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POETRY

POETRY. What do you think it is? Turn and talk with your table!. Definition. po·et·ry noun ˈ pō-ə- trē writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm.

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POETRY

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  1. POETRY What do you think it is? Turn and talk with your table!

  2. Definition. • po·et·rynoun\ˈpō-ə-trē \ • writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm

  3. Feeling like this?

  4. It’s ok. In English… • Poetry is a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form.

  5. 2 week plan • Explore poems, get personal with poets, dabble in writing, conquer the world,etc. • The Nitty Gritty: We will learn about six specific types of poems. The unit test will cover these poems and all that they entail.

  6. 2 products • Poetry Packet • This is your study guide for the Unit Test! • Original poetry book • AND, we will conclude the unit with a COFFEE HOUSE!

  7. Free Verse • Very conversational- sounds like someone is talking with you • Does NOT have rhyme • Does NOT have any specific number of lines or stanzas

  8. Fog by Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.

  9. Point of view • POET: the poet is the author of the poem • SPEAKER: the speaker of the poem is the “narrator” of the poem

  10. VOCAB. PIT STOP • LINE: a group of words together on one line of the poem • STANZA: a group of lines arranged together • RHYME: words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds. Ex. LAMP, STAMP

  11. Japanese form of poetry 3 lines Five syllables Seven syllables Five syllables *Hint I am first with five Then seven in the middle Five again to end Haiku Nature Animals Seasons

  12. Example Freeway overpass-- Blossoms in graffiti on Fog-wrapped June mornings -Michael R. Collings

  13. VOCAB. PIT STOP • Imagery: the use of vivid description, usually rich in sensory words, to create pictures, or images, in the reader’s mind

  14. LIMERICK • Often contain hyperboles, onomatopoeias, alliteration, internal rhyme, assonance, etc. • 5 lines • Rhyme scheme • a a b b a • Meant to be funny • Last line is meant to be the “punch” line

  15. Example • There was a Young Lady whose chin, • Resembled the point of a pin; • So she had it made sharp, • And purchased a harp, • And played several tunes with her chin. • -Edward Lear

  16. Vocab. Pit stop • RHYME SCHEME: the pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme, but not always). Use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually “see” the pattern.

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