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IN CLASS: INTRO TO POETRY
DUE Wed: Poetry Terms HW
WE ARE DRESS CODE COMPLIANT. NO FOOD, DRINKS, MP3 PLAYERS, OR CELL PHONES
DISTRACT US. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES.
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Food and drink have become a
distraction, and the SOL is coming up!
If food/drink is visible, it will be confiscated
IMMEDIATELY and THROWN AWAY.
Second and subsequent offenses will result in
disciplinary referrals.
A letter was sent home to your parents before
break informing them of policy enforcement.
Day 16 – 1/5
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3 minute freewrite
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A freewrite means you write and never pick your pencil up
from the paper, letting whatever flow out of your mind.
You don’t stop and edit, don’t worry about capitalization or
punctuation, stay on topic or not!
What is poetry? Why do people write it and
read it? How do you feel about poetry?
What is Poetry?
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Watch, listen, and learn! 
Poetry Vocabulary
#1
L.J. Palma © 2007 www.buildingperception.com
Alliteration
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Definition: repetition of consonant sounds that
appear in words that are close together
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Example:
 The
luxury of living and loving them all
Allusion
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Definition: an implied or indirect reference
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Example:
 “She
was another Helen,” alludes to the proverbial
beauty of Helen of Troy.
Assonance
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Definition: repetition of vowel sounds that appear in
words that are close together
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Example: Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells"
 Hear
the mellow wedding bells.
Couplet
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Definition: pair of rhyming lines
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Example: J. Kilmer – Tree
I
think that I shall never see (a)
 A poem lovely as a tree. (a)
Imagery
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Definition: language that appeals to the five
senses; words you can see, hear, smell, taste, and
touch
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Example:
 Bring
them flowers inside
 Hurry now, dry ‘em and die ‘em
 And hang ‘em on the wall as memories
Ex: Shoeboxes on the top shelf
Come on, little girl
Bring them flowers inside
Hurry now, dry ‘em and die ‘em
And hang ‘em on the wall as memories
That’s right there, girl
File it between James and John
Close that closet door and
Sit – on the other side – and cry
Thinking on how you won’t open it again
But to file another lifetime away
Between them ticket stubs, above them letters
Beneath photographs fadin’ with age
Amidst all them other flowers; memories on that wall
It’s that time again, girl
Git yourself another shoebox,
Strip that wall bare, cram that shrine inside
Too good for garbage cans but nothing jist the same
Metaphor
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Definition: comparison between unlike things, one
in which some reasonable connection is instantly
revealed and is more forceful than a simile
because like and as are not used
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Example:
 “The
road was a ribbon of moonlight.”
Meter
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Definition: strict rhythmic pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllables in each line
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Example: (stressed syllables underlines)
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Roses are red
 Violets are blue
 I like poetry
 And you do, too.
Mood
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Definition: the feeling connected to a poem
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Example:
 In
Ash Inevitable, what mood is the poem in? It’s
depressed, so the poem is depressing.
Ex: Ash Inevitable
She’s a pile of wood, now
Stacked up against the tree
That she used to be a part of,
Used to be alive in.
She hadn’t even died yet
When they wrenched her down,
Chopped her up,
Turned her into something useful –
Dead, but useful.
And now she simply sits,
Pieces of herself perfectly piled
At the base of her birthplace,
Her final resting place.
She couldn’t sway in the wind even if she wanted to;
Xylem and phloem
No longer flow through those veins.
The cross-sections of her severed limbs show
Rings of age – twenty-two years chopped up,
Sensibly stacked to maximize
Societal contribution.
Fire. Brimstone. Ash inevitable.
Tone
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Definition: attitude expressed towards poem’s
subject or audience
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Example:
 In
Ash Inevitable, the author’s attitude towards the
death of the tree is angry.
Ex: Ash Inevitable
She’s a pile of wood, now
Stacked up against the tree
That she used to be a part of,
Used to be alive in.
She hadn’t even died yet
When they wrenched her down,
Chopped her up,
Turned her into something useful –
Dead, but useful.
And now she simply sits,
Pieces of herself perfectly piled
At the base of her birthplace,
Her final resting place.
She couldn’t sway in the wind even if she wanted to;
Xylem and phloem
No longer flow through those veins.
The cross-sections of her severed limbs show
Rings of age – twenty-two years chopped up,
Sensibly stacked to maximize
Societal contribution.
Fire. Brimstone. Ash inevitable.
Onomatopoeia
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Definition: the naming of a thing or action by a
vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
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Example:
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A crack of thunder
Personification
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Definition: attributing human qualities to a
nonhuman thing or to an abstract idea
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Example:
 Hunger
sat shivering on the road
Quatrain
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Definition: rhyming four line stanza
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Example:
Many are the distractions (a)
Few are the rewards (b)
Used imaginations (a)
Hung on metal cords (b)
Simile
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Definition: a comparison between two things using
a connection like or as
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Example:
 Life
is like a box of chocolates
Sonnet
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Definition: a fixed verse form of Italian origin
consisting of fourteen lines that are typically fivefoot iambics rhyming with three quatrains and a
concluding couplet
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Example:
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Sonnet 141 by William Shakespeare
Ex: Sonnet 141 (Shakespeare)
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Quatrain
Quatrain
Quatrain
Couplet
In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,
For they in thee a thousand errors note;
But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise,
Who in despite of view is pleased to dote;
Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted,
Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone,
Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited
To any sensual feast with thee alone:
But my five wits nor my five senses can
Dissuade one foolish heart from serving thee,
Who leaves unsway'd the likeness of a man,
Thy proud heart’s slave and vassal wretch to be:
Only my plague thus far I count my gain,
That she that makes me sin awards me pain.
Symbolism
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Definition: using, employing, or exhibiting one
symbol to represent something else
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Example:
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In Julius Caesar, hawks circling is a foreboding
symbol of something bad to come
Poetry Terms #1
Important Terms – Quiz next week
L.J. Palma © 2007 www.buildingperception.com
Power-Ups, Binders, Pencils!
IN CLASS: INTRO TO POETRY
DUE Wed: Poetry Terms HW
WE ARE DRESS CODE COMPLIANT. NO FOOD, DRINKS, MP3 PLAYERS, OR CELL PHONES
DISTRACT US. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES.