1. Poetic Form and Structure

2. Analyzing Poetic Language
Denotation - words literal meaning....
Connotation - ideas and feelings that words bring to mind...

3. Denotation & Connotation
WORD
DENOTATION
CONNOTATION
sour
a flavor
unpleasant, as in a person
crab
an animal
grumpy, as in a person

4. IMAGERY *SEE *HEAR *TASTE *SMELL *TOUCH
Descriptions that appeal to the five senses.
This helps poets convey what they....
*SEE
*HEAR *TASTE
*SMELL
*TOUCH

5. Analyzing Poetic Form & Structure
Every form of poetry has its own structure. Examples may include:
*Narrative
*Haiku
*Free Verse
*Lyric
*Ballads
*Limericks
*Concrete

6. NARRATIVE POETRY *Poetry that tells a story in verse.
*Narrative poems have elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and characters.

7. HAIKU POETRY
•An three-line Japanese form in unrhymed verse that describes something in nature.
*The first and third lines each have five syllables, and the second line has seven.

8. FREE VERSE *Poetry defined by its lack of structure.
*It has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern. In other words, there are frankly no rules whatsoever!

9. LYRIC POETRY •Poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings
of a single speaker.
*Often in a highly musical verse.

10. BALLADS •Songlike poems that tell folktale-like stories.
*They often deal with adventure or romance.

11. LIMERICKS
*Humorous, rhyming five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme.

12. Limerick Sample
A Tutor A tutor who tooted the flute Tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, “Is it harder to toot, or To tutor two tooters to toot?” -Carolyn Wells

13. CONCRETE POETRY •Poems that are shaped to look like their subjects.
*The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page.