Petite Poetry Unit

Warm-up

What kind of experience have you had reading poetry? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Why?

(2-3 sentences)

List what you know about poetry (features, topics, your experiences, etc.)

What is poetry?

List what you know about poetry (features, topics, your experiences, etc.)

What is poetry?

poetry genre of writing that expresses emotions or ideas by using figurative language, sound, rhythm, and meaningful words

poets choose words very carefully

Poetry is meant to be heard!

Different types of poems

Sonnet 55

Not marble, nor the gilded monumentsOf princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;But you shall shine more bright in these contentsThan unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time.When wasteful war shall statues overturn,And broils root out the work of masonry,Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burnThe living record of your memory.'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmityShall you pace forth; your praise shall still find roomEven in the eyes of all posterityThat wear this world out to the ending doom.So, till the judgment that yourself arise,You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes.

-Shakespeare

Haiku

Cold as a snowball

Chilled colder than the white snow

A lonely goodbye.

e. e. cummings

Apples are yummy.Pretty and juicy.Please pick only when ripe.Licking jelly apples are fun.Eat them day and night.

What poets do

When poets write poetry, they:

look closely at an idea, event, person, or feeling

play with sound by playing with words and line lengths/breaks

make comparisons to other things to understand them better

Poetry element – figurative language

figurative language

metaphor

words used to make a picture in a reader’s mind

Used to give a message/theme to the reader

a direct comparison of two unlike things

gives the reader a deeper meaning/understanding

Metaphor Practice

She has the heart of a lion.

Life is a rollercoaster.

His home was a prison.

Baby, you’re a firework!

Agenda

warm-up

continue on poetry

Finish “How to Eat a Poem”

Read “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”

Get out warm-up sheet, poetry notes, and poem sheet – all from yesterday.

Warm-up

What is a metaphor and why are they used in poems?

What do you think the metaphor is in the poem “How to Eat a Poem”?

What two things are being compared? (Look at the title!)

“How to Eat a Poem”by Eve Merriam

Don't be polite.Bite in.Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that

may run down your chin.It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.

You do not need a knife or fork or spoonor plate or napkin or tablecloth.

For there is no coreor stemor rindor pitor seedor skinto throw away.

“How to Eat a Poem”

What is the metaphor in “How to Eat a Poem”? What two things are being compared?

reading and eating

What is the speaker trying to tell us as readers of poetry? What should we do to read and understand poetry?

“How to Eat a Poem”

What is your first reaction to the poem?

Draw what you visualized while reading.

What do you think this poem is about?

What is the metaphor in the poem?

Why do you think the author wrote it?

Making connections

Make a connection

What does the poem remind you of?

Text to text

Text to self

Text to world

Poetry element – figurative language

simile a direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”

gives the reader a deeper meaning/understanding

Simile practice examples

Cute as a kitten.

Busy as a bee.

Last night, I slept like a dog.

They fought like cats and dogs.

Emily Dickinson

1830 – 1886

recluse – rarely left home or

bedroom

private poet – less than 12

published during lifetime

did not become famous until

after her death

wrote over 1,800 poems in

lifetime

wrote a lot about death

“I’m Nobody! Who are you?”by Emily Dickinson

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 the livelong day

To an admiring bog.

“I’m Nobody! Who are you?”

First read:

What is your first reaction to the poem?

Draw what you visualized while reading.

Topic of the poem? What does it mean to be a nobody and a somebody?

Second read: talk to the text

circle/underline/highlight words that you don’t know, powerful, surprise you

find any words that help you see a picture in your head

warm-up

What is a simile?

What do you think the simile is in the poem “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”?

What two things are being compared? (Look for the clue word!)

“I’m Nobody! Who are you?”by Emily Dickinson

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 the livelong day

To an admiring bog.

“I’m Nobody! Who Are You?

Where is the simile? What two things are being compared?

To be a _______ is like being a __________

What could this mean?

This simile means ____________________

“I’m Nobody! Who are you?”

After breaking down the poem and simile, what do you think this poem is about?

What is the message/theme the poet is trying to tell the reader?

“The Rose that Grew from Concrete”

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk without having feet.Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared.

-by Tupac Shakur

“The Power of a Smile”

The power of a gun can kill

and the power of fire can burn

the power of wind can chill

and the power of a mind can learn

the power of anger can rage

inside until it tears u apart

but the power of a smile

especially yours can heal a frozen heart

-by Tupac Shakur