PREPARED BY:GELICA LOPERA

POETRY

POETSI write my

dreams I discover the

laughterI share the things

I thinkMy body grows

old and fails me,

But my soul lives on in ink.

By: Brod Bagert

Poets shape an ordinary everyday experience into an emotional universal that calls to readers, “Come sing with me; come feel with me.

What is?POETRY

Intuition of truth.Combines richness of meaning with

the sound of language arranged in it’s beautiful form.

Eludes precise definition.

“POETRY DEALS WITH TRUTH—THE ESSENCE OF LIFE AND EXPERIENCE.”

CRITERIA

FOR

SELECTING POETRY

POETRY IS UNDERSTANDABLE

POETRY IS APPEALING

POETRY CONTAINS LANGUAGE USED IN INTERESTING WAYS

POETRY COMES IN A VARIETY OF FORMS

Children like poems they can understand. They also enjoy poems that stretch their understanding.

Poetry can : Poems can make us laugh Poems can create images Poems can express feelings

POETRY IS UNDERSTANDABLE

When children are first introduced to poetry they generally prefer humorous poems with strong rhythm and rhyme over free verse with abstract symbolism. They enjoy narrative poetry because it is based on their natural love of story. Children’s responses to poetry depend heavily on the way it is introduced to them.

POETRY IS APPEALING

Like:

Contemporary poemsPoems they can understandNarrative poemsPoems with rhyme, rhythm, soundPoems that relate to their experiences

Dislike:

Poems that have figurative language and imaginaryHighly abstract poemsHaiku poems

Poets manipulate the elements of sound, rhythm, and meaning to create an impact more powerful than any found in prose. Poets use language in such a special way that there are many specialized terms used to describe it.

Words as Sound Words as Rhythm Words as Meaning: Imagery

POETRY CONTAINS LANGUAGE USED IN INTERESTING WAYS

Individual poems can be judge on how understandable they are, on their appeal, and on their use of poetic elements. We can also judge the overall nature of our selections in terms of the diversity of content, moods, and language use, as well as the variety of forms that it contains.

Narrative Poems: Poetry as story Limericks and RiddlesConcrete Poems Lyric poems: Statements of mood and feeling

POETRY COMES IN A VARIETY OF FORMS

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