POETRY UNIT Basic Terms Stanza a grouping of

POETRY UNIT

Basic Terms ◦ Stanza: a grouping of lines separated from others in a poem (like a paragraph). Can be significant to meaning. ◦ Speaker: The narrator or voice of the poem. Cannot assume it is the same person as the poet.

Rhyme ◦ Rhyme Scheme: Pattern of end rhyme labeled with letters of the alphabet. ◦ End Rhyme: Rhyming in the final syllable of the line (most common). ◦ Internal Rhyme: Word in the middle of a line rhymes with one in the end. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “Tis some visitor, ” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door. Only this and nothing more. ”

Rhyme ◦ Feminine Rhyme: Rhyming of unstressed syllables or words that do not end with a stressed syllable. Ex. Fire/Desire, Meaning/ Gleaning, Reason/ Season ◦ Slant Rhyme: Words that sound similar but do not quite rhyme. Ex. Tell/Toll ◦ Masculine Rhyme: Rhyming of stressed final syllables Ex. Cat/Mat, Refrain/ Complain, Respect/ Collect ◦ Identical Rhyme: Rhyming a word with itself. ◦ Monorhyme: One rhyme in a stanza. ◦ Eye Rhyme: Rhymes only when a word is spelled, not when pronounced. Ex. Rough/Through

“Because I could not stop for death…” Find as many different examples of rhyme as you can.

On your google doc… ◦ Find a poem (any poem) that means something to you. Copy and paste it and answer the following questions. ◦ 1. Paraphrase the poem. Put it in your words. ◦ 2. What is this poem’s deeper meaning or theme? (no wrong answer) ◦ 3. What examples of rhyme do you see (type and line number)?

Rhythm ◦ Stress: A syllable uttered in a higher pitch or with greater emphasis than another. ◦ Meter: The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. ◦ Foot: Unit of measurement in poetry. Includes one stressed and at least one unstressed syllable. ◦ Accentual- Syllabic Verse: Verse whose meter is determined by a fixed pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler long I stood And looked down one as far as I could

Rhythm ◦ Iamb: A foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable ex. Unite, Provide ◦ Dactyl: A foot consisting of an accented syllable followed by two unaccented. Ex. poetry ◦ Anapest: A foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented. Ex. overcome ◦ Trochee: An accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable.

Rhythm ◦ Dimeter: A line of two metrical feet. ◦ Trimeter: A line of three metrical feet. ◦ Tetrameter: A line of four metrical feet. ◦ Pentameter: A line of five metrical feet. ◦ Hexameter: A line of six metrical feet. ◦ Heptameter: A line of seven metrical feet.

Time to write… Pull from the bin and write at least two lines of poetry with your criteria.

Sources ◦ https: //www. poetryfoundation. org/learn/glossary-terms? letter=R