper The poet makes up the rules for each free verse poem.

24. 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. Notice that the first stanza has only two lines, while the second stanza has four. Also, the author used imagery in describing fog as a cat. If writing poetry leaves you feeling awkward, remind yourself that it need not be long, labored, or detailed

25. Lyric Poetry Highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker Creates single unified impression

26. Narrative Poetry Story told in verse Narrative poems often have all the elements of short stories including characters, conflict, and plot

27. “The Lie” Mother is in the hospital for an operation and Grandma Sanderson has come to take care of us. She’s strict. If I’m two minutes late from play, she grips my wrist tightly and swings me to a chair to think about it. I skin my knee and get a deep cut. She looks worried. “When you go to school, ask the nurse what to do.” On the way home, I remember I’ve forgotten. I know this is more serious than being late from play. I imagine a spanking, early to bed for a week, or extra work on Saturday. She asks me what the nurse said. “Wash it very carefully with soap and water, dry it, put on vaseline and then place a band-aid over the top.” (That’s what Mother would have said, except she’d use iodine which stings.) -Donald Graves

28. Sonnet The Shakespearean sonnet has the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, forming three stanzas (four lines in a group) and a closing couplet (two rhymed lines). It is written in iambic pentameter (ten syllables - 5 unstressed and 5 stressed Shakespearean sonnet is brought to a punchy resolution in the final couplet.

29. Epic Poetry Heroic poetry Poetry celebrating the deeds of a hero

30. Dramatic Poetry A verse or verses which are written to be spoken, usually by a character invented by the author himself. As opposed to lyric and narrative poetry, dramatic poetry is narrated by the characters themselves. The term is also used to refer to plays written in verse, such as most of Shakespeare's plays. The term is also used to refer to plays written in verse, such as most of Shakespeare's plays.

31. “I Am” Poem I am(Two special characteristics the person or thing has) I wonder(something the person or thing could actually be curious about) I hear(an imaginary or actual sound) I see(an imaginary or actual sight) I want(a desire) I am(the first line of the poem is repeated) I pretend(something the person or thing could actually pretend to do) I feel(a feeling about the imaginary) I touch(an imaginary touch) I worry(something that could really bother the person or thing) I cry(something that could make the person or thing sad) I am(the first line of the poem is repeated) I understand (something the person or thing knows to be true) I say(something the person or thing believes in) I dream(something the person or thing could actually dream about) I try(something the person or thing could make an effort to do) I hope(something the person or thing could hope for) I am(the first line of the poem repeated)