POETRY What is poetry Poetry A piece of

POETRY

What is poetry? ? ? • Poetry- A piece of writing used to convey images, feelings and emotions. • Poetry can appear in many different forms. Can be short or long. • Poetry CAN rhyme, but does not have to.

What is Figurative Language? • Figurative Language- Language enriched by word meanings and figures of speech • The OPPOSITE of a literal meaning. • The poet is trying to make you “figure” something out.

Figurative Language • Alliteration- repeating the same beginning sounds throughout the lines of a poem Ex. : I hear the lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore. . . Symbolism- using a sign, word, sound or object to represent a thing, quality or idea

Figurative Language • Personification- giving human qualities to things that are not human, like animals or trees or rivers. Ex- The wind whistled through the trees Bugs Bunny • Onomatopoeia- word that imitates the sound it represents Ex- Buzz, Tap, Zip

Figurative Language • Metaphor- compares two different things without like or as Ex. : For ever since that time you went away I've been a rabbit burrowed in the wood Simile- compares two different things using like or as (sometimes than) Ex. : Joe is like an old bull He is as cunning as a fox

Figurative Language • Hyperbole- figure of speech which is an exaggeration - I nearly died laughing - I tried a thousand times • You’re so… jokes -My dog is so ugly. I have to tie a $100 bill on it so people will pet it! -My aunt is so fat you have to take 2 trains and a bus to get on her good side.

Figurative Language • Allusion- When a piece of work refrences something that is popular in pop culture or from another movie or book.

Poetic Elements • Refrain- Repetition of a word or phrase • Lines- ONE line of a poem • Stanza- One of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines.

Poetic Elements Rhyme Scheme- The pattern in which the last word of the lines of a poem rhyme. The first rhyming sound is labeled as “A”. The second rhyming sound is labeled “B” and so on and so forth. Example: Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you (A) (B) (C) Our love is dead… (B)

Forms of Poetry • As mentioned earlier, poetry can appear in many different forms. These are the following forms that we will study in class: - Haiku - Free Verse - Limerick - Sonnet - Ballad or Narrative Poetry

Haiku • a three line poem, typically dealing with nature; 17 total syllables in a 5 -7 -5 pattern • Originated in Japan

Examples of Haiku The red blossom bends and drips its dew to the ground. Like a tear it falls on the Chinese vase the flowers retain brightness - - pouring out water.

Limericks • a humorous form consisting on five lines. Lines 1, 2 and 5 are long and they all rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 are short and they rhyme. • Rhyme scheme is AABBA • Typically start with “There once was…” • Originated in Ireland

Example of a Limerick There was a farmer from Leeds, Who ate six packets of seeds, It soon came to pass, He was covered with grass, And he couldn't sit down for the weeds!

Example of a Limerick There was a young hunter named Shepherd Who was eaten for lunch by a leopard. Said the leopard, "Egad! You'd be tastier, lad If you had been salted and peppered!"

Sonnet • a 14 line poem with a set rhyme scheme and metrical pattern • Made famous by William Shakespeare • A typical line of a sonnet has ten syllables and is written in Iambic Pentameter. This means that every other syllable is accented, so it sounds singsongy • A basic Rhyme Scheme For a Shakespearean Sonnet is as follows: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

Ballad or Narrative Poetry • A ballad is a Narrative Poem (tells a story) and can be sung, but doesn’t have to be. • Often times has a refrain or some sort of repetition • Usually rhymes in some way, but there is not set rhyming pattern. • An example of a ballad is “Casey at The Bat” By Ernest Thayer

Free Verse • no set pattern; may or may not include rhyme • Usually follows some sort of metrical pattern, but doesn’t have to