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IN CLASS: INTRO TO POETRYDUE Wed: Poetry Terms HW

WE ARE DRESS CODE COMPLIANT. NO FOOD, DRINKS, MP3 PLAYERS, OR CELL PHONES DISTRACT US. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES.

Food and drink have become a distraction, and the SOL is coming up!

If food/drink is visible, it will be confiscated IMMEDIATELY and THROWN AWAY.

Second and subsequent offenses will result in disciplinary referrals.

A letter was sent home to your parents before break informing them of policy enforcement.

3 minute freewrite A freewrite means you write and never pick your pencil up

from the paper, letting whatever flow out of your mind. You don’t stop and edit, don’t worry about capitalization or punctuation, stay on topic or not!

What is poetry? Why do people write it and read it? How do you feel about poetry?

Day 16 – 1/5

What is Poetry? Watch, listen, and learn!

Poetry Vocabulary #1

L.J. Palma © 2007 www.buildingperception.com

Alliteration

Definition: repetition of consonant sounds that appear in words that are close together

Example:The luxury of living and loving them all

Allusion

Definition: an implied or indirect reference

Example:“She was another Helen,” alludes to the proverbial

beauty of Helen of Troy.

Assonance

Definition: repetition of vowel sounds that appear in words that are close together

Example: Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells" Hear the mellow wedding bells.

Couplet

Definition: pair of rhyming lines

Example: J. Kilmer – TreeI think that I shall never see (a) A poem lovely as a tree. (a)

Imagery

Definition: language that appeals to the five senses; words you can see, hear, smell, taste, and touch

Example: Bring them flowers inside Hurry now, dry ‘em and die ‘em And hang ‘em on the wall as memories

Ex: Shoeboxes on the top shelf

Come on, little girlBring them flowers insideHurry now, dry ‘em and die ‘emAnd hang ‘em on the wall as memories

Between them ticket stubs, above them lettersBeneath photographs fadin’ with ageAmidst all them other flowers; memories on that wall

It’s that time again, girlGit yourself another shoebox,Strip that wall bare, cram that shrine insideToo good for garbage cans but nothing jist the same

That’s right there, girlThat’s right there, girlFile it between James and JohnFile it between James and JohnClose that closet door andClose that closet door andSit – on the other side – and crySit – on the other side – and cryThinking on how you won’t open it againThinking on how you won’t open it again

But to file another lifetime awayBut to file another lifetime away

Metaphor

Definition: comparison between unlike things, one in which some reasonable connection is instantly revealed and is more forceful than a simile because like and as are not used

Example:“The road was a ribbon of moonlight.”

Meter Definition: strict rhythmic pattern of stressed and

unstressed syllables in each line

Example: (stressed syllables underlines) Roses are red Violets are blue I like poetry And you do, too.

Mood

Definition: the feeling connected to a poem

Example: In Ash Inevitable, what mood is the poem in? It’s

depressed, so the poem is depressing.

Ex: Ash InevitableShe’s a pile of wood, now

Stacked up against the tree

That she used to be a part of,

Used to be alive in.

She hadn’t even died yet

When they wrenched her down,

Chopped her up,

Turned her into something useful –

Dead, but useful.

And now she simply sits,Pieces of herself perfectly piledAt the base of her birthplace,Her final resting place.

She couldn’t sway in the wind even if she wanted to;Xylem and phloem No longer flow through those veins.

The cross-sections of her severed limbs show Rings of age – twenty-two years chopped up,Sensibly stacked to maximize Societal contribution.

Fire. Brimstone. Ash inevitable.

Tone

Definition: attitude expressed towards poem’s subject or audience

Example: In Ash Inevitable, the author’s attitude towards the

death of the tree is angry.

Ex: Ash InevitableShe’s a pile of wood, now

Stacked up against the tree

That she used to be a part of,

Used to be alive in.

She hadn’t even died yet

When they wrenched her down,

Chopped her up,

Turned her into something useful –

Dead, but useful.

And now she simply sits,Pieces of herself perfectly piledAt the base of her birthplace,Her final resting place.

She couldn’t sway in the wind even if she wanted to;Xylem and phloem No longer flow through those veins.

The cross-sections of her severed limbs show Rings of age – twenty-two years chopped up,Sensibly stacked to maximize Societal contribution.

Fire. Brimstone. Ash inevitable.

Onomatopoeia

Definition: the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it

Example: A crack of thunder

Personification

Definition: attributing human qualities to a nonhuman thing or to an abstract idea

Example:Hunger sat shivering on the road

Quatrain

Definition: rhyming four line stanza

Example:Many are the distractions (a)

Few are the rewards (b)

Used imaginations (a)

Hung on metal cords (b)

Simile

Definition: a comparison between two things using a connection like or as

Example:Life is like a box of chocolates

Sonnet

Definition: a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics rhyming with three quatrains and a concluding couplet

Example: Sonnet 141 by William Shakespeare

Ex: Sonnet 141 (Shakespeare)

In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,For they in thee a thousand errors note;But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise,Who in despite of view is pleased to dote;Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted,Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone,Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invitedTo any sensual feast with thee alone:But my five wits nor my five senses canDissuade one foolish heart from serving thee,Who leaves unsway'd the likeness of a man,Thy proud heart’s slave and vassal wretch to be:Only my plague thus far I count my gain,That she that makes me sin awards me pain.

Quatrain

Quatrain

Quatrain

Couplet

Symbolism

Definition: using, employing, or exhibiting one symbol to represent something else

Example: In Julius Caesar, hawks circling is a foreboding

symbol of something bad to come

Poetry Terms #1Important Terms – Quiz next week

L.J. Palma © 2007 www.buildingperception.com

Power-Ups, Binders, Pencils! IN CLASS: INTRO TO POETRYDUE Wed: Poetry Terms HW

WE ARE DRESS CODE COMPLIANT. NO FOOD, DRINKS, MP3 PLAYERS, OR CELL PHONES DISTRACT US. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES.