POETRY Forms Structure Meaning and Connections Poetry is

POETRY!! Forms, Structure, Meaning, and Connections

�Poetry is a type of literature, or artistic writing, that tries to make a connection with a reader's imagination or emotions. �The poet does this by carefully choosing and arranging language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. �Some poems, such as nursery rhymes, are simple and humorous, but others can be very long and complex. What is Poetry?

Has a focused purpose Paints a picture Recreates a feeling Tells a story Captures a moment Includes a lot of sensory details- so readers can: See, hear, smell, taste, and feel something. Uses strong verbs and precise nouns Employs a lot of figurative language: Simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, idioms, and hyperbole Uses different poetic devices Rhythm, repetition, verse, meter Characteristics of a Poem

�There are five common structural elements found in poetry: ◦ Verse ◦ Meter ◦ Rhythm ◦ Repetition/Refrain ◦ Rhyme Structural Elements of Poetry

� Verse is: � A line of a poem � A poem � Poetry in general, especially metrical poetry. Ex. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. ” “The woods look lovely against the setting darkness and as I gaze into the mysterious depths of the forest, I feel like lingering here longer. However, I have pending appointments to keep and much distance to cover before I settle in for the night or else I will be late for all of them. ” What is verse?

� Rhythm in poetry is the sound and feel created by the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables, usually repeated, in a poem. � You probably know that, in music, the rhythm of a song is the “beat, ” often created by instruments such as drums. Unlike a song, poems don’t have a drummer or conductor establishing the rhythm. Instead, the rhythm is set by the “stresses” or “accents” in the words themselves. � In most words that have more than one syllable, one of the syllables is pronounced more strongly than the others. We say that this syllable is “stressed” or “accented. ” For example, the word “apple” has two syllables – ap-ple – and the first syllable is pronounced more strongly than the second. That’s why the word is pronounced “AP-pull” and not “ap-PULL. ” What is rhythm in poetry?

�If a word has just a single syllable, that syllable might be stressed, or it might not be. Generally, short words like “a” and “I” and “the” are not stressed. Nouns and verbs (things and action words), on the other hand are often stressed, even when they are just one syllable long. So, for example, words like “cat” and “jump” are stressed syllables. �The easiest way to tell if a word is stressed or not is to put it in a sentence and then read it aloud. Listen carefully to how you pronounce it to see if you can tell which words or syllables are stressed and which ones aren’t. What is rhythm in poetry?

�Meter is ◦ Rhythmical patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry, so basically it is the rhythm of a poem. Ex. My mother ate an apple and my father ate a pear. my MOTH-er ATE an AP-ple AND my FATH-er ATE a PEAR. What is meter?

� Repetition is using the same word, phrase, line, or stanza two or more times in a poem. ◦ Ex. I’m nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody too? Then there’s a pair of us-don’t tell! They’d banish us you know. � Refrain is a phrase, line, or stanza that is repeated throughout a poem, often after each stanza. ◦ Ex. The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster… Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn’t hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster. What is repetition, or refrain?

�Rhyme is having the same sound at the end of two or more words. ◦ Ex. pine / fine nickel / pickle ability / fragility garbage/tail What is rhyme?