1. Poetry

2. Where Were You Yesterday? Prose
Yesterday it rained, and I stood out in it hoping by chance that you’d just happen to come outside. But I knew that if you did come out, we’d never be like we were before. Maybe it’s a good thing you didn’t come out. Besides who comes out in the rain anymore just to talk?

3. Where Were You Yesterday? Poetry
Yesterday it rained
and I stood out in it
hoping
by chance
that you’d just happen to come outside.
But I knew that if you did come out,
we’d never be like we were before.
Maybe it’s a good thing
you didn’t come out.
Besides
who comes out in the rain
anymore
just to talk?

4. Prose Vs. Poetry No rhyme Rhymed/Unrhymed 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

5. Poetry Vocabulary
Formula poetry -Poems that must follow certain guidelines (and, most of the time, a certain rhyme scheme) to be classified as a particular kind of poem
Rhyme Scheme-Pattern made by how poem rhymes at the end of a line-letters assigned to lines according to end rhyme

6. Poetry Vocabulary
Alliteration-Repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words in a poem (ex. My mom made my Monday more magnificent.)
Onomatopoeia-Words that imitate sounds (ex. pow, bang, pop)
Enjambment-Continuation of a complete thought/idea from one line to the next

7. Poetry Vocabulary
Assonance-Repetition of the same sounds in a line (ex. Saul was filled with awe over Mardi Gras.)
End Rhyme-How poem rhymes at the ends of lines
Stanza-Lines of poetry that form a division in the poem

8. Poetry Vocabulary
Idiom-Words are not meant to be taken word for word (ex. You are pulling my leg.)
Literal -Words are meant to be taken word for word
Tone-Emotion or feelings author felt or wants audience to feel while reading poem (aka mood)

9. “I Can’t Write a Poem” poem
Forget it.
You must be kidding.
I’m still half asleep.
My eyes keep closing.
My brain isn’t working.
I don’t have a pencil.
I don’t have any paper.
My desk is wobbly.
I don’t know what to write about.
And besides, I don’t even know how to write a poem.
I’ve got a headache. I need to see the nurse.
Time’s up? Uh oh!
All I have is this dumb list of excuses.
You like it? Really? No kidding.
Thanks a lot.
Would you like to see another one.
-Bruce Lansky

10. Irritating Sayings Isn’t it about time you thought about bed?
It must be somewhere
You speak to him Harold, he won’t listen to me.
Who do you think I am?
You’d better ask your father
It’s late enough as it is
Don’t eat with your mouth open.
In this day and age
Did anybody ask your opinion
I remember when I was a boy
And after all we do for you
You’re not talking to your school friends now, you know
Why don’t you do it the proper way
I’m only trying to tell you
What did I just say?
Now, wrap up warm

11. Irritating Sayings (cont’d)
B-E-D spells bed
Sit up straight and don’t gobble your food
For the five hundredth time
Don’t let me ever see you do that again
Have you made your bed?
Can’t you look further than your nose?
No more lip
Have you done your homework?
Because I say so
Don’t come those fancy ways here
Any more and you’ll be in bed
My, haven’t you grown
Some day I won’t be here, then you’ll see
A chair’s for sitting on
You shouldn’t need telling at your age
Want, want, want, that’s all you ever say

12. 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 clouds A
Like the darkness of the night B
Like the grass beneath the trees C
You stepped into the light… B

13. Rhyme Scheme Practice 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. ______

14. When I look into his eyes, ______ I see the deep blue sea. ______
Rhyme Scheme Practice 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. ______

15. Simile Poem Prejudice by Kimberly Harmon
Prejudice is like the feeling you get
When you’re left out of a game
It is like the music of
A seashell: hollow and distant
It’s when you never reach the front door;
Always being turned away at the first step.

16. Metaphor Line-by-Line Poem The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes (excerpt)
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding-
Riding-riding-
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn door.

17. Simile Line-by-Line Example Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-
Like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

18. Metaphor Poems Line-by-Line Metaphor
Hate is a sore, festering and bubbling on the heart
Hate is a single-leafed tree, its owner weak and alone
Hate is a wilted rose, time has worn it from beauty to wretchedness
Hate is a zit, ready to burst
Hate is the Hulk, small when calm, huge and fierce when agitated
Hate is a snake, it swallows its enemies whole
Hate is a birthday party, it can take you by surprise
Hate is a tree, it stands the test of time
Hate is a rubber band, it will snap when pulled too hard
Hate is a deadly disease, something you don’t want to catch

19. Metaphor Poems Hate is a zit Earned by debris, dirt, oil, grime
Extended Metaphor
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

20. Alliteration Cafeteria Chaos
The line lingers,
My stomach growls.
Tina topples her tray,
And the whole place howls!
Spinach spills!
Pass the paper towels!
Someone pings a pea,
And the fifth grade teacher frowns!
What’s likely at lunch?
Everyone chomps and chows down!

21. Onomatopoeia Poem What Some People Do
Jibber, jabber, gabble, babble
Cackle, clack, and prate,
Twiddle, twaddle, mutter, stutter
Utter, splutter, blate…
Chatter, patter, tattle, prattle,
Chew the rag and crack,
Spiel and spout and spit it out,
Tell the world and quack…
Sniffle, snuffle, drawl and bawl,
Snicker, snort, and snap,
Bark and buzz and yap and yelp,
Chin and chip and chat…

22. Onomatopoeia Poem What Some People Do (cont’d)
Shout and shoot and gargle, gasp,
Gab and gag and groan,
Hem and haw and work the jaw,
Grumble, mumble, moan…
Beef and bellyache and bat,
Say a mouthful, squawk,
That is what some people do
When they merely talk.