Poetry

Poetry

• Poems are usually divided into lines and then grouped into stanzas, or verses

Figurative Language

Metaphors

Definition:• Describe one thing as if it were something

else.

Example:• The house was a zoo this morning!

Personification

Definition:• Gives human qualities to something else

Example:• The cars growled in the traffic

Similes

Definition• Use like or as to compare two apparently

unlike things.

Example• He stormed into the meeting like a tornado

Symbol

Definition • A symbol is anything that represents

something else.

Example• A dove is a common symbol for peace

Sound Devices

Sound Devices

• Sound Devices enhance a poem’s mood and meaning

Alliteration

Definition:• The repetition of consonant sounds in the

beginning of the word

Example:• Slippery Slope

Repetition

Definition• The use of any element of language – a sound,

word, phrase, clause, or sentence – more than once

Assonance

Definition• The repetition of vowel sounds followed by

different consonants in stressed syllables

Example:• Blade and maze

Consonance

Definition• The repetition of similar consonant sounds at

the ends of accented syllables

Example• Wind and sand

Onomatopoeia

Definition:• The use of words that imitate sounds.

Example:• Crash, bang, hiss

Rhyme

Definition:• Repetition of sounds at the end of words

Example• Speech and teach

Meter

• Meter is the rhythmical pattern in a poem

Forms of Poetry

Narrative

• Narrative poetry tells a story in verse. • Narrative poems often have elements similar

to those in short stories, such as plot and characters

Haiku

• Haiku is a three-line Japanese verse form• The first and third lines each have five

syllables and the second line has seven

Lyric

• Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse

Ballads

• Ballads are songlike poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure and romance

Concrete

• Concrete poems are shaped to look like their subjects.

• The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page.

Limericks

• Limericks are humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme

Rhyming Couplets

• Rhyming couplets are pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length

Poetry Collection #1

• The Rider• Seal• Haiku

Reading Skill

• Drawing Conclusions– Drawing Conclusions means arriving at an overall

judgment or idea by pulling together several details.

– By drawing conclusions you recognize meanings that are not directly stated.

Drawing Conclusions

• Asking questions like the following can help you identify details and make connections that lead to a conclusion– What details does the writer include and

emphasize?– How are the details related?– What do the details mean all together?

Literary Analysis• Forms of Poetry– Lyric

• – expresses the poet’s thoughts and feelings about a single image or idea in vivid, musical language

– Concrete Poem• The poet arranges the letters and lines to create a visual

image that suggests the poem’s subject

– Haiku• A traditional form of Japanese poetry that is often about

nature. The first line always has five syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the third line has five syllables.