POETRY POETRY A type of literature that expresses

POETRY

POETRY Ø A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)

POINT OF VIEW IN POETRY POET 4 The poet is the author of the poem. SPEAKER 4 The speaker of the poem is the “narrator” of the poem.

POETRY FORM 4 FORM - the appearance of the words on the page 4 LINE - a group of words together on one line of the poem 4 STANZA - a group of lines arranged together A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day.

Lines and Stanzas Example Rain by Shel Silverstein I opened my eyes And looked up at the rain, And it dripped in my head And flowed into my brain, And all that I hear as I lie in my bed Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head. I step very softly, I walk very slow, I can't do a handstand-I might overflow, So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said-I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head.

SOUND EFFECTS

RHYTHM 4 The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem 4 Rhythm can be seen with repetition or the number of syllables in the poem.

RHYME 4 Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds. 4 (A word always rhymes with itself. ) LAMP STAMP á Share the short “a” vowel sound á Share the combined “mp” consonant sound

END RHYME 4 A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line Hector the Collector Collected bits of string. Collected dolls with broken heads And rusty bells that would not ring.

ONOMATOPOEIA 4 Words that imitate the sound it represents BUZZ Can you think of any other examples?

ALLITERATION 4 Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

REFRAIN 4 A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem. 4 Refrain by Allen Ginsberg The air is dark, the night is sad, I lie sleepless and I groan. Nobody cares when a man goes mad: He is sorry, God is glad. Shadow changes into bone. Every shadow has a name; When I think of mine I moan, I hear rumors of such fame. Not for pride, but only shame, Shadow changes into bone. When I blush I weep for joy, And laughter drops from me like a stone: The aging laughter of the boy To see the ageless dead so coy. Shadow changes into bone.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

SIMILE 4 A comparison of two things using “like, as than, ” or “resembles. ” 4 “She is as beautiful as a sunrise. ”

METAPHOR 4 A direct comparison of two unlike things 4 Examples: – Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children. – Laughter is the music of the soul. – The test was a walk in the park.

Idiom 4 An expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says. 4 Ex. It’s raining cats and dogs.

PERSONIFICATION 4 An animal or an object given humanlike or life-like qualities. 4 the sun played hide and seek with the 4 4 clouds The headlights winked The radio sprang to life at the touch of a button The wind whispered softly in the night Lightning danced across the sky