PoetryTAKE NOTES! Did I hear

complaining?? Didn’t

think so.

In the margin of your handout, answer A for agree & D for disagree for the following questions.

1. A poem looks different from a short story or play.1. A poem looks different from a short story or play.2. A poem always has some type of rhyme.2. A poem always has some type of rhyme.3. Poems are hard to read and rarely make sense.3. Poems are hard to read and rarely make sense.4. Poems always conform to the standard rules of 4. Poems always conform to the standard rules of

punctuation.punctuation.5. A poem always has a hidden meaning.5. A poem always has a hidden meaning.6. Poems are pointless.6. Poems are pointless.7. Song lyrics are poetry.7. Song lyrics are poetry.8. Studying poetry is frustrating and boring. 8. Studying poetry is frustrating and boring.

Objectives / Standards for today

Review poetry termsReview poetry terms

Interpret words and phrases as they are used Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a poem, including figurative language, and in a poem, including figurative language, and analyze how specific word choices shape analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.meaning or tone.

Figurative Language

Word or phrase that is not to Word or phrase that is not to be understood on a literal levelbe understood on a literal level

Ex: It’s raining cats and dogs.Ex: It’s raining cats and dogs.

Examples of Figurative Language:

Simile: comparison using like or asSimile: comparison using like or as

Metaphor: direct comparison between two unlike Metaphor: direct comparison between two unlike thingsthings

Personification: giving animals, objects, or Personification: giving animals, objects, or natural forces natural forces human characteristicshuman characteristics

Hyperbole: an extreme exaggerationHyperbole: an extreme exaggeration

Onomatopoeia: words that imitate the sound or Onomatopoeia: words that imitate the sound or action they describeaction they describe

Alliteration: repetition of a consonant sound at Alliteration: repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of 2 or more wordsthe beginning of 2 or more words

Idiom: phrases common to a language. Often Idiom: phrases common to a language. Often confusing because the meaning of the phrase is confusing because the meaning of the phrase is different from the literal meaning of the words different from the literal meaning of the words themselves.themselves.

Pun: a play on words; often has two meaningsPun: a play on words; often has two meanings

Allusion: reference to a well-known person, place, Allusion: reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event in history, literature, art, etc.thing, or event in history, literature, art, etc.

Poetry terms continued

Imagery

Language that appeals to the sensesLanguage that appeals to the senses

Ex: The crystal blue water cascaded Ex: The crystal blue water cascaded down the mountain making tiny down the mountain making tiny waterfalls glisten in the warm waterfalls glisten in the warm

sunlight.sunlight.

Mood Tone

The feeling a piece of

literature evokes in the

reader

The author’s The author’s attitude attitude

toward his toward his subjectsubject

Symbol Theme

An object in literature

that represents something

else

The central idea

expressed in a text.

StanzaA fixed number of lines that form a unit in a

poem

Couplet - two line stanza

Triplet - three line

Quatrain - four line

Quintet - five line

Sestet - six line

Septet - seven line

Octave - eight line

Types of Poetry

Narrative Poetry: poem that tells a storyNarrative Poetry: poem that tells a story

Lyric Poetry: expresses speaker’s thoughts and emotionsLyric Poetry: expresses speaker’s thoughts and emotions

Epic Poetry: long narratives that feature heroic deedsEpic Poetry: long narratives that feature heroic deeds

Sonnets: 14 line poem with a fixed rhyme schemeSonnets: 14 line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme

Ballads: have a story similar to folk tales and often had Ballads: have a story similar to folk tales and often had a repeated refraina repeated refrain

Ode: poem that honors a person, place, or thingOde: poem that honors a person, place, or thing

Narrative Poetry: “Casey at the Bat”

The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The restClung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;They thought, "If only Casey could but get a whack at that —We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat."

But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,And the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a cake;So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat;For there seemed but little chance of Casey getting to the bat.

Lyric Poetry: “Dust of Snow”

The way a crowShook down on meThe dust of snowFrom a hemlock treeHas given my heartA change of moodAnd saved some

part Of a day I had rued.

Epic Poetry: “The Iliad”

Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that

brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did

it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a

prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove

fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men,

and great Achilles, first fell out with one another.

Shakespearean Sonnet

Consists of 3 quatrains and a concluding

couplet

Abab

Cdcd

Efef

Gg

Sonnet 18Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;But thy eternal summer shall not fade

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou growest:So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

Ballad: “Greensleeves” Alas, my love, you do me wrong,

To cast me off discourteously.For I have loved you well and long,

Delighting in your company.

Chorus:Greensleeves was all my joy

Greensleeves was my delight,Greensleeves was my heart of gold,And who but my lady greensleeves.

Your vows you've broken, like my heart,Oh, why did you so enrapture me?

Now I remain in a world apartBut my heart remains in captivity.

chorus

I have been ready at your hand,To grant whatever you would crave,I have both wagered life and land,

Your love and good-will for to have.

chorus

If you intend thus to disdain,It does the more enrapture me,

And even so, I still remainA lover in captivity.

chorus

My men were clothed all in green,And they did ever wait on thee;All this was gallant to be seen,

And yet thou wouldst not love me.

chorus

Thou couldst desire no earthly thing,but still thou hadst it readily.

Thy music still to play and sing;And yet thou wouldst not love me.

chorus

Well, I will pray to God on high,that thou my constancy mayst see,

And that yet once before I die,Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.

chorus

Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,To God I pray to prosper thee,

For I am still thy lover true,Come once again and love me.

song

Ode:“Ode to the Dinosaurs”I sing of those who failed to make the Ark;

Who would have made that cockleshell capsize.Despite their comeback in Jurassic Park

Still abject failures in most people’s eyes.Absurd monstrosities – vast bulk, long necks,

Thick skins, huge jaws, and brains the size of peas –

“No wonder that they didn’t make the grade!Tyrannosaurus Rex?

Rex, meaning king? It ruled the world? Oh please! Mankind’s achievements put theirs in the shade!”

Rhyme

Repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or

more different words

Rhyme

Internal rhyme: rhyme that occurs within a line instead of the end of a line

Slant rhyme: words that are near in rhyme but not exact – ex: soul, all

Blank verse: unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

Free verse: poetry without any rhythm or rhyme pattern

Rhyme scheme- the pattern of rhymed

linesI had a cat, (A)

The boy had a dog. (B)

The cat ate the rat, (A)

And the dog chewed a log. (B)

Roses are red (A)

Violets are blue (B)

Sugar is sweet, (C)

And so are you. (B)

Review

Jeopardy game for Poetry

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