FIRESIDE POETS Americas First Famous Poets FIRESIDE POETRY

FIRESIDE POETS America’s First Famous Poets

FIRESIDE POETRY America’s first poets Named after the meter, rhyme, and form which made them easy to read aloud and memorize. Students would recite the poems in school. The fireside poets are also known as schoolroom poets. William Cullen Bryant

TECHNIQUES USED IN POETRY Poems communicate an idea or tell a story using more implicit or implied methods. These techniques are called poetic devices.

THEME The insight into human experience. Theme is the “moral” or overall meaning of the story. Themes are rarely directly stated in literature. Theme is more than a single word; it’s a statement.

METAPHOR A figure of speech that makes a comparison between to unlike things. That old lady is a crabby apple.

SIMILE A figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. Helen thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore.

PRACTICING SIMILES Imagine you are a poet who is packing a picnic. As you pack your apple you say, “That apple is as green as a grasshopper. ” Next you pack a submarine sandwich that’s as big as a baseball bat. What else will you pack? What comparison will you make?

PERSONIFICATION A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. The ocean threw the swimmers onto the shore.

ONOMATOPOEIA � Words that imitate sounds. � Buzz, pop, bang, brrr � How many examples of onomatopoeia can you find in the video? � http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=8 TJJJ 7 Flu 28

REPETITION Alliteration- the repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together. Assonance- the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words close together.

METER The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Iambic pentameter is the most common with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable repeated five times per line. Along the sea-sands damp and brown

RHYME SCHEME The sequence in which the rhyme occurs. Each line is given a designated letter to represent which words should rhyme. These letters create a pattern. A B B A C C

EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT How many six line poems can you create using the ABC rhyme scheme? (It’s not as simple as you think. )

STANZA A grouping of lines often split like paragraphs.

JOURNAL #4 Write about a time that you experienced or witnessed someone do something that others said could not be accomplished. What was the result of the accomplishment? What lesson can be learned from situations like these?

ETYMOLOGY The study of words www. etymonline. com www. dictionary. com Make sure to know the roots for numbers 37, 68, 89, 105, 110, 139, 162, 169, 175 and 194. Root word handout assignment. You will need internet access. Page 193 #1 -5 (Re-read the poem as needed to prepare for the quiz. )