Poetry Vocabulary Poetry Poetry is literature that uses

Poetry Vocabulary

Poetry • Poetry is literature that uses a few words to tell about ideas, feelings and paints a picture in the readers mind. • Poems may or may not rhyme. • They are meant to be read aloud.

Poetry Form • Form- the way it looks on the page. • LINE - a group of words together on one line of the poem. • STANZA - a group of lines arranged together The Night Before Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; Stanza

Sound Devices • Elements of poetry that use one type of sound related characteristic. • Rhyme • Rhythm • And more…. .

Rhyme • Sounds that are alike at the end of words, such as mouse and house. • Near rhyming words- the words do not exactly rhyme. As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle sky; .

Rhythm • The beat of the poem. • These are made up patterns of strong and weak syllables.

SAMPLE RHYME SCHEME The Night Before Christmas ‘Twas the night before christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; a b c b

Figurative Language and other poetic devices • • Figurative language Simile Metaphor Personification

Figurative Language • Words and phrases that help the reader picture things in a new way. Example: More rapid than eagles

Imagery • Helps you paint a picture or imagine what is happening or what the poet is feeling. Example: The children were nestled all snug in their bed……

Simile • A comparison of two things using the words like or as. Example: His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

Metaphor • A comparison of two things WITHOUT using “as or like” Example: The clouds are fluffy pillows.

Personification • Giving an animal or an object human qualities. Example: The house glowed with happiness.

Practice • Split into groups of two • Read a poem • Try to find examples of the following: – Rhyming words – Imagery – Simile – Metaphor – Personification