1. Poetry: Organization & Sound Devices

2. How a Poem is Organized
Stanzas: an arrangement of lines, forming a division of a poem; (like a paragraph in prose writing, but not indented)
Lines: a single row of writing; pausing at the end of a line is NOT expected.
Style: aka “form”; how a poem is written.
Example: haiku, epic, etc.

3. Stanzas and Lines

4. Stanzas and Lines

5. Sound Devices
Rhyme
Rhythm
Repetition
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia

6. Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
Example:
It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day;
The score stood two to four, with but an inning left to play.
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of which lines rhyme. It is labeled with letters.

7. Identify the rhyme scheme

8. Rhythm is a pattern of stressed (‘) and unstressed ( ) syllables.
Example:
Rhythm gives the poem a song-like “beat”.

9. Repetition
Repetition is the repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or line to emphasize something in a poem.
Example:
For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.

10. Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Example:
Crusts of black burned buttered toast,
Gristly bits of beefy roasts…
- Shel Silverstein, “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out”

11. Onomatopoeia is the use of words whose sounds echo their meanings.
Examples:
Buzz, whisper, gargle, murmur
“Bong! Bong! Bong!The bell sounded over and over again.”
-Piri Thomas, “Amigo Brothers”