Elements of Poetry is a form of expression

+ Elements of Poetry is: • a form of ________ expression • ________ intense experiences Poetry is not ______. Prose is: • ordinary _______ people use in speaking or writing

+ Distinguishing Characteristics of Poetry n Unlike _______ which has a narrator, _____ has a speaker. n A ________, or voice, talks to the reader. The speaker is not necessarily the poet. It can also be a fictional person, an animal or even a thing n Poetry is also formatted differently from prose. n A ____ is a word or row of words that may or may not form a complete sentence. n A ____ is a group of lines in a poem. The stanzas in a poem are separated by a space.

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

Write your prose here on the topic of childhood. Turn your prose into poetry using the box below.

+ Rhyme n ____ is the repetition of the same stressed vowel sound any succeeding sounds in two or more words. n Red, bed, said, Ted, etc… n ________ occurs within a line of n ________ occurs at the end of lines. n ________ is the pattern of end poetry. rhymes that may be designated by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme

+ Rhyme Scheme n ____ 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 n Example: Like the sun behind the ____ A Like the darkness of the night B Like the grass beneath the trees C You stepped into the ____ … B

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 bid goodbye. ______

+ 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. ______

+ Enjambment n ________ at the end of the line in which the meaning runs from one poetic line to the next (run on). T. S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland” April is the cruelest month, _______ Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, …. William Carlos Williams’s “Between Walls” is one sentence broken into 10 enjambed lines:

Acrostic + n A poem that ________________. Scary Curious Humiliating Open Opportunity Laughter

+ Challenge. . . n E N G L I S H Come up with the BEST acrostic poem for the word, English. Be ready to share!

+ Blackout Poetry The basic idea behind blackout poetry is that the poet takes a found ________ (newspaper clipping, page of a book, article, etc. ) and crosses out a majority of the existing text, leaving visible only the words that compose and original poem; thereby revealing an entirely new work of literature ____ from an existing one. The striking imagery or design of the text and the ______ readable text work together to form a new piece of visual poetry. Pretty cool, right?

+ Chain poem Chain Poem A chain poem uses the ________ of a line as the beginning of a new line. A race against time Everlasting truth Time that we do not have Truth isn’t always said Have the patience to deal Deal with the all of the bad Said one thing, but meant another Another web of lies Lies that cost too much Bad things in life are inescapable Much of what we say is always Inescapable but not everlasting. criticized Criticized by people that do the same.

+ Cinquain n five line poem (1 noun, 2 adjectives, 3 _______, full sentence, 1 _______) Money Green, desirable Earning, sharing, stealing It is the necessary evil of the world. Wealth

+ n. Compose a cinquain using the one of the following words: love, hate, friendship, or family.

Concrete + n A poem that focuses on the ____ aspect of poetry, thus creating a ____.

+ Elegy An Elegy is a sad and thoughtful poem __________ the n ____ of a person. The Stone Alone in a meadow in the pouring rain I find the stone that causes all my pain, As I stumble through the fog in disbelief I fall down upon my knees and sob in grief The fog horn cries her mournful sound As my heart falls down, beneath the ground Crying out to God for mercy all in vain To take away the stone that bears your name --Elaine George

+ Epitaph ____ poem, saying or other message on a _________ in memory of a n. A deceased person.

+ Free Verse is a type of poetry that exhibits very little ________. It does not rhyme but rather “flows. ” It is not story-like with complete sentences but ____ like the following: Nightmare A thought, or is it reality Mysterious happenings Seeking to be let out Scary beyond all measures Falling into darkness Only finding …morning

Let’s write one together. Contribute + a line! Tomorrow

+ Work collaboratively with your group to construct a Free Verse poem over your given topic. EACH group member must contribute at least one line!

+ Haiku A Haiku is a _______ poem that follows a specific pattern. Haikus traditionally deal with subjects associated with ____ or natural things. - the first line must be five ________the second line must be seven syllables- the third line must be five syllables (_______rule) Examples: The whisper of wind Here today, here tomorrow Always Everywhere. Yellow lines white lines It shouldn't be quite so hard To stay in between Curving up, then down. Meeting blue sky and green earth Melding sun and rain.

