Form: The way a poem
looks on paper
Line: A verse of Poetry
Stanza: Lines of a poem
arranged in a group
Structured Form: Poem
has a regular repeated
pattern of rhyme and/or
rhythm
“Messy Room” by Shel Silverstein
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or-Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!
“Fire And Ice” – Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
“I Cry”
by Tupac Shakur
Sometimes when I'm alone
I Cry,
Cause I am on my own.
The tears I cry are bitter and warm.
They flow with life but take no form
I Cry because my heart is torn.
I find it difficult to carry on.
If I had an ear to confiding,
I would cry among my treasured friend,
but who do you know that stops that long,
to help another carry on.
The world moves fast and it would rather pass by.
Then to stop and see what makes one cry,
so painful and sad.
And sometimes…
I Cry
and no one cares about why.
Have A Nice day
By: Spike Milligan
'Help, help, ' said a man. 'I'm drowning.'
'Hang on, ' said a man from the shore.
'Help, help, ' said the man. 'I'm not clowning.'
'Yes, I know, I heard you before.
Be patient dear man who is drowning,
You, see I've got a disease.
I'm waiting for a Doctor J. Browning.
So do be patient please.'
'How long, ' said the man who was drowning. 'Will it take for the Doc to arrive? '
'Not very long, ' said the man with the disease. 'Till then try staying alive.'
'Very well, ' said the man who was drowning. 'I'll try and stay afloat.
By reciting the poems of Browning
And other things he wrote.'
'Help, help, ' said the man with the disease, 'I suddenly feel quite ill.'
'Keep calm.' said the man who was drowning, ' Breathe deeply and lie quite still.'
'Oh dear, ' said the man with the awful disease. 'I think I'm going to die.'
'Farewell, ' said the man who was drowning.
Said the man with the disease, 'goodbye.'
So the man who was drowning, drownded
And the man with the disease past away.
But apart from that,
And a fire in my flat,
It's been a very nice day.
Presenting evidence
Be specific when presenting text evidence:
Direct Quote:
1. Use quotation marks.
2. Begin with phrases such as:
The author says...
The text states…
For example, the author says...
Paraphrase:
• Describe what is in the text in your own words. Be sure to
describe something specific in the text.
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Direct quotes
Direct Quote:
Use quotation marks when you repeat a sentence, phrase, or even
unique words from the text.
author says...
Examples:
• She asserts that “life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”
• She urges her son not to “set down on the steps…”
• “Tacks” and “splinters” and “torn up” are images of pain.
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Paraphrasing
Restate a relevant part of the text in your own words. Make sure
that you are referring to something specific in the text.author
says...
Examples:
The staircase represents life because the speaker keeps talking
about climbing stairs throughout the poem as she talks about
life.
In the final stanza, the speaker tells her son that it is important
to keep climbing and never sit down just because life is hard.
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Analyze and explain evidence
Explain how the quote or paraphrased evidence supports your idea. Begin
with signal phrases such as
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This shows…
This means…
This reveals…
This illustrates…
Evidence
Explanation
According to the
speaker, her staircase in
life has had “tacks” and
“splinters” and “boards
torn up” and “no
carpet.”
This description of the speaker’s life in terms of a
rundown staircase suggests that she has struggled
in life. “Tacks” and “splinters” and “torn up” are
images of pain. The lack of carpet implies poverty.
The metaphor suggests that the speaker is as worn
down from the trials of her life as a wooden
staircase that has not been cared for.
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Free Verse: Poem has no
pattern of rhyme or
rhythm
“In the Inner City”
by Lucille Clifton
in the inner city
or
like we call it
home
we think a lot about uptown
and the silent nights
and the houses straight as
dead men
and the pastel lights
and we hang on to our no place
happy to be alive
and in the inner city
or
like we call it
home
“Free Verse” by Robert Graves
I now delight
In spite
Of the might
And the right
Of classic tradition,
In writing
And reciting
Straight ahead,
Without let or omission,
Just any little rhyme
In any little time
That runs in my head;
Because, I’ve said,
My rhymes no longer shall stand arrayed
Like Prussian soldiers on parade
That march,
Stiff as starch,
Foot to foot,
Boot to boot,
Blade to blade,
Button to button,
Cheeks and chops and chins like mutton.
