5 MAY 2015
BELL ACTIVITY: FORGET ABOUT THE JOURNAL TODAY AND SEARCH THE
POETRY ANTHOLOGY FOR POEMS THAT YOU LIKE. RECORD THE PAGE
NUMBER AND TITLE OF THE POEMS YOU LIKE BEST ON YOUR POST IT
NOTE FROM YESTERDAY.
TODAY’S AGENDA:
POETIC DEVICES
2 MAJOR GENRES OF POETRY
DOMINO READ!!!!
PREPARATION:
Each of you will be given a separate flavor to practice
saying.
Find your flavor on your copy of the poem and mark it
for later.
Listen for your flavor on the video version.
Practice it out loud several times.
Ask if you are unsure of pronunciation.
PERFORMANCE:
Read along on the main copy.
When your turn comes be ready so the poem flows
quickly
Rhyme
The ending sound(s)of different
words are the same.
(assonance & consonance.)
A WORD DOES NOT RHYME WITH ITSELF.
USING THE SAME WORD TWICE IS CALLED REPETITION.
2 Primary RHYME Categories
Internal rhyme
End rhyme
INTERNAL RHYME
RHYMING BETWEEN MULTIPLE WORDS
WITHIN A LINE (INTERNALLY) OR
BETWEEN LINES OF POETRY, (at least
ONE of the rhyming words is NOT at the
end of a poetry line.)
Cold waves rolled beneath gray sky.
Examples on next slide
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered,
weak and weary
- Edgar Allen Poe (The Raven).
The snowflakes are dancing, floating, and falling.
The church bells are calling, but I will not go.
I saw my cap fly high,
“snap –snap- snap” it called.
caught by an eagle’s beak,
sky-bound, my once fine cap was mauled.
END RHYME
WHEN THE WORDS AT THE ENDS OF
THE LINES IN A POEM RHYME.
I am Ebenezer Bleezer,
I run BLEEZER'S ICE CREAM STORE,
there are flavors in my freezer
you have never seen before,
twenty-eight divine creations
too delicious to resist,
why not do yourself a favor,
try the flavors on my list:
RHYME SCHEME
THE PATTERN OF END
RHYMES IN A POEM
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
SUGAR IS SWEET
AND SO ARE YOU.
_a_
_b_
_c_
_b_
Rhymes are indicated using
lowercase letters (a,b,c, etc) along
the right margin.
Each NEW end rhyme is assigned
the next letter in the alphabet
If an end rhyme is repeated
ANYWHERE in the poem it uses the
same letter originally assigned.
Eletelephony by Laura e. Richards
Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephantNo! No! I mean an elephone
Who tired to use the telephone(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I’ve got it right.)
a
a
b
b
c
c
Howe’re it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee—
(I fear I’d better drop the song
Of elephop and telephong!)
d
d
e
e
f
f
“The Hippopotamus”
Behold the hippopotamus!
We laugh at how he looks to us,
And yet in moments dank and grim
I wonder how we look to him.
Peace, peace, thou hippopotamus!
We really look all right to us,
As you no doubt delight the eye
Of other hippopotami.
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“The Hippopotamus”
Behold the hippopotamus!
We laugh at how he looks to us,
And yet in moments dank and grim
I wonder how we look to him.
Peace, peace, thou hippopotamus!
We really look all right to us,
As you no doubt delight the eye
Of other hippopotami.
-Ogden Nash
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a
b
b
a
a
c
c
A Poison Tree
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine.
And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
by William Blake
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A Pizza the Size of the Sun
I'm making a pizza the size of the sun,
a pizza that's sure to weigh more than a ton,
a pizza too massive to pick up and toss,
a pizza resplendent with oceans of sauce.
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I'm topping my pizza with mountains of cheese,
with acres of peppers, pimentos, and peas,
with mushrooms, tomatoes, and sausage galore,
with every last olive they had at the store.
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My pizza is sure to be one of a kind,
my pizza will leave other pizzas behind,
my pizza will be a delectable treat,
that all who love pizza are welcome to eat.
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The oven is hot, I believe it will take
a year and a half for my pizza to bake.
I can hardly wait til my pizza is done,
my wonderful pizza the size of the sun.
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- Jack Prelutsky
A Pizza the Size of the Sun
I'm making a pizza the size of the sun,
a pizza that's sure to weigh more than a ton,
a pizza too massive to pick up and toss,
a pizza resplendent with oceans of sauce.
_a
_a_
_b_
_b_
I'm topping my pizza with mountains of cheese,
with acres of peppers, pimentos, and peas,
with mushrooms, tomatoes, and sausage galore,
with every last olive they had at the store.
_c_
_c_
_d_
_d_
My pizza is sure to be one of a kind,
my pizza will leave other pizzas behind,
my pizza will be a delectable treat,
that all who love pizza are welcome to eat.
_e_
_e_
_f_
_f_
The oven is hot, I believe it will take
a year and a half for my pizza to bake.
I can hardly wait til my pizza is done,
my wonderful pizza the size of the sun.
_g_
_g_
_a_
_a_
- Jack Prelutsky
Acquainted with the Night
Insert a poem to work on as a class
Page 102 (BLA)
by Robert Frost
Acquainted with the Night
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
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I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
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I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
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But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
A luminary clock against the sky
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Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. ___
I have been one acquainted with the night.
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Robert Frost
Acquainted with the Night
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
_a_
_b_
a_
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
_b_
_c_
_b_
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
_c_
_d_
_c_
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
A luminary clock against the sky
_d_
_a_
_d_
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. _a
I have been one acquainted with the night.
_a
Robert Frost
HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING?
GROUP QUIZ
1.Write your MLA heading on a blank sheet of
paper.
2.Use the middle stanza of “Bleezer’s Ice Cream
Store” (the list of flavors) as the text for the
quiz.
3.Be aware that you will need 3 repetitions of a
poetic sound device to be considered a
STRONG INSTANCE for this quiz.
4.You must quote the entire line of poetry. Do
NOT quote a partial line or individual word.
An strong instance of a poetic sound device is composed
of 3 or more occurrences within 1 to 2 lines.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SAME INSTANCE REPEATED THREE DIFFERENT
PLACES IN A POEM, IS SCORED AS ONE INSTANCE.
1. Copy down the rhyme scheme from the middle stanza
2. Quote 2 strong instances of alliteration (no partial lines).
3. Quote 2 strong instances of assonance (no partial lines).
4. Quote 2 strong instances of consonance (no partial lines).
5. Quote 1 instance of internal rhymes (no partial lines).