Poetry Unit Goals

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Poetry Unit Goals
By the end of this unit, you will be able
to -Know definitions for poetry terms -Read
a poem for meaning -Read a poem for
symbolism -Analyze the poetic elements of a
poem -Identify examples of poetry terms in a
poem
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Poetry Terms
Textbook pages 670-673 978
Stanza Speaker Voice Mood Symbolism Lyric
Poems Narrative Poems Rhythm End Rhyme
Internal Rhyme Repetition Imagery Ballads Epics Fr
ee Verse Allusion Figurative Language
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Figurative Language
Textbook pages 670-673 978
Alliteration Assonance Consonance Personification
Hyperbole Simile Metaphor Onomatopoeia
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Stanza- lines of fixed length, used in poetry to
organize ideas. They act similarly to paragraphs
in prose writing.
Speaker- the character talking to us in a poem.
It may be the poet, but most likely it is a
CHARACTER created by the poet.
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Voice- the tone of the speakers voice-happy,
sad, scared, angry, etc.
Mood- the feeling a piece of poetry arouses in
the reader happiness, sadness, etc.
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Symbolism- use of an object in a poem to stand
for or have meaning for something else entirely.
For example, the setting sun often is a symbol
for death a red rose is a symbol for love.
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Common Symbols in Poetry
Red passion White purity, innocence Black
death Sleep death Dreams fate,future Winter
old age, death Spring birth, youth Summer
childhood, fun Fall middle age, wisdom
Water birth Dove peace Snake evil Lion
strength, courage Raven death West death East
birth Sunrise birth Sunset death
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Lyric Poem- expresses emotion, thoughts and
feelings
Narrative Poem- tells a story, using setting,
plot, characterization, conflict and resolution.
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Rhythm- repetition of stressed and unstressed
syllables that create a beat
End Rhyme- rhyming sound that occurs at the end
of a line of poetry
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Internal Rhyme- rhymes that occur within lines.
Repetition- repeated beginnings and structures to
create an effect
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Imagery- language that appeals to our senses, and
thus creates pictures in our minds
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Ballads- songlike poem that tells a story
Epics- narrative poem about a heros exploits.
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Free Verse- poem that does not follow a rhyme
scheme
Allusion- a reference to a statement, a person, a
place, or an event
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Figurative Language- writing that departs from
literal meaning in order to create a special
effect.
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Alliteration the repetition of the initial
consonant sound in a line of words
Assonance the repetition of vowel sounds in a
line of words
Consonance the repetition of consonant sounds in
the middle or end of words in a line
Personification giving human qualities to an
animal, an object, or an idea
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Hyperbole overstating something to create an
effect
Simile a comparison between two unlike things,
using like or as
Metaphor a direct comparison between two unlike
things, without using like or as one thing is
the other thing in the comparison
Onomatopoeia the use of words whose sounds
imitate or suggest their meaning
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Birdfoots Grampa Valentine for Ernest Mann Pgs
685-688
Read the two poems. Answer questions 1, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 12 from page 688 on notebook paper.
Turn in a neat copy of your work.
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Page 711
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? Civil War 1861-1865 ? Northern states vs
southern states Union (Yanks) vs Confederacy
(Rebels) ? Difference of ideology slavery,
economics, government ? Abraham Lincoln and
Jefferson Davis ? Union General Grant ?
Confederate Generals Lee and Jackson
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Paul Reveres Ride
Textbook pg 705-710 Questions pg 714
Answer Questions 1,2,4,5,6,7,8 on notebook
paper. Turn in a neat copy of your work.
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The Last Wolf   the last wolf hurried toward
me through the ruined city and I heard his baying
echoes down the steep smashed warrens of
Montgomery Street and past the few ruby-crowned
highrises left standing their lighted elevators
useless     passing the flicking red and green of
traffic signals baying his way eastward in the
mystery of his wild loping gait closer the sounds
in the deadly night through the clutter and
rubble of quiet blocks    
  I heard his voice ascending the hill and at
last his low whine as he came floor by empty
floor to the room where I sat in my narrow bed
looking west, waiting I heard him snuffle at the
door and I watched he trotted across the
floor   he laid his long gray muzzle on the spare
white spread and his eyes burned yellow his small
dotted eyebrows quivered   Yes, I said. I know
what they have done.
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My Mother Pieced Quilts Sweater/ Sueter
Textbook pages 691-695 Questions page 696 1, 2,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10
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Open Notes Poetry Test Tomorrow
Matching Poetry Terms Multiple
Choice Application New Poem Short Answer