No! No!
My rhymes must go
Turn ’ee, twist ’ee,
Twinkling, frosty,
Will-o’-the-wisp-like, misty;
“Addiction To Reality” - by: Cindy Anne Fairey
TV shows
Reality
Illogically
Over the top
Yet
Attracting the viewer
To strange worlds
Many times
Promised
Deluding and imbecilic
So I won't
An onset of ad's
Powerfully detested
So I surf to non-infectiousness
It catches your eye
Little interest at first
Then it flourishes
An extraordinary voice
Angelic while vigorous
A partnership of dance
Intense Waltz's, alighting Samba's
Housemate's feud & vote
Always playing the game
Darn it!
I promptly slap myself
The channel goes back
The head beached with the urge
For brainier preferences
The heart, ever grasped
By who is going or staying
I frankly can not deny
Next week, I will lurk
Back to realities murky waters
Once more
Paragraph
My sister is like a dark cloud. She
storms out of her bedroom every
morning when Mom wakes her up, and
casts a dark shadow over the breakfast
table. Often, she rains tears down in
angry bursts. My sister is like a dark
cloud.
Free verse
My sister is like a dark cloud. -line
She storms out of her bedroom every
morning when Mom wakes her up,
and casts a dark shadow over the breakfast
table. -stanza
Often, she rains tears down in angry bursts.
My sister is like a dark cloud.
Take this paragraph and write it in poetry
form
A gentle breeze carries the scent of
apples from the orchard. I can imagine the
sweet, syrupy taste of the overripe apples
that lay beneath heavy trees. When I was
too little to pick an apple from the branch, I
would sit in the shade and pick from the
fallen fruit on the ground. Such a delicious
memory of my boyhood.
A gentle breeze
carries the scent
of apples from the orchard.
I can imagine the sweet, syrupy taste
of the overripe apples
that lay beneath heavy trees.
When I was too little to pick an apple
from the branch,
I would sit in the shade and pick
from the fallen fruit on the ground.
Such a delicious memory of my boyhood.
Entry 8: Life’s Code (10 lines/ 100 words
What is your life’s code?
-These lines can be written in paragraph,
structured, or free verse form.
-Think about what is important to you. What do
you value? What do you stand for? How do
others view you as a person?
Tone: Writer’s attitude toward
subject. Is he serious, sarcastic
or playful? How does the
writer feel about his subject?
What is his purpose for the
poem?
Tips for Identifying Tone
• Try to put yourself in the poet’s shoes – look
for clues as to when, where, why the poet is
writing this poem
• Read between the lines – is the poet sincere
or sarcastic with their remarks?
• Consider word choice – are there generally a
lot of positive or negative words used in the
poem?
“O Captain! My Captain!” – Walt Whitman
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
“This is Just to Say”
By William Carlos William
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
“My Papa’s Waltz”
by Theodore Roethke
The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy
dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing is not easy.
We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf
My mother’s countenance
Could not unfrown itself.
The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.
You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by
dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt
Entry 9: Tone Poem (10 lines/100 words)
Write a ten line poem (structured or free verse) with
a particular tone. We will share and identify tone in
your poems. Some possible tones include angry,
excited, sad, frightened, sarcastic, loving, proud or
patriotic. Be prepared to share so that others can
identify the tone.
Some Possible Ideas:
•Angry (maybe about punishment you thought
was unfair)
•Sarcastic (maybe about how much you love
English class!)
Speaker: Voice of poem; it
may be the poet or a
character he or she
creates.
“I Never Said I wasn’t Difficult”
By Sara Holbrook
I never said I wasn’t difficult,
I mostly want my way.
