Poetry Poetry Poems are usually divided into lines
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Poetry
Poetry • Poems are usually divided into lines and then grouped into stanzas, or verses
Figurative Language
Metaphors Definition: • Describe one thing as if it were something else. Example: • The house was a zoo this morning!
Personification Definition: • Gives human qualities to something else Example: • The cars growled in the traffic
Similes Definition • Use like or as to compare two apparently unlike things. Example • He stormed into the meeting like a tornado
Symbol Definition • A symbol is anything that represents something else. Example • A dove is a common symbol for peace
Sound Devices
Sound Devices • Sound Devices enhance a poem’s mood and meaning
Alliteration Definition: • The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of the word Example: • Slippery Slope
Repetition Definition • The use of any element of language – a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence – more than once
Assonance Definition • The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables Example: • Blade and maze
Consonance Definition • The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables Example • Wind and sand
Onomatopoeia Definition: • The use of words that imitate sounds. Example: • Crash, bang, hiss
Rhyme Definition: • Repetition of sounds at the end of words Example • Speech and teach
Meter • Meter is the rhythmical pattern in a poem
Forms of Poetry
Narrative • Narrative poetry tells a story in verse. • Narrative poems often have elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and characters
Haiku • Haiku is a three-line Japanese verse form • The first and third lines each have five syllables and the second line has seven
Lyric • Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
Ballads • Ballads are songlike poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure and romance
Concrete • Concrete poems are shaped to look like their subjects. • The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page.
Limericks • Limericks are humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme
Rhyming Couplets • Rhyming couplets are pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length
Poetry Collection #1 • The Rider • Seal • Haiku
Reading Skill • Drawing Conclusions – Drawing Conclusions means arriving at an overall judgment or idea by pulling together several details. – By drawing conclusions you recognize meanings that are not directly stated.
Drawing Conclusions • Asking questions like the following can help you identify details and make connections that lead to a conclusion – What details does the writer include and emphasize? – How are the details related? – What do the details mean all together?
Literary Analysis • Forms of Poetry – Lyric • – expresses the poet’s thoughts and feelings about a single image or idea in vivid, musical language – Concrete Poem • The poet arranges the letters and lines to create a visual image that suggests the poem’s subject – Haiku • A traditional form of Japanese poetry that is often about nature. The first line always has five syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the third line has five syllables.
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