The Language of The Language of PoetryPoetry

Standard 0701.8.13Standard 0701.8.13Identify figurative language in poetry Identify figurative language in poetry and explain how figurative language and explain how figurative language

contributes to the poem’s meaning and contributes to the poem’s meaning and to the poem’s effect.to the poem’s effect.

SimileSimile Definition:Definition: a a

comparison between comparison between two seemingly unlike two seemingly unlike things using things using likelike, , as,as, thanthan, and , and resemblesresembles

Example: Example: My dog is as My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.smelly as dirty socks.

Practice:Practice: Identify the simile in Identify the simile in the following poem. the following poem.

FlintFlint

An emerald is as green as An emerald is as green as grass,grass,A ruby red as blood;A ruby red as blood;A sapphire shines as blue as A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;heaven;A flint lies in the mud.A flint lies in the mud.

A diamond is a brilliant stone,A diamond is a brilliant stone,To catch the world's desire;To catch the world's desire;An opal holds a fiery spark;An opal holds a fiery spark;But a flint holds a fire.But a flint holds a fire.

Christina Rossetti 1830-1894Christina Rossetti 1830-1894

My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty SocksSocks

by Hanoch Pivenby Hanoch PivenProject:Project: Make an illustrated book of similes in Make an illustrated book of similes in which you compare people in your life to which you compare people in your life to seemingly different objects.seemingly different objects.

Book Checklist:Book Checklist:

___Must include at least 4 people from your life.___Must include at least 4 people from your life.

___Must contain at least 3 similes per person for a ___Must contain at least 3 similes per person for a total of 12 similes.total of 12 similes.

___Each simile must be illustrated.___Each simile must be illustrated.

___A portrait must be made of each person using ___A portrait must be made of each person using the objects from the similes.the objects from the similes.

DUE ON FRIDAY, 1/15, FOR A TEST GRADE!DUE ON FRIDAY, 1/15, FOR A TEST GRADE!

MetaphorMetaphor Definition:Definition: a comparison a comparison

between two seeming between two seeming different things that does different things that does NOT use NOT use like, as, than, like, as, than, oror resembles .resembles .

Example:Example: Life ain’t no Life ain’t no crystal stair.crystal stair.

Practice: Practice: Identify the metaphors Identify the metaphors in the following poem.in the following poem.

Metaphor for a Family My family lives inside a medicine chest: Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerfulbut not always effective in a crisis.Mom is the middle-size tweezer,which picks and pokes and pinches.David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,sometimes ignored.Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty, that pops off the shelf and bounces in my way as I open the door.And I am the wood and glue which hold us all together with my love.

““Metaphor for a Family”Metaphor for a Family” Choose an object that has several parts.Choose an object that has several parts. Brainstorm at least 4 people important in your life and Brainstorm at least 4 people important in your life and

brainstorm how they compare to parts of the object you brainstorm how they compare to parts of the object you have chosen.have chosen.

Write your rough draft of a poem in which you use Write your rough draft of a poem in which you use metaphors to detail how the people important to you metaphors to detail how the people important to you compare to the parts of the object you have chosen.compare to the parts of the object you have chosen.

Poem Checklist:Poem Checklist:___Must include at least 4 people important to you___Must include at least 4 people important to you___Must be about one object that has many parts.___Must be about one object that has many parts.___Must use at least one metaphor to relate each person ___Must use at least one metaphor to relate each person

to a part of the object for a total of 4 metaphors.to a part of the object for a total of 4 metaphors.___Must explain why or how each of the 4 people are ___Must explain why or how each of the 4 people are

similar to the parts of the object.similar to the parts of the object.___Must be at least 12 lines.___Must be at least 12 lines.