Sometimes I talk back or pout
and don’t have much to say.
I’ve been known to yell, “So what,”
when I’m stepping out of bounds.
I want you there for me and yet,
I don’t want you around.
I wish I had more privacy
and never had to be alone.
I want to run away.
I’m scared to leave my home.
I’m too tired to be responsible.
I wish I were boss.
I want to blaze new trails.
I’m terrified that I’ll get lost.
I wish an answer came
every time I asked you, “Why?”
I wish you weren’t a know-it-all
Why do you question when I’m
bored?
I won’t be cross-examined.
I hate to be ignored.
I know,
I shuffle messages like cards,
some to show and some to hide.
But, if you think I’m hard to live
with
you should try me inside.
“Little Sister”
by Nikki Grimes
little sister
holds on tight.
My hands hurt
from all that squeezing,
but I don’t mind.
She thinks no one will bother her
when I’m around,
and they won’t
if I can help it.
And even when I can’t
I try
‘cause she believes in me.
“Mother to Son”
by Langston Hughes
Well, son, I’ll tell you.
Life for me ain’t been no crystal
stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the
floorBare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall nowFor I’se still goin’ honey,
I’se still climbin,
And life for me ain’t been no
crystal stair.
Entry 10: Speaker (10 lines/100 words
Put yourself in someone else’s
shoes:
Write ten lines (structured or free
verse) from the point of view of one
of your role models i.e., parent,
sibling, celebrity, teacher, coach, etc.
We will share poems and discuss the
speaker of your poem and what we
can tell about him or her.
Mood
LT25
Definition: The overall feeling or emotion
created by the author’s words. Ask
yourself: how does the work make you
feel? Happy? Uplifted? Sad? Fearful? On
edge?
Example: The fast paced, danger filled
scenes at the end of Jurassic World provide
a suspenseful and thrilling mood.
Brainstorm: Come up with methods
creating mood. Think Pair Share.
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How is mood established in film/TV?
How is mood established in music?
How is mood established in art?
How is mood established in writing?
Mood: listen to the following songs
and think of the best adjective to
describe the mood: uplifting, happy,
optimistic, hopeful, pessimistic,
gloomy, mournful, suspenseful,
eerie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRAkjXqrxv8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3bzXdW-7AQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cx7EnymyxM
Mood in Film: lighting, sound, setting
Mary Poppins trailer
http://www.youtube.com/movie/mary-poppins
Mary Poppins trailer recut as a horror film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic
Forrest Gump trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPIEn0M8su0
Forrest Gump trailer recut as a horror film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paXCXnaiUlA
Mood in Art: color and line
Mood in literature: words!
• Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity
with a joyous glow on her face as she told
about her fiancé and their wedding plans.
Mood?
• Bursting through the door, the flustered
mother screamed uncontrollably at the
innocent teacher who gave her child an F.
Mood?
Mood: Write ten lines to describe the
following
• Being home alone in a
thunderstorm when the lights go out
• A small child lost in a crowded train
station in New York City
• Food fight in the cafeteria when the
principal walks
• The last day of middle school
Be prepared to share and discuss the
mood of your poem!
Theme: An idea that is expressed
through a work of art.
-A landscape painting might
express beauty.
-A song might be about love.
-The story “Three Little Pigs”
expresses the authors view of
honesty.
Possible literary subjects
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Ambition
Death
Peace
War
Friendship
Jealousy
Beauty
Loneliness
Betrayal
Love
Loss
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Courage
Loyalty
Perseverance
Fear
Prejudice
Freedom
Suffering
Happiness
Truth
Duty
Patriotism
Theme is never one word!
Beauty
Possible themes:
• Beauty is in the eyes of the
beholder
• Beauty cannot last forever
• Inner beauty is far more
important than outer beauty
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay
“Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
When the sun is bright on the upland
slopes;
When the wind stirs soft through the
springing grass,
And the river flows like a stream of
glass;
When the first bird sings and the first
bud opes,
And the faint perfume from its chalice
steals-I know what the caged bird feels!
