Poetry Unit

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Poetry Unit
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Structure of Poems

• Stanza---the division of lines in a poem
• Quatrain---set of 4 lines per stanza
• Couplet---pair of rhyming lines
• Rhyme Scheme---pattern of rhyming words in a poem

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Senses

• Reading poetry, one is meant to feel the words,
  experience the words, not just READ the words
• Poetry uses sensory language and poems often
  appeal to a persons senses
• 5 senses
• sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch

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I Wandered Lonely as a CloudWilliam Wordsworth
(pg 897)

• What is the rhyme scheme?
• How many lines are in each stanza?
• What senses does the author appeal to?

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Personification

• Giving human qualities to non-human objects.
• Tell some examples of personification from I
  Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

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Imagery

• Descriptive language used to help the reader
  create pictures in the readers mind

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O Captain! My Captain

• Elegy
• Metaphor

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Simile and Metaphor

• Simile compares 2 things using the words like
  or as
• Metaphor compares 2 things without using like
  or as

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Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

• Renaissance means rebirth
• Hughes referred to as the Poet Laureate of the
  Negro Race
• Harlem became large cultural area for African
  Americans in early 1900s
• By 1950s, when Hughes wrote Dream Deferred, it
  had become poverty stricken

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Dream Deferred Langston Hughes

• Dream Deferred uses ____________
• What is Hughess opinion about dreams? Cite the
  lines that support your answer? (ln ___)

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I, Too

• Read Poem (online)
• http//www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177020
• Watch video clip---Discovery Education
• How does this poem CONTRAST with Dream
  Deferred?
• Do you think Pres. Obama ever had feelings like
  the ones expressed in I, too, sing America?

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Alliteration

• Repetition of initial consonant sounds
• Gives emphasis to words, imitates sounds, or
  creates musical effects.

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Nothing Gold Can Stay
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Types of Poems

• Lyric
• Narrative
• Dramatic
• Haiku
• Sonnet

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Lyric

• Short poem that expresses the authors thoughts
  and feelings about a single subject
• Usually kind of musical or rhythmical

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Repetition

• Repeated words or phrases throughout a poem
• In Class Assignment Hotel California ws

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Narrative

• Poem that tells a story
• It has plot, characters, setting and a theme
• Has a rhythm or a beat
• Does not have to rhyme
• Centerfield-John Fogerty
• Read Casey at the Bat pg. 40
• Complete Casey at the Bat worksheet

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Sonnet

• 14 line lyric poem (about a single subject)
• Contains 3 quatrains (4-line stanzas) and a
  couplet (two lines) at the end.
• Rhyme scheme is usually
• abab cdcd efef gg
• Sonnet 116 Marriage of True Minds
• Shakespeare wrote many of these

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Dramatic

• Similar to a narrative but the speaker is not the
  poet.
• Often has dramatic monologue
• Speech given by one character that reveals
  thoughts and feelings
• Can use dialogue---conversation between 2 or more
  characters
• Read The Seven Ages of Man (p. 945)

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• In your notebooks, answer How does this cartoon
  compare with Shakespeares Seven Ages of Man?
• How are they similar? How are they different?

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Haiku

• 3 line Japanese verse form that is about a single
  emotion using images of nature
• 1st and 3rd lines of poem have 5 syllables
• 2nd line has 7 syllables
• See p. 956 for examples

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Example of Haiku

• 1 2 3 4 5
• Dragonfly catcher,
• 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• How far have you gone today
• 1 2 3 4 5
• In your wandering?

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Review for Final

• Know all of the poetry definitions and the types
  of poems.
• Be able to apply these to poems.
• As this is the last unit we finished, there will
  be many questions about this on your final exam.

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Review the following poems

• I Wandered Lonely as a CloudDreams Dream
  Deferred
• The EagleJabberwockyCasey at the BatHaikus
  Ecclesiastes31-8
• The Seven Ages of Man