+ You try! Fill in the two five syllable lines. *Fill in the seven syllable line. *Fill in the two five syllable lines. It was the first time ______________ ___ The wind sang a mournful song ______________ Beautiful escape

+ Limerick A limerick poem is one in which the first, ________, and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 8 or 9). The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same amount of syllables. Limericks often start with the line "There once was a. . . " or "There was a. . . ” and are typically funny/ _________! Example of an _________ syllable limerick: There once was a girl on the bus So cute she made Christopher fuss He gave her a look Got smacked with a book It hurt him so bad that he cussed.

+ Poetry Slam n Written on a page but _______ for an audience be ______ Powerful message n Can n Rhythmic pattern n _________ (emotions are apparent) Explaining My Depression to My Mother: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=aqu 4 ez. LQE UA

In your + upcoming journals, you’ll be required to react, reflect, and respond to poetry slams. Sample response:

+ Ode n. A poem that ________ a subject; a tribute to an object, ____ or event Ode to Whataburger: https: //www. y outube. com/w atch? v=8 WK Qimd. Jsoc

+ n To repeat one’s lovely self twice daily Sonnet A form of poetry that was created during the renaissance. ____ sonnets consist of 14 lines; three, four line stanzas (quatrains) accompanied by a ________ (couplets) closing stanza. The rhyming scheme for an English Sonnet is: abab cdcd efef gg And to tell the time is quite the ticket; While grinding your shining gears quite gaily Within ticking metal so intricate. It just takes some time and its’ dictation To fuel your ever-working little hands Silently counting the world’s rotations As wind blows hard upon the dusty sands. A clever guardian of all that breathes And of everything that’s rightly true; An invisible sower of the seeds But will you choose to see tomorrow through? You can erode the world down to the last Teller of future, and keeper of past.

Figurative and Literal Language Literally: words function ____ as defined The car is blue. He caught the football. Figuratively: figure out what it means I’ve got your back. You’re a doll. ^ ____ of Speech

Alliteration refers to ______ of a particular ____ in the first syllables of a series of words and/or phrases. Don't delay dawns disarming display. Dusk demands daylight. Dewdrops dwell delicately drawing dazzling delight. Dewdrops dilute daisies domain. Distinguished debutantes. Diamonds defray delivered daylights distilled daisy dance

Assonance Repetition of ____ sounds typically in the center of a word. Examples “That solitude which suits abstruser musings” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge “Hear the mellow wedding bells. ” — Edgar Allen Poe

Assonance Examples Writers sometimes repeat vowel sounds to reinforce the meaning of the words. It also helps to create moods. Here, the long o sounds ______. Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came. --Carl Sandburg, Early Moon And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my life and my bride. --Edgar Allan Poe, "Annabel Lee"

Consonance Repetition of a _______ sound that is not at the beginning of the word—____ in the middle or end of words. Example The sun goes down “as in guys she gently sways at ease” –Robert Frost The letter was blank, and she didn’t even blink. Sound beside the wood

Sound Devices Review Alliteration is repetition of consonant sounds at the ____ of a word. Assonance is repetition of vowel sounds (typically happens in the ____ of a word). Consonance is repetition of consonant sound at the _____ of words. Trick: Put the words in alphabetical order! beginning Alliteration middle Assonance end Consonance

Allusion An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a ________ to, or representation of, a place, event, ________, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication. I was his Juliet, he my Romeo. When she walked down the hall they parted like the red sea.

Connotation and Denotation Connotation - the emotion or ____ surrounding a word. Denotation - the strict ____ meaning of a word. Example: You may live in a house, but we live in a home.

Epistrophe The repetition of a word at the end of _______ clauses or sentences. Song of Myself By Walt Whitman When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child.

Idiom Idioms are, literally ideas as ________. They develop from older usage, where the words mean something other than their ____ meaning. A chip on your shoulder A slap on the wrist A fair-weather friend A piece of cake

Onomatopoeia The process of ____ or using words that ____ sounds. Buzz Chirp Baah Bang Beep clatter ding