I know why the caged bird beats its
wing
Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
For he must fly back to his perch and
cling
When he fain would be on the bough aswing;
And a pain still throbs in the old, old
scars
And they pulse again with a keener
sting-I know why he beats his wing!
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his
bosom sore,-When he beats his bars and he would
be free;
It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his
heart's deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he
flings-I know why the caged bird sings!
Theme:
-Write a ten line poem (structured or free
verse) that explores any of the following topics
for themes: peace, friendship, jealousy,
loneliness, love, courage, learning, prejudice,
truth, equality, growth.
-Place your name, period, and date in the upper
left-hand corner of your paper
-Title the poem, “Theme Poem”
-Write the theme statement before you write
the poem (NOT ONE WORD!)
-Write a poem that is at least 100 words (10
words a line)
Describe and compare
themes of “Video” and “I
Don’t Want to Be.” Use two
examples from EACH song to
support your opinion.
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Ten Things My Students Say…
I wasn’t talking.
• What number are
we on?
Are we doing
something fun
• Can I get a drink?
today?
• I already handed
I didn’t know there that in
was a test today!
• What period is
That’s not fair!
this?
I left it in my
• When is this class
locker.
over?
Imagery and Figurative
Language: Similar to special
effects in a movie, they grab
attention and help create
mental pictures and moods.
Poems rich in imagery appeal
to the senses to help the
reader experience the text.
Imagery
Sensory Details: Words and phrases that
appeal to one or more of five senses
Image: Picture or sensation reader forms in
his or her mind
Imagery: Collection of sensations or
images.
Imagery
LT19
Definition: Words that appeal to the five senses
and enhance the reader’s experience.
Example: Ernestine (a dolphin) nuzzled in beside me
and laid her pectoral fin on my back. I couldn’t resist
her. Without conscious thought, my hand reached
up and stroked her side. It felt smooth, soft, and
firm, like the inside surface of a hard-boiled egg.
What sense is this imagery
appealing to ?
Ernestine (a dolphin) nuzzled in beside
me and laid her pectoral fin on my
back. I couldn’t resist her. Without
conscious thought, my hand reached
up and stroked her side. It felt
smooth, soft, and firm, like the inside
surface of a hard-boiled egg.
What sense is this imagery
appealing to ?
None of the divers had air tanks. Each diver
breathed through a thin yellow air hose
leading up to the surface, where it was
plugged into a brass outlet on an air
compressor. I noticed the strange shape of
the bubbles as they left my regulator and
wobbled to the surface. They were not round
but dome-shaped, flat on the bottom, and
they changed as they rose toward the
mirrorlike surface twenty feet above.
What sense is this imagery
appealing to ?
I heard the crash of the surface as it
broke apart and thumped shut above
me…As the dolphin charged, I heard
a roar of cavitation (the sudden
formation of bubbles) as the very
water tore, breaking into hydrogen
and oxygen…heard the klonk that I
knew signaled aggression.
Write a paragraph rich with imagery
Row A and B: Appeal to sense of sight
Row C: Appeal to sense of sound
Row D: Appeal to sense of touch
Row E: Appeal to sense of smell
Row F: Appeal to sense of taste
Describe this picture using imagery:
Write a sentence for each sense: sight, sound,
smell, taste, and touch (5 sentences!)
“Preludes” excerpt
By T.S. Elliot
The winter evening settles down
With the smell of steaks in
passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On broken blinds and
chimneypots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and
stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.
“A Dream Deferred”
By Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream
deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-And then run?
Does it stink like rotten
meat?
Or crust and sugar over-like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Figurative Language
LT13
Definition: This cannot be taken literally because it is written to
create a special feeling or effect. The most common figures of
speech are simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification.
