Introduction to Poetry Components of a poem Lines

Introduction to Poetry Components of a poem • Lines • Stanza • Figurative Language • Rhyme Scheme • Alliteration • Consonance • Assonance • Onomatopoeia

Lines • Most poems are written in lines. • How many lines does this poem have? 1 2 3 4 soft 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2

Stanza • A group of lines in a poem is called a stanza. • Stanzas separate ideas in a poem. They act like paragraphs. 1 2 • How many stanzas does this poem have? 3 soft

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Two or more words which match in the same last sound. Example: hat, cat, mat, sat Find the rhyming words in this poem. soft

. Rhyme within a line of poetry. My Pet Germs For example, the poem My Pet Germs by Kenn Nesbitt contains an internal rhyme on the third line of each stanza I have a half a billion germs I keep as tiny pets. They're cute and clean and never mean and give me no regrets. They spend all day engaged in play upon my skin and hair. They're on my clothes, between my toes and in my underwear. They dance and shout and bounce about. They run and jump and slide. My epidermis teems with germs who party on my hide. I never fret about the pets inside my shirt and socks. I love them there but wonder where they keep their litter box? --Kenn Nesbitt

The pattern of the last words in the lines rhyme. My Cat Goes Flying My cat goes flying through the air a from over here to over there. a He lands and runs back, and then b goes flying through the air again. b Video example: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=j. Z 1 Nb. MTir-c

The repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line. Example: How much dew would a dewdrop if a dewdrop did drop dew? Find the alliteration in this poem. soft Video example: http: //www. youtube. com/w atch? v=Zhr. Y 5 ZCYtl. U

The repetition of consonant sounds. Examples: I dropped the locket in thick mud. The dove moved above the waves.

The repetition of vowel sounds. Examples: I made my way to the lake. Hear the mellow wedding bells.

Words that imitate the sounds of what they represent. Examples: growl, hiss, pop, boom, crack,

Let’s see what this looks like in a poem. Noise Day by Shel Silverstein Let’s have one day for girls and boyses When you can make the grandest noises. Screech, scream, holler, and yell – Onomatopoeia Buzz a buzzer, clang a bell, Sneeze – hiccup – whistle – shout, Laugh until your lungs wear out, Toot a whistle, kick a can, Bang a spoon against a pan, Sing, yodel, bellow, hum, Blow a horn, beat a drum, Rattle a window, slam a door, Scrape a rake across the floor. .

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