1. Elements of Poetry

2. Characteristics of Poetry-
Poetry uses concise, rhythmic, and emotionally charged language.
The language of poetry emphasizes the re-creation of experiences..

3. Important Poetic Parts
Stanza
is a group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit. Types of stanzas include:
Couplet: 2-line Sestet: 6-lin
Quatrain: 4-line Octave: 8-line
Cinquain: 5-line
Structure: Line length, fonts, word placement, use of white space
Dialect/Slang-
A language spoken by people of particular region or group “I’m fixin’ to leave”

4. Concepts in Meaning Figurative Language: Simile: Metaphor:
is meant to be interpreted imaginatively.
Simile, metaphor, personification and imagery
Simile:
a comparison between two unlike things using “like or as”.
Metaphor:
compares 2 unlike things. Metaphors say that one thing IS another.
Her home is a prison.

5. Rhyme scheme: Repetition:
is a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. Lower case letters are used to indicate the pattern.
Ex: aabba
Repetition:
refers to sound, words, phrases or lines that are used more than once.
Idiom: A phrase or saying not based on the literal meaning of the words but used to express a thought or concept in a descriptive manner.

6. Words create a feeling of sadness.
Mood
Poor
by Myra Livingston
I heard of poor.
It means hungry, no food.
No shoes, no place to live,
Nothing good.
It means winter nights
And being cold,
It is lonely, alone.
Feeling old.
Poor is a tired face.
Poor is thin.
Poor is standing
Looking in.
Mood is a feeling that a poem creates in the reader.
Poets creates the mood with the length of sentences, the words chose, punctuation, and the sounds of the words.
Short words and lines create a serious mood.
Words create a feeling of sadness.

7. TOne
Tone is the attitude a writer takes toward the subject or audience of a poem.
The Crocodile
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the water of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!
The subject of the poem is crocodiles. The author’s attitude towards crocodiles is that they are dangerous.

8. Connotation
•attitudes and feelings associated with a word as opposed to a word’s literal meaning.
•“He is a real snake in the grass.”= evil or dangerous
Risk (accident or ticket)

9. Denotation
•the literal meaning of a word, the "dictionary definition.”
even without words, we recognize the meaning from the shape and color
Snake: any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles.

10. Imagery/Sensory language:
Personification:
gives human characteristics or qualities to animals, ideas or lifeless objects.
Imagery/Sensory language:
appeals to the 5 senses.
Theme:
is the central idea in the work.
Ex: love, compassion

11. Hyperbole: Allusion: Symbol: is exaggeration for effect.
is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.
EX: “His wife was his Achilles' heel.”
His wife is his weakness
Symbol:
is anything that stands for something else.
They are usually concrete images that represent ideas.
*Dove represents Peace

12. Concepts of Sound Rhyme: Near Rhyme:
is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
Near Rhyme:
are words that almost rhyme.
They don’t have the same amount of syllables
Ex: men--again so--aglow whey—away
Assonance:
is the repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning of words.
Ex: Adam ate a lot of apples

13. Alliteration: Rhythm: Onomatopoeia:
is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
Rhythm:
is the pattern of stresses, or beats in spoken or written language.
Onomatopoeia:
is the use of words that imitate sounds.