Learning Objective:
Today we are
going to identify and analyze
the characteristics of poetry.
•Identify = point out
•analyze = study the different parts of
•characteristics = individual qualities
What are we going to identify and
analyze today?
The characteristics of poetry!
It is important to identify and analyze the
characteristics of poetry because it will allow
you to better understand the genre of poetry
and to know about the author’s purpose or
message.
What are other reasons it is important to
identify and analyze the characteristics of
poetry?
To understand that authors write poetry to entertain!
Have you heard of the
Black Eyed Peas?
Music is like Poetry.
It too, tells a story.
I Gotta Feelin by Black Eyed Peas
I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good
night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night (x3)
Tonight’s the night night
Let’s live it up
I got my money
Let’s spend it up
Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Let’s get get OFF
I know that we’ll have a ball
If we get down
And go out
And just loose it all
…
Poetry
Poetry is rhythmic or concentrated
language that uses figures of speech and
imagery. It is designed to appeal to your
emotions and imagination.
Here are some characteristics of poetry:
Characteristics
of poetry
Characteristics of Poetry
• What is rhyme? Words that have the same ending sound.
• What is simile?
A figure of speech in which things are
compared using “like” or “as.”
• What is metaphor?
A figure of speech in which things are
compared by stating that one thing is
the other
Characteristics of Poetry
• What is personification?
• What is alliteration?
A figure of speech in which
objects are given human
qualities.
Repetition of words with the
same beginning sound.
• What is onomatopoeia?
Words that sound like the
objects or actions they refer to.
A Rhyming Poem
Marty Smarty went to a party
In her jumbo jet.
After tea she jumped in the sea
And got her pants all wet.
John Foster
A Rhyming Poem
Marty Smarty went to a party
In her jumbo jet.
After tea she jumped in the sea
And got her pants all wet.
John Foster
Can you identify the rhyming pattern in this
poem?
A Rhyming Poem
Marty Smarty went to a party
In her jumbo jet.
After tea she jumped in the sea
And got her pants all wet.
Rhyming words
John Foster
Can you identify the rhyming pattern in this
poem?
A Rhyming Poem
Marty Smarty went to a party
In her jumbo jet.
After tea she jumped in the sea
And got her pants all wet.
Rhyming words
John Foster
Can you identify the rhyming pattern in this
poem?
A Rhyming Poem
pattern
Marty Smarty went to a party
In her jumbo jet.
After tea she jumped in the sea
And got her pants all wet.
A
B
A
B
John Foster
Can you identify the rhyming pattern in this
poem?
More Rhymes
Spaghetti! Spaghetti
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
You’re wonderful stuff,
I love you, spaghetti,
I can’t get enough.
You’re covered with sauce
And you’re sprinkled with cheese,
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
Oh, give me some please.
Jack Prelutsky
More Rhymes
Spaghetti! Spaghetti
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
You’re wonderful stuff,
I love you, spaghetti,
I can’t get enough.
You’re covered with sauce
And you’re sprinkled with cheese,
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
Oh, give me some please.
Jack Prelutsky
Can you identify the
rhyming pattern in
this poem?
More Rhymes
Spaghetti! Spaghetti
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
You’re wonderful stuff,
I love you, spaghetti,
I can’t get enough.
You’re covered with sauce
And you’re sprinkled with cheese,
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
Oh, give me some please.
By Jack Prelutsky
A
B
A
B
B
C
A
C
What characteristic of poetry does this
poem demonstrate?
Alliteration
Down the slippery slide they slid
Sitting slightly sideways;
Slipping swiftly see them skid
On holidays and Fridays.
What characteristic of poetry does this
poem demonstrate?
Alliteration
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 Knight
to the other knight the other night.
“Night, night, Knight.”
A Dream Deferred
by Langston Hughes
1. What happens to a dream
deferred?
2. Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
3. Or fester like a sore-And then run?
4. Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-like a syrupy sweet?
5 Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
6. Or does it explode?
Can you
identify the
similes in
this poem?
What is your
interpretation
of each line?
Lesson Idea: Before reading the
poem, have students write a
paragraph about a time they really
wanted something and it was
denied. After reading the poem,
instruct students to rewrite the
paragraph using similes
Tranquility
Time slides
a gentle ocean
waves upon waves,
washing the shore,
loving the shore.
Can you
identify the
metaphors in
this poem?
How does the
poem make you
feel?
How do the
metaphors
support your
feeling?
Why is it important to identify
and analyze the characteristics
of poetry?
To be able to understand an
author’s purpose or message.
Independent practice