Poetry Part Five
A Unit on Types of Poetry and
Literary Terms
CONSONANCE
• Similar to alliteration EXCEPT . . .
• The repeated consonant sounds can be
anywhere in the words
“silken, sad, uncertain, rustling . . “
ASSONANCE
• Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of
poetry.
(Often creates near rhyme.)
Lake
Fate
Base
Fade
(All share the long “a” sound.)
Another example: purple curtain
Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T.
Tippers’s lips
The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight is fake.
ASSONANCE cont.
Examples of ASSONANCE:
“Slow the low gradual moan came in the
snowing.”
- John Masefield
“Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet
sleep.”
- William Shakespeare
SYMBOLISM
• When a person, place,
thing, or event that has
meaning in itself also
represents, or stands
for, something else.
= Innocence
=
America
=
Peace
Allusion
• Allusion comes from the
verb “allude” which
means “to refer to”
• An allusion is a
reference to something
famous.
A tunnel walled and overlaid
With dazzling crystal: we had
read
Of rare Aladdin’s wondrous
cave,
And to our own his name we
gave.
From “Snowbound”
John Greenleaf Whittier
Irony
When something that wasn’t
expected happens. Or when
the opposite of what is
expected happens.
Example of irony in poetry
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To always want what you don't have...
When we were little we wished that we could be older,
to be able to handle things easier and more bolder.
We wished so much, that when we sat on a chair,
our feet would touch the ground, instead of just hanging in the air.
We longed to dress up and go out for real,
instead of playing dress ups wondering how it might feel.
We longed to be able to swim without help, in the deep end,
to go out to movies and shopping with our best friend.
But now that I am older, I wish I was a little girl,
with cute little dimples and my hair in a twirl.
I wish I was little, so that when I sat on a chair,
my tiny feet were hanging in the air.
I wish I was younger with my only problem a broken toy,
so little I didn't know the pain of loving a boy.
For then my soul wouldn't have been torn apart,
I wish I was a little girl for toys are easier to mend then a broken heart.
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By lil miss bailey
Published: 10/30/2007
Lyrical Poetry
• Students go to lyrics.com or a lyric website and pick
out a song that they feel is poetic.
• Students write about their song, why they chose it and
what it means to them. Also, they must pick out 3
elements of figurative language, metaphors, similies,
etc.
• Create a word document with the lyrics- must be
checked by Mrs. Dennis. Students may present lyrics
and play music for the class. They show us the poetic
elements that they have found and label them.
• *Students are graded on participation and their ability
to address the poetic concepts in their song.
Oxymoron
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Dry lake
Fuzzy logic
Living dead
Free gift
Numb sensation
Same difference, once again
Stand down
Metal woods (Golfers)
Anarchy rules!
Park drive
Jumbo shrimp
Tight slacks
Pretty ugly
Things That Go Away & Come Back Again
Thoughts
Bad weather
Airplanes
The seasons
Boats
Soldiers
Trains
Good luck
People
Health
Dreams
Depression
Animals
Joy
Songs
Laundry
Husbands
Boomerangs
Lightning
The sun, the moon, the stars
Anne Waldman
Parody: Examples from Weird Al
Review
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Three types of POV
Litote
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Meter
Free Verse
Blank Verse
Rhyme Scheme
Sonnet
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Consonance
Assonance
Symbolism
Allusion
Oxymoron
Parody
Review
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Three types of POV
Litote
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Meter
Free Verse
Blank Verse
Rhyme Scheme
Sonnet
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Consonance
Assonance
Symbolism
Allusion
Oxymoron
Parody
“Saturday At The Canal”
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By Gary Soto- from The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry- 2nd Edition
I was hoping to be happy by seventeen.
School was a sharp check mark in the roll book,
An obnoxious tuba playing at noon because our team
Was going to win at night. The teachers were
Too close to dying to understand. The hallways
Stank of poor grades and unwashed hair. Thus,
A friend and I sat watching the water on Saturday,
Neither of us talking much, just warming ourselves
By hurling large rocks at the dusty ground
And feeling awful because San Francisco was a postcard
On a bedroom wall. We wanted to go there,
Hitchhike under the last migrating birds
And be with people who knew more than three chords
On a guitar. We didn't drink or smoke,
But our hair was shoulder length, wild when
The wind picked up and the shadows of
This loneliness gripped loose dirt. By bus or car,
By the sway of train over a long bridge,
We wanted to get out. The years froze
As we sat on the bank. Our eyes followed the water,
White-tipped but dark underneath, racing out of town.
