What are the Different Elements Between Poems with Rhythm, Rhyme, and Alliteration?

Learning about the use and special features of poetry.

Overview Of The Lesson You will be taught the form and

use of and special features of poetry.

You will be provided with many examples.

You will then be tested to see how well you can read and identify these different kinds of poetry.

Poetry Form Poems are made up of lines, which

they call stanza.

I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you– Nobody—Too?

Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! They’d advertise—

you know!

THREE ELEMENTS Line Length Punctuation Sentence Structure

LINE LENGTH Poets sometimes put lines in

different lengths to show emotion. Long lines show drama, energy, or

force Short lines sometimes show

calmness, or quiet.

PUNCUATION You see a lot of poems that don’t use

traditional punctuation, like capitals, or periods.

This is done usually to express the emotion of the poet.

Shadows on the wallNoises down the hall Life doesn’t frighten me at allBad dogs barking loudBig ghosts in a cloudLife doesn’t frighten me at all.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE Poets form their sentences a

particular way to emphasize a certain part.

Look at this one….

I heard a lonely sound in the nightIn the night, I heard a lonely sound

SOUND The sound of a poem helps to

express the meaning and emotions of it.

The sound of poetry comes in three ways

Rhyme Rhythm Alliteration

What is a Rhyming Poem? A rhyming poem is a verse poem

that contains rhyming words at the end of certain lines.

Example: Night time by Lee Bennet

Hopkins How do dreams know

when to creepinto my headwhen I fall offto Sleep?

Types of Rhyming Poems There are many types of rhyming

poems. Here are names of some of them.

The Couplet The Limerick The Ballad Stanza (including the short and

long)

Octaves

An Example of a Limerick

What is a limerick, Mother?

It's a form of verse, said brother In which lines one and two

Rhyme with five when it's through

And three and four rhyme with each other.

author unknown

The Purpose of Rhyming Poems

Rhyming poems are used mainly for humor. These poems are fun to read.

Lets see some more poems with rhymes.

A Rhyming Poem

Marty Smarty went to a partyIn her jumbo jet.After tea she jumped in the seaAnd got her pants all wet.

John Foster

More Rhymes

Spaghetti! SpaghettiSpaghetti! Spaghetti!You’re wonderful stuff,I love you, spaghetti,I can’t get enough.You’re covered with sauceAnd you’re sprinkled with cheese,Spaghetti! Spaghetti!Oh, give me some please.Jack Prelutsky

What is Alliteration? A poem with alliteration repeats the initial

consonant sounds closely together. Example: Sheila Shorter sought a suitor;

Shelia sought a suitor short. Sheila’s suitor sure to suit her;

Short’s the suitor Sheila sought! by Michael Rosen

The Purpose of Alliteration Poems

Alliteration poems tend to be tongue twisters. They are written for the fun they bring when they are read.

Lets see more poems with alliteration.

An Alliteration Poem

Down the slippery slide they slid

Sitting slightly sideways;

Slipping swiftly see them skid

On holidays and Fridays.

Another Alliteration Poem

A fly and a flea flew up in a flue.Said the fly to the flea, “What shall we do?”“Let’s fly,” said the flea.“Let’s flee,” said the fly.So they fluttered and flew up a flaw in the flue.

More Tongue Twisters

“Night, night, Knight”, said one Knightto the other knight the other night.“Night, night, Knight.”

Super Tongue Twister!Esau Wood sawed wood. Esau Wood would saw wood. Oh, the wood that Wood would saw! One day Esau Wood saw a saw saw wood as no other woodsaw Wood ever saw would saw wood. Of all the woodsaws Wood ever saw saw wood, Wood never saw a woodsaw that would saw wood like the woodsaw Wood saw would saw wood. Now Esau Wood saws with that saw he saw saw wood.

What is Rhythm? Any poem has the chance of having rhythm. A poem has rhythm if the reader of the

poem gives the poem rhythm. For a poem to have rhythm, it has to be read

following a pattern with its syllables. For example:da, da, dadada da da, da, da, dadada da da,da, da, dadada da da, da, da, dadada da da.

Example of Rhythm

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wallHumpty Dumpty had a great falland of all the king’s horses and all of

the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together

again.

Practice Your RhythmClankity Clankity Clankity Clank!Ankylosaurus was built like a tank,Its hide was a fortress as sturdy as steel,It tended to be an inedible meal.

It was armored in front, it was armored behind,There wasn’t a thing on its minuscule mind,It waddled about on its four stubby legs,Nibbling on plants with a mouthful of pegs.

Ankylosaurus was best left alone, Its tail was a cudgel of gristle and bone,Clankity Clankity Clankity Clank!Ankylosaurus was built like a tank. By: Jack Prelutsky

More Rhythm PracticeIguanodon, Iguanodon,Whatever made you fade,You’ve traveled on, Iguanodon,We wish you could have stayed.

Iguanodon, Iguanodon,We’ve sought you everywhere, Both here and yon, Iguanodon,But failed to find you there.

Iguanodon, Iguanodon,You were a gentle kind,But now you’re gone, Iguanodon,And left your bones behind. By: Jack

Prelutsky

Time For Review!1. What are the three forms of a poem?

2. What is a rhyme? Give me an example.

3. What is rhythm? Give me an example.

4. What is alliteration? Give me an example.