Poetry

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Poetry
You!
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POETRY

• A type of literature that expresses ideas,
  feelings, or tells a story in a specific form
  (usually using lines and stanzas)

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POINT OF VIEW IN POETRY

• SPEAKER
• The speaker of the poem is the narrator of the
  poem.

• POET
• The poet is the author of the poem.

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POETRY FORM

• LINE - a group of words together on one line of
  the poem
• STANZA - a group of lines arranged together

• A word is dead
• When it is said,
• Some say.
• I say it just
• Begins to live
• That day.

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SOUND EFFECTS
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RHYTHM
Rhythm is a musical quality produced by the
repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Rhythm occurs in all forms of language, both
written and spoken, but is particularly important
in poetry.
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FREE VERSE

• Free verse poetry does NOT have any repeating
  patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• Does NOT have rhyme.

• Free verse poetry is very conversational - sounds
  like someone talking with you.
• A more modern type of poetry.

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LuckSometimes a crumb fallsFrom the tables of
joy,Sometimes a boneIs flung.To some
peopleLove is given,To othersOnly heaven.
By Langston Hughes
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RHYME

• Words sound alike because they share the same
  ending vowel and consonant sounds.

LAMP CAMP RAMP CRAMP STAMP CLAMP

• Share the short a vowel sound
• Share the combined mp consonant sound

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RepetitionRepetitionRepetition
 I'm nobody! Who are You?I'm nobody! Who are
you?Are you nobody too?Then there's a pair of
us-don't tell!They'd banish us you know. How
dreary to be somebody!how public, like a
frog.To tell your name livelong dayTo an
admiring bog! Emily Dickinson 1830-1885

• Poets repeat words and sounds for effect or
  emphasis.

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RHYME SCHEME

• A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme (usually end
  rhyme, but not always).
• Use the letters of the alphabet to represent
  sounds to be able to visually see the pattern.
  (See next slide for an example.)

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SAMPLE RHYME SCHEME

• The Germ
• by Ogden Nash
• A mighty creature is the germ,
• Though smaller than the pachyderm.
• His customary dwelling place
• Is deep within the human race.
• His childish pride he often pleases
• By giving people strange diseases.
• Do you, my poppet, feel infirm?
• You probably contain a germ.

a a b b c c a a
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Figurative LanguageandPoetic Devices
Tools of the Trade
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ONOMATOPOEIA

• Words that imitate the sound they are naming

Buzz
BOOM
Chirp
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ALLITERATION(My favorite!)

• Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of
  words
• If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
  how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
• Can you say an alliterative sentence?
• Say something sweet about sweet Mrs. C!

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simile

• A figure of speech in which two essentially
  unlike things are compared, often in a phrase
  introduced by like or as.

Can you find the similes?
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PERSONIFICATION

• A figure of speech in which nonliving things are
  given human qualities or human form.
• Examples Hunger sat shivering on the road
  Flowers danced about
  the lawn.

• Proud Words
• By Carl Sandburg
• Look out how you use proud words.
• When you let proud words go, it is not easy to
  call them back.
• They wear long boots, hard boots, they walk off
  proud they cant hear you calling
• Look out how you use proud words.

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Hyperbole

• A figure of speech that give force or intensity
  to what we say or write it is exaggeration!
• It can be serious, but hyperbole is often used in
  a humorous way.
• EXAMPLES Im so hungry, I could eat a horse!
• She is older than the hills.

My sister uses so much makeup

• "she broke a chisel trying to get it off last
  night!" Johnny, from Prescott Middle School,
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
• "Marilyn Manson freaked out when he saw her!"
  Nizam, from Bukit Panjang Gov't H. S., Singapore
• "she has to use a sandblaster to get it off at
  night." Margaret
• "that I haven't seen her real face for years ..."
  Nivedita
• "when she smiles her cheeks fall off." Ed
• "by the time she gets it all on, it's time to
  take it off!" Josh W.
• "at night she has to get the paint scraper to
  take it off." Beth Atkins
• Courtesy of www.worsleyschool.net

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SYMBOLISM

• When a person, place, thing, or event that has
  meaning in itself also represents, or stands for,
  something else.

• Innocence
• America
• Peace

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Imagery

• Language that appeals to the senses.
• Many images are visual, but they can also appeal
  to the senses of sound, touch, taste, or smell.

then with cracked hands that ached from labor in
the weekday weather . . . from Those Winter
Sundays By Robert Hayden
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SOME TYPES OF POETRYWE WILL BE WRITING
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ballad

• Poems that tell a story.
• Considered to be a form of narrative poetry.
• Often in the form of popular songs and have
  simple rhyme schemes and regular rhythm
• Popular rhyme schemes are a b c b
• and a b c b d b.
• Some famous ballads are The Man From Snowy River
  by A.B. (Banjo) Patterson) The Walrus and the
  Carpenter by Lewis Caroll and The Rime of The
  Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
• The folk ballad is quite often the earliest form
  of literature and was orally passed down through
  generations.

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• The Walrus and The Carpenter
• Lewis Carroll
• (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice
  Found There, 1872)
• The sun was shining on the sea,Shining with all
  his mightHe did his very best to makeThe
  billows smooth and bright--And this was odd,
  because it wasThe middle of the night.
• The moon was shining sulkily,Because she thought
  the sunHad got no business to be thereAfter the
  day was done--"It's very rude of him," she
  said,"To come and spoil the fun!"
• The sea was wet as wet could be,The sands were
  dry as dry.You could not see a cloud, becauseNo
  cloud was in the skyNo birds were flying
  overhead--There were no birds to fly.
• The Walrus and the CarpenterWere walking close
  at handThey wept like anything to seeSuch
  quantities of sand"If this were only cleared
  away,"They said, "it would be grand!"
• "If seven maids with seven mopsSwept it for half
  a year.Do you suppose," the Walrus said,"That
  they could get it clear?""I doubt it," said the
  Carpenter,And shed a bitter tear.
• "O Oysters, come and walk with us!"The Walrus
  did beseech."A pleasant walk, a pleasant
  talk,Along the briny beachWe cannot do with
  more than four,To give a hand to each."

The eldest Oyster looked at him,But never a word
he saidThe eldest Oyster winked his eye,And
shook his heavy head--Meaning to say he did not
chooseTo leave the oyster-bed. But four young
Oysters hurried up,All eager for the
treatTheir coats were brushed, their faces
washed,Their shoes were clean and neat--And
this was odd, because, you know,They hadn't any
feet. Four other Oysters followed them,And yet
another fourAnd thick and fast they came at
last,And more, and more, and more--All hopping
through the frothy waves,And scrambling to the
shore. The Walrus and the CarpenterWalked on a
mile or so,And then they rested on a
rockConveniently lowAnd all the little Oysters
stoodAnd waited in a row. "The time has come,"
the Walrus said,"To talk of many thingsOf
shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of
cabbages--and kings--And why the sea is boiling
hot--And whether pigs have wings." "But wait a
bit," the Oysters cried,"Before we have our
chatFor some of us are out of breath,And all
of us are fat!""No hurry!" said the
Carpenter.They thanked him much for that.
"A loaf of bread," the Walrus said,"Is what we
chiefly needPepper and vinegar besidesAre very
good indeed--Now if you're ready, Oysters
dear,We can begin to feed." "But not on us!"
the Oysters cried,Turning a little blue."After
such kindness, that would beA dismal thing to
do!""The night is fine," the Walrus said."Do
you admire the view? "It was so kind of you to
come!And you are very nice!"The Carpenter said
nothing but"Cut us another sliceI wish you
were not quite so deaf--I've had to ask you
twice!" "It seems a shame," the Walrus said,"To
play them such a trick,After we've brought them
out so far,And made them trot so quick!"The
Carpenter said nothing but"The butter's spread
too thick!" "I weep for you," the Walrus
said"I deeply sympathize."With sobs and tears
he sorted outThose of the largest size,Holding
his pocket-handkerchiefBefore his streaming
eyes. "O Oysters," said the Carpenter,"You've
had a pleasant run!Shall we be trotting home
again?'But answer came there none--And this was
scarcely odd, becauseThey'd eaten every one.
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HAIKU

• A Japanese poem written in three lines,
  usually about nature.
• Five Syllables
• Seven Syllables
• Five Syllables

• Rain went sweeping on
• in the twilight, spilling moons
• on every blade of grass.
• By Sho-u

The soaring sea gulls Against a summer blue
sky Gliding on the breeze. By Russell Sills,
Grade 9
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limerick
My favorite limerick!

• A five-line poem
• The first, second, and fifth lines rhyme and have
  three beats.
• The third and fourth lines rhyme and have two
  beats.
• Often silly and humorous.

• My Beard
• By Shel Silverstein
• My beard grows to my toes.
• I never wears no clothes.
• I wrap my hair
• Around my bare
• And down the road I goes.

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CINQUAIN

• A five line poem containing 22 syllables
• Many are about nature, but they dont have to be.
• Two Syllables
• Four Syllables
• Six Syllables
• Eight Syllables
• Two Syllables

• Baseball
• By Cindy Barden
• Baseball
• Bat cracks against
• The pitch, sending it out
• Over the back fence, I did it!
• Homerun

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CONCRETE POEMS

• In concrete poems, the words are arranged to
  create a picture that relates to the content of
  the poem.

• Poetry
• Is like
• Flames,
• Which are
• Swift and elusive
• Dodging realization
• Sparks, like words on the
• Paper, leap and dance in the
• Flickering firelight. The fiery
• Tongues, formless and shifting
• Shapes, tease the imiagination.
• Yet for those who see,
• Through their minds
• Eye, they burn
• Up the page.