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Free-Verse Poetry

Free-Verse Poetry

What is Poetry? • In poetry the sound and meaning of words are combined

What is Poetry? • In poetry the sound and meaning of words are combined to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas. • The poet chooses words carefully. • Poetry is usually written in lines.

What is Free-Verse? • Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed

What is Free-Verse? • Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern • First used in the Bible

Elements of Free-Verse • • • Assonance Alliteration Parallel Structure Imagery Onomatopoeia Cadence

Elements of Free-Verse • • • Assonance Alliteration Parallel Structure Imagery Onomatopoeia Cadence

Assonance • The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds • “My tongue, every

Assonance • The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds • “My tongue, every atom of my blood, formed from this soil…”

Practice assonance • Examine the picture on the right. Write a few lines describing

Practice assonance • Examine the picture on the right. Write a few lines describing what you see, using assonance

Alliteration • The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of

Alliteration • The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables • “I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable”

Practice alliteration • Last names ending in A • Last names ending in N

Practice alliteration • Last names ending in A • Last names ending in N -M: • Write a short description of a small child eating a melting ice cream cone, using alliteration. -Z: • Write a short description of a bull rider getting ready to come out of the chute, using alliteration.

Share your work with a partner!

Share your work with a partner!

Parallel Structure • The repetition of single words or phrases: • “Born here of

Parallel Structure • The repetition of single words or phrases: • “Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same”

Practice parallel structure • Use the words “tightly woven, ” “ugly, ” “hammer, ”

Practice parallel structure • Use the words “tightly woven, ” “ugly, ” “hammer, ” “over, ” and “I think to myself” to write a few lines using parallel structure.

Imagery • The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or

Imagery • The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas • Using sensory language to create mental images • “I clutch the rails of the fence, my gore dribs, thinn’d with the ooze of my skin”

Practice imagery • You have thirty seconds to view the picture on the following

Practice imagery • You have thirty seconds to view the picture on the following slide. Then, use imagery to recreate the scene in your own free-verse poem.

Onomatopoeia • The formation or use of words such as buzz or bang that

Onomatopoeia • The formation or use of words such as buzz or bang that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

Practice onomatopoeia • A poem titled “When Carly Eats Spaghetti” is on the following

Practice onomatopoeia • A poem titled “When Carly Eats Spaghetti” is on the following slide. As you read it, write down words that are examples of onomatopoeia.

“When Carly Eats Spaghetti” When Carly eats spaghetti, She chomps and gobbles and slurps,

“When Carly Eats Spaghetti” When Carly eats spaghetti, She chomps and gobbles and slurps, The spaghetti disappears with a whoosh Sauce slapping and smacking Round her chops. She scrapes the toast round the plate Crunching, grinding every mouthful. She burps, gurgles and leaves the table!

Cadence • The rhythmic rising and falling of the voice when speaking or reading

Cadence • The rhythmic rising and falling of the voice when speaking or reading poetry.

Practice cadence • Listen to the following speech by Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American

Practice cadence • Listen to the following speech by Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to Congress. Notice her use of cadence. Click on link below to hear speech. • http: //www. history. com/medi a. do? action=clip&id=speech _48

Examples of Free-Verse • Walt Whitman- “Walt Whitman”

Examples of Free-Verse • Walt Whitman- “Walt Whitman”

Examples of Free-Verse • Dylan Thomas- “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”

Examples of Free-Verse • Dylan Thomas- “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”

Examples of Free-Verse • Marianne Moore- “The Fish”

Examples of Free-Verse • Marianne Moore- “The Fish”

Examples of Free-Verse • Langston Hughes- “I, Too, Sing America”

Examples of Free-Verse • Langston Hughes- “I, Too, Sing America”

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