Introduction to Poetry

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Introduction to Poetry

• Key Terms

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Standard

• ELA8R1g The student Analyzes and evaluates the
  effects of sound, form, figurative language, and
  graphics in order to uncover meaning in
  literature
• i. Sound (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia,
  internal rhyme, rhyme scheme, meter)
• ii. Figurative language (e.g., simile, metaphor,
  personification, hyperbole, symbolism, imagery).

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What is a Poem(1)?

• A poem is a verbal composition created in verse
  rather than prose
• Prose is ordinary writing that relies on
  sentences and paragraphs.
• Verse is writing that happens in lines or
  stanzas. It is not confined to paragraphs.

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Line (4)

• A line is a row of words within a poem.
• A line might be very long, or it might be as
  short as one word, or even one letter.
• One complete thought might be split up over
  several lines, so a reader shouldnt necessarily
  pause at the end each line. It might flow right
  into the next one with no stop. Pause when you
  reach punctuation.

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1. How many lines?2. Where should the reader
pause?

• If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall
  not live in vainIf I can ease one life the
  aching,Or cool one pain,Or help one fainting
  robinUnto his nest again,I shall not live in
  vain.
• - Emily Dickinson
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Stanza (3)

• A stanza is one group of lines within a poem.
• A stanza can be made of as many lines as the poet
  desires.
• Stanzas are usually separated by a horizontal gap
  of space on a page.
• A poem might have one stanza or many stanzas.
• The form each stanza follows does not have to
  match, but it can.

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How Many Stanzas

• I have eaten This is Just To Saythe
  plums by William Carlos Williamsthat were
  inthe icebox and whichyou were
  probablysavingfor breakfast Forgive methey
  were deliciousso sweetand so cold

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Rhyme (2)

• A rhyme is 2 or more words that end with the same
  vowel sound.
• Poems can rhyme, but they dont have to.
• Rhyming words can be found in a Rhyming
  Dictionary

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Rhyme Scheme (5)

• Rhyme Scheme is the pattern in which a poems
  rhymes are arranged.
• Some poems have a very rigid, predictable rhyme
  scheme pattern
• Some poems have no rhyme scheme at all

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Labeling Rhyme Scheme

• We label rhyme scheme by calling the first line
  A. Every line in that stanza that rhymes with
  A is labeled A.
• The first line that does NOT rhyme with A is
  labeled B. Every line that rhymes with B is
  labeled B.
• Continue going through the alphabet until you run
  out of lines in the stanza.
• We name the rhyme scheme after the pattern

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Example A Hippo is Bounding

• A hippo is bounding around on my head.
• Gorillas are banging on drums.
• A rhino is charging me full speed ahead
• while a crocodile's eyeing my thumbs.
•  A rattlesnake's winding his way up my side.
• A tiger is sniffing my clothes.
• A grizzly just grabbed me, his mouth open wide.
• A tarantula's perched on my nose. 
• I'm drowning, surrounded by man-eating sharks.
• An elephant sits on my chest.
• Yes, that's how it feels when the teacher
  remarks,
• "Grab your pencils. It's time for the test."
• --Kenn Nesbitt

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Free Verse (22)

• Free Verse is when a poem has no set rhyme or
  pattern.
• The verse does not conform to a specified number
  of lines or syllables.
• It may have no rhyme whatsoever, though the
  author may occasionally throw a rhyme in here and
  there. The rhyme, however, will NOT have a
  pattern.

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Free Verse Example

• Sunset by Lillian Moore
• There's dazzle
•                     in the western sky
• Colors spill and
• run
• The pond mouth
• lies open
•                     greedy
• for the last drop
• of
• melting
• sun
•                 

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Assignment!

• Write a poem in your interactive notebook (on
  page 6). You can write about family, friends, or
  current events (things going on in the world).
  You can make it have a rhyme scheme or use free
  verse.
• GO! ?