What is Poetry?
 POETRY
IS THE WORD
USED TO DESCRIBE AN
AUTHOR’S VERBAL
EXPRESSION OF IDEAS
THAT IS ORGANIZED IN A
PATTERN AND EXPLAINED
IN AN IMAGINATIVE AND
UNIQUE WAY.
POETRY
IS NOT JUST
FOUND IN BOOKS, BUT IT
IS AROUND US EVERY
DAY! IT IS USED IN
ADVERTISING,
ENTERTAINMENT,
COMMUNICATION, AND
CASUAL CONVERSATION.
 TAKE
A CHANCE TO LOOK
AROUND AND SEE WHERE
YOU CAN FIND POETRY
USED OTHER THAN IN A
BOOK OR IN YOUR
ENGLISH CLASSROOM.
NOW
LIST 5 EXAMPLES
OF POETRY FOUND IN
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Poetry
 THE
WORD USED TO
DESCRIBE AN AUTHOR’S
VERBAL EXPRESSIONS OF
IDEAS THAT IS ORGANIZED
IN A PATTERN AND
EXPLAINED IN AN
IMAGINITIVE AND UNIQUE
WAY
Prose
THE
ORDINARY
FORM OF WRITTEN
LANGUAGE;
ORGANIZED IN
SENTENCES WITH
NO SPECIFIC FORM
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY
 Listen
as Ms. Smyers reads the
following selections of literature.
Your job is to determine whether
the pieces you hear are
examples of PROSE or POETRY.
Write your choice (PROSE or
POETRY) on each line that
corresponds with the matching
selection.
Answers:
1. POEM
6. POEM
2. PROSE
7. PROSE
3. POEM
8. PROSE
4. PROSE
9. PROSE
5. POEM
10.POEM
TRUE OR PERFECT RHYME
IDENTICAL
SOUNDING
SYLLABLES
 EXAMPLES:
FUN AND
RUN, CRY AND TRY,
REMEMBER AND
DECEMBER
HALF OR SLANT RHYME
SIMILAR
SOUNDING
SYLLABLES
 EXAMPLES:
RAIN AND
AGAIN, SUPPER AND BUTTER,
TROUBLE AND STUMBLE
Rhyme Scheme
RHYME
SCHEME IS
THE PATTERN
FORMED BY THE
RHYMING SYLLABLES
AT THE ENDS OF
LINES OF POETRY.
**REMEMBER**
 You
are matching up words
that rhyme with each other to
identify the pattern that is
formed by the last words in
each line of a poem.
 Label at the END of each line
 Label using LOWER case
letters
Mark the Poem/Homework
 Read
the poem and label
rhyme scheme for “Hope is a
thing with feathers” by Emily
Dickinson
 Homework: read and label
the rhyme scheme of the two
poems
Narrative Poetry
Narrative
poetry is
written in order to
tell a STORY.
Narrative Poetry
Narrative
poems can be
about TRUE OR
FICTIONAL PEOPLE OR
EVENTS
Many narrative poems
are about HEROES or
HISTORICAL EVENTS.
Ballad
A
NARRATIVE POEM
THAT INCLUDES A
REFRAIN, OR A
PART/PHRASE THAT IS
REPEATED
Epic
A
LONG
NARRATIVE POEM
ABOUT THE DEEDS
OF GODS OR
HEROES
Mark the Poem/Homework
Read
and label the rhyme
scheme for “Casey at the
Bat”
Complete the Homework
for the poem
“Casey at the Bat”
 http://www.disneymovieslist.com/
cartoons/casey-bat.asp
Lyric Poetry
Lyric
poetry is
written to express
the EMOTIONS OF
THE AUTHOR.
Lyric Poetry
 Lyrical
poems usually
capture the poet’s feeling
towards a specific
PERSON, OBJECT, EVENT,
or MOMENT IN TIME.
Lyric Poetry
The
words of lyric
poetry often follow
a rhythm similar to
that of a SONG.
Ode
USUALLY A
MORE
SERIOUS POEM
THAT MAKES YOU
THINK; VERY
FORMAL
Psalm
FOUND
IN THE BIBLE
AND ARE TYPICALLY
DESIGNED TO BE
READ ALOUD BY A
PERSON OR GROUP
OF PEOPLE
Elegy
A
POEM THAT
REMEMBERS AND
EXPRESSES GRIEF
FOR SOMEONE WHO
HAS PASSED AWAY
Mark the Poem
Read
the poems and
label rhyme schemes for
“Uphill” and “Piano”
Figurative Language
Figurative
language
is LANGUAGE THAT
IS NOT MEANT TO
BE TAKEN
LITERALLY.
Figurative Language
Figurative
language
allows authors to
SAY ONE THING
WHEN THEY REALLY
MEAN ANOTHER.
Figurative Language
By
using figurative
language, an author
has many possibilities
for EXPRESSING ONE
SINGLE IDEA.
Figurative Language
Figurative
language
can be used in
PROSE, but it is
found most often in
POETRY.
Hyperbole
AN
INTENDED
EXAGGERATION
Oxymoron
AN
EXPRESSION
THAT USES
WORDS THAT
CONTRADICT
ONE ANOTHER
Comparisons - Simile
A
COMPARISON
THAT USES LIKE
OR AS
Comparisons - Metaphor
A
COMPARISON
THAT USES A
DIRECT
STATEMENT
Mark the Poem
 Read
the poems and label
rhyme schemes for “Dream
Deferred”, “Dreams”, and
“The Eagle”
 Underline any similes and
metaphors in the poems
Personification
Personification
is
GIVING HUMAN
CHARACTERISTICS
TO A NONHUMAN
OBJECT
Personification
Poets
often describe
INANIMATE
OBJECTS or
elements of NATURE
as behaving like
HUMAN BEINGS.
Create Your Own/Mark the Poem
 Create
your own examples of
personification
 Read and label the rhyme
scheme for “The Wind” and “I
Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”
 Underline any examples of
personification in the poems
Sounds
 Poetry
is often read OUT
LOUD. Because of this,
WRITERS often choose
words that have a certain
EFFECT when HEARD with
the EAR as well as SEEN
with the EYE.
Alliteration
THE
REPETITION OF
INITIAL CONSONANT
SOUNDS