Describe this photo
using one of the
above forms of
figurative
language.
Literal language
Words that are used according to their
dictionary definition.
Examples:
I graded papers on Saturday.
My grandma bakes delicious cakes.
Grammar exercises are great fun.
Figurative Language
Words used in imaginative ways to express ideas by
comparison or suggestion rather than literal,
concrete meanings.
Examples of figurative language:
Similes
metaphors
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
Imaginative comparison using like or as.
Examples:
• The lanterns bobbed like lightning bugs in
the wind.
• The teacher was like a broken record
because he kept repeating himself.
“Be Like the Bird”
By Victor Hugo
Be like the bird, who
Halting in his flight
On limb to slight
Feels it give way beneath him,
Yet sings
Knowing he hath wings
Personification: A
description of an object,
animal, place or idea, as if
it were human or had
human qualities
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“ Sleeping in the Forest” by Mary Oliver
I thought the earth
remembered me, she
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds. I slept
as never before, a stone on the riverbed, nothing
between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated
light as moths among the branches
of the perfect trees. All night
I heard the small kingdoms breathing
around me, the insects, and the birds
who do their work in the darkness. All night
I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling
with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.
“The City is So Big”
By Richard Garcia
The city is so big
Its bridges quake with fear
I know, I have seen at night
The lights sliding from house to house
And trains pass with windows shining
Like a smile full of teeth
I have seen machines eating houses.
And stairways walk all by themselves
And elevator doors opening and closing
And people disappear.
Hyperbole
LT17
Definition: An exaggeration used to emphasize
a point.
Example: I am so hungry, I could eat a whale.
I’m so exhausted I could sleep for a week!
Hyerbole Jeopardy: Yes or No?
http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/er
games/Nov201144/game1320160231.php
Task:
• Six Flags Great Adventure is opening a new
rollercoaster. Name it and describe it in terms
of hyperbole. (5-7 lines)
Metaphor
LT24
Definition: A comparison of two unlike things
that does NOT use the words “like” or “as.”
Example:
“Greta is a ray of sunshine.”
“After lunch, John is a sleepy bear.”
“Without coffee in the morning, I’m a
zombie”
Metaphors are everywhere!
In Poetry
• Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul…
Excerpt from “Hope” by Emily Dickinson
Your heart
In Art
Your Heart
Even in speech!
http://blog.flocabulary.com/extendedmetaphor/
Metaphors are everywhere!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQLwEe03hc
Task: Create an unusual metaphor and avoid
worn out comparisons.
Cliche:
The rain came down like cats and dogs.
Fresh:
The rain came down in harsh, exploding capsules.
The sun
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Piece of fruit or an body part
Your enemy’s heart
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A landscape
Dress
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Any sound
A face
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Household appliance or machine
Some inspiring examples
The sun = piece of fruit or body part
The sun glared at me, a critical eye following me down the
street, making me want to hold my head down to avoid the scrutiny.
A friend or enemy’s heart = a landscape
His heart was a lifeless desert after the loss of his wife, a barren
hopeless place.
Dress = a sound
Sarah’s gaudy prom dress shouted across the room at me, its
brash colors screaming all at once for my attention.
A face = household appliance or machine
I stare at my girlfriend’s face, trying to figure her out, but she is a
wall clock that is too far away to read.
Examples
The sun glared at me, a critical eye following me down
the street, making me want to hold my head down to
avoid the scrutiny.
His heart was a lifeless desert after the loss of his wife, a
barren hopeless place.
Sarah’s gaudy prom dress shouted across the room at me,
its brash colors screaming all at once for my attention.
I stare at my girlfriend’s face, trying to figure her out, but
she is a wall clock that is too far away to read.
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“Ode to enchanted light” by Pablo Neruda
Under the trees light
has dropped from the top of the sky.
light
like a green
latticework of branches,
shining
on every leaf,
drifting down like clean
white sand.
A cicada send
its sawing song
high into the empty air
The world is a glass overflowing with water.
Extended metaphor:
Metaphor that is extended
through a stanza or entire
poem, often by multiple
comparisons of unlike
objects or ideas
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“Scaffolding” by Seamus Heaney
Masons, when they start upon a building,
Are careful to test out the scaffolding;
Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points,
Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints.
And yet all this comes down when the job’s done
Showing off walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be
Old bridges breaking between you and me
Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall
Confident that we have built our wall.
“Identity”
by Julio Noboa Polanco
Let them be as flowers,
always watered, fed, guarded,
admired,
but harnessed to a pot of dirt.
I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed,
clinging on cliffs, like an eagle
wind-wavering above high, jagged
rocks.
To have broken through the surface
of stone,
to live, to feel exposed to the
madness
of the vast, eternal sky.
To be swayed by the breezes of an
ancient sea,
carrying my soul, my seed,
beyond the mountains of time or
into the abyss of the bizarre.
I'd rather be unseen, and if
then shunned by everyone,
than to be a pleasant-smelling
flower,
growing in clusters in the fertile
valley,
where they're praised, handled, and
plucked
by greedy, human hands.
I'd rather smell of musty, green
stench
than of sweet, fragrant lilac.
If I could stand alone, strong and
free,
I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed.
Rhyme: Repetition of identical or similar
sounds
Rhyme Scheme: Pattern of rhyme in a
poem. Assign each line of a stanza a
letter of the alphabet, starting with “a”
for the first line; assign the same letter
to lines that rhyme.
There was an old man who supposed a
That the street door was partially closed; a
But some very large rats, b
Ate his coats and his hats, b
While that futile old gentleman dozed. a
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert
Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow
wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I
could
To where it bent in the
undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better
claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted
wear;
Though as for that the passing
there
Had worn them really about the
same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden
black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to
way,
I doubted if I should ever come
back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and
I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the
difference.
Onomatopoeia: The use of
words whose sounds
suggest their meaning like
buzz, hiss, and clap
“The moan of doves in
immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable
bees.”
(From “The Princess: Come
Down Oh Maid” by Tennyson)
The rusty spigot
sputters,
utters
a splutter,
spatters a smattering of drops,
gashes wider;
slash,
splatters,
scatters,
spurts,
finally stops sputtering
and plash!
gushes rushes splashes
clear water dashes.
by Eve Merriam
Alliteration: The repetition
of consonant sounds at
the beginning of words.
AlliterationLT1
Hip-Hop Alliteration Example:
“I’m a twenty ton terror on top of Tokyo
towers with two titanium tentacles” –
NoCanDo
“Furious, phat, fabulous, fantastic/flurries of
funk felt feeding the fanatics”" -Blackalicious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvPnM2Q1nwU
Task
• If you were a musical artist, how would you
describe yourself? Write two lines that
feature alliteration.
• Now create two lines of music that feature
alliteration to describe your favorite
celebrity.
Have fun and be prepared to share!
Imagery: creates strong mental pictures
"It's only fair to warn I was born with a set
of horns
And metaphors attached to my darn
umbilical cord
The warlord of rap that'll bash you with a
2x4 board
And smash into your Honda Accord with a
4-door Ford
But I'm more toward dropping an a capella
To chop a fella to mozzarella worse than a
helicopter propeller!“
Sound: consonance and assonance
We touch I feel a rush
We clutch it isn't much
But it's enough to make me wonder whats in
store for us
It's lust, it's torturous
You must be a sorceress 'cause you just
Did the impossible
Gained my trust don't play games it'll be
dangerous
From “Space bound” by Eminem
The use of simile
“…some of us cannibals
Who cut other people open like
cantaloupes…”
“The Real Slim Shady”
By Eminem
The use of metaphor
“…maybe our relationship isn’t as
crazy as it seems
maybe that’s what happens when
a tornado meets a volcano…”
“Love the Way you Lie” by Eminem