Poetry Unit Understanding and Creating Types of Poetry

Poetry Unit Understanding and Creating Types of Poetry

What is Poetry? Poetry is a type of literature that contains figurative language, imagery, and mood. Example: Love Devoted, Supportive Caring, Hugging, Smiling Friendship, Affection, Anger, Pain Crying, Irritating, Devastating Frustrated, Tearful Hate

What is Imagery? Imagery is where the author’s words create a strong mental image in your mind using the five senses. Example: Candy Sweet Enchanting Chocolaty Sugary Delectable Irresistible Do you want to share?

What is Mood? Mood is the feeling that the author creates using carefully chosen phrases. Example: By marshes and meadow, by river and lake, By upland lowland, by forest and brake, By dell and by canon, by bog and by fen, By dingle and hollow, by cliff and by glen, By prairie and desert, and vast wilderness, At morn, noon, and evening, God speed the Pony Express Taken from -The Pony Express by Bret Harte 1860

What is Rhythm? Rhythm is the pattern of sound that can be created by the poem’s syllables. Example: There was a young student named Joe. Who always did multiplication so slow! When taking a test, He was slower than the rest… And down, his grade did go!

What are Lines? Lines are the single stretch of phrases or words. In normal writing, they would be called sentences. Example: Line 1 Line 3 Line 5 Line 7 THE LIFE of a man Is an arrow’s flight, Out of darkness, Into light, And out of light Into darkness again; Perhaps to pleasure Perhaps to pain! Line 2 Line 4 Line 6 Line 8 Taken from -The Flight of the Arrow by Richard Henry Stoddard 1875