Examples: SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS
BY THE SEA SHORE
PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF
PICKLED PEPPERS
Onomatopoeia
A
WORD THAT
SOUNDS LIKE THE
NOISE IT
REPRESENTS
Examples: BUZZ,
PLOP, HISS
Mark the Poem
Read
and label the rhyme
scheme for “Jabberwocky”
Circle 5 nonsense words
that Carroll has created
and label their part of
speech.
Drawing
 Based
on the description you
read in the poem, draw a picture
of what you think the
Jabberwocky looks like.
 Be sure to use color in your
drawing; feel free to use markers
and colored pencils to do so.
“Jabberwocky”
http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=nm9o6DH_uzE
Sonnet
A
sonnet is a poem
consisting of FOURTEEN
lines of RHYMING poetry.
There are TWO types of
sonnets and each has a
PARTICULAR rhyme
scheme.
Types of Sonnets


English: Also called a
SHAKESPEAREAN
Sonnet
Usually follows the
rhyme scheme
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Types of Sonnets
Italian: Also called a
PETRARCHAN Sonnet
 Usually follows the
rhyme scheme
ABBA ABBA CDE CDE

Mark the Poem
Read
and label the rhyme
scheme for the three
sonnets in the packet
Label them as either
English/Shakespearean or
Italian/Petrarchan sonnets
Haiku
This
is a STYLE of
JAPANESE poetry.
A haiku consists of
THREE lines of VERSE.
The FIRST and THIRD
lines each have FIVE
syllables.
Haiku
The
MIDDLE line has
SEVEN syllables.
The topic of a haiku is
usually a PRECISE
detail or MOMENT of
NATURE or EMOTION.
Create Your Own
Write
two haiku in your
packet in the space
provided.
Be sure to focus on an
aspect of nature and
stick to the syllable
pattern!
Limerick
This
style of poetry
consists of FIVE lines
of VERSE.
The FIRST, SECOND,
and FIFTH lines rhyme
and consist of EIGHT
syllables.
Limerick
The
THIRD and FOURTH
lines rhyme and consist
of FIVE syllables.
These poems are
usually intended to be
HUMOROUS.
Syllable
pattern
is 88558
Rhyme scheme
is aabba
Create Your Own
Write
two limericks in
your packet in the space
provided.
Be sure to make them
humorous and stick to
the syllable pattern!
Take a Look
 As
we have studied thus far, an
author’s choice of words, sounds,
and use of figurative language and
comparisons impacts the meaning
and power of the poem.
 For example, two authors can write
a poem about the same general
topic but create very different
poems.
Take a Look
 Read
the poems “Fire and
Ice” and “There Will Come
Soft Rains”
 Mark the rhyme scheme for
the poems
 Complete the journal entry
as directed