"Friday at Cary" By Bryan Still
I was hoping to be happy by seventeen.
School was a roll call, seven classes, and lunch.
Our bands were not heard playing,
For our chances of winning the game were slim.
The teachers were too young and enthusiastic to
understand.
The hallways were rich with good grades and
students slow to get to class.
A friend and I were talking by the computers,
Absorbed in the conversation- we were supposed to
be working.
I felt confident because college and scholarships
were in my pocket.
I wanted to go there; to college,
Where new freedoms awaited, like the breaking of
chains.
I wouldn’t break their trust, or the law.
My hair was gelled, gently rustling with every
movement
Yet unaffected by cold, smiting winds
That bite your face on frosty, winter days.
I wanted to leave high school,
To skip those long, toiling years of work and
preparations.
I wanted to get to college, my adulthood: my
freedom.
Final Project: Poetry Portfolio, Poster,
Poetry Slam, Wax Museum, WebQuest
Look up famous poets, poems, analysis
using ttpcast
Poetry Wax Museum
Have children dress up the way one of
the characters in a Silverstein poem
might dress (e.g., a student could select
“Diving Board,” page 24 in Falling Up,
and dress like a swimmer). Then station
the characters in rows around the room.
Next, have other classmates or parents
come in to “activate” the character. When
they press an imaginary button in front
of the child, he or she can either recite or
Apology Poem
Dear Apple,
I'm sorry that I
picked you off the tree
before you were ready to fall
Please forgive me
Cinquain
Apples (one word)
Juicy, sweet (two words)
Red, yellow, green (three words)
Yummy, delicious, fantastic, healthy
(four words)
Apples (one word)
Five W'S Poetry
Each line in this type of poem answers one of
the 5 W's (who? what? when? where? why?)
I
Love eating apples
In the morning
In my kitchen
‘Cause they are so good for me
Diamond Poetry
When centered this poem will take the form of a
diamond.
Apples (one word)
Sweet, ripe (two words)
Delicious, Empire, Cortland (three words)
Pies, sauce (two words)
Apples (one word)
Acrostic Poetry
An acrostic poem is one in which certain letters,
often the first letter of every line, form a
name or a theme.
Apples are yummy.
Pretty and juicy.
Please pick only when ripe.
Licking jelly apples are fun.
Eat them day and night.
Dramatic Poetry
• A poem where the speaker is
someone other then the poet
themselves. A Dramatic poem
often includes characters and
dialogue
• Example: “Meeting at Night” by
Robert Browning
• “Incident in a Rose Garden” by
Haiku Poems
Nature Haiku
Green grass in April
Birds begin to sing in trees
Children playing outside
By Sean
Nature HAIKU
FROGS jumping around
Frogs hopping away from snakes
Frogs doing cool tricks
By Nicholas
Color Poem
Color (title)
Color is describe looks, describe looks,
and feels like describe feel.
Color is the taste of describe taste.
Describe smell and describe smell smell color.
Describe how color makes you feel makes me feel color.
Color is the sound of describe sound and describe sound.
Color is place that reminds you of color, place that reminds you of color,
and place that reminds you of color.
Experience that makes you feel this color is color.
Experience that makes you feel this color is also color.
Color is anything you want for this line.
Color Poem
Example
Turquoise
Turquoise is magic, manatees, and silly putty.
Turquoise is the taste of sherbert.
Juicy pears and the desert smell turquoise.
A cleared mind makes me feel turquoise.
Turquoise sounds of splashing paint and tubas.
Turquoise is Yashiro, a calm pool of water, and a coral reef.
Painting is turquoise.
Making new friends is turquoise.
Turquoise is having siblings.
Credits
•Many pictures from the Microsoft Gallery
•Some poems from Prentice Hall Literature Book,
“Gold” level. Prentice, Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey 07632. 1989.
•Poetic devices information/Definitions Prentice
Hall Literature.
•Poem by Ali Duncan, grade 9, original “Zig-Zag”
poem
•Headline Poem by Jessica Grover, grade 9
•Most powerpoints found on pppst.com and most
poems found on gigglepoetry.com
•http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ironic.html