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WARM UP—Activating WARM UP—Activating Prior KnowledgePrior Knowledge

What do you already know What do you already know about poetry? List as many about poetry? List as many things as you can. You may things as you can. You may

include famous poets, poetry include famous poets, poetry terms, poetic elements, etc.terms, poetic elements, etc.

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In a brief paragraph, explain how poetry In a brief paragraph, explain how poetry might relate to painting, sculpting, or art of might relate to painting, sculpting, or art of other mediums. Why do you think human other mediums. Why do you think human beings need artistic outlets to express beings need artistic outlets to express themselves?themselves?

Today’s Learning GoalToday’s Learning Goal

I will learn the definitions of various poetry I will learn the definitions of various poetry terms and practice identifying poetic terms and practice identifying poetic elements elements byby taking notes and reading taking notes and reading children’s poems.children’s poems.

What is “Poetry?”What is “Poetry?”

Writing that creates a intense imaginative Writing that creates a intense imaginative awareness of experience in languageawareness of experience in language– Words are chosen and arranged to produce a Words are chosen and arranged to produce a

specific emotional response specific emotional response – Response created through meaning, sound, Response created through meaning, sound,

and rhythm and rhythm

Types of PoetryTypes of Poetry

Narrative PoetryNarrative Poetry

SonnetsSonnets

Narrative PoetryNarrative Poetry

Poetry created to tell a storyPoetry created to tell a story

Uses ImageryUses Imagery– Sensory details that create a certain pictures Sensory details that create a certain pictures

in the reader’s mind.in the reader’s mind.

Example Narrative Poem: Example Narrative Poem: “Clooney the Clown” by Shel “Clooney the Clown” by Shel

SilversteinSilversteinI'll tell you the story of Cloony the ClownI'll tell you the story of Cloony the ClownWho worked in a circus that came through town.Who worked in a circus that came through town.His shoes were too big and his hat was too His shoes were too big and his hat was too small,small,But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all.But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all.He had a trombone to play loud silly tunes,He had a trombone to play loud silly tunes,He had a green dog and a thousand balloons.He had a green dog and a thousand balloons.He was floppy and sloppy and skinny and tall,He was floppy and sloppy and skinny and tall,But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all.But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all.And every time he did a trick,And every time he did a trick,Everyone felt a little sick.Everyone felt a little sick.And every time he told a joke,And every time he told a joke,Folks sighed as if their hearts were broke.Folks sighed as if their hearts were broke.And every time he lost a shoe,And every time he lost a shoe,Everyone looked awfully blue.Everyone looked awfully blue.And every time he stood on his head,And every time he stood on his head,Everyone screamed, "Go back to bed!"Everyone screamed, "Go back to bed!"And every time he made a leap,And every time he made a leap,Everybody fell asleep.Everybody fell asleep.And every time he ate his tie,And every time he ate his tie,Everyone began to cry.Everyone began to cry.And Cloony could not make any moneyAnd Cloony could not make any moneySimply because he was not funny.Simply because he was not funny.One day he said, "I'll tell this townOne day he said, "I'll tell this townHow it feels to be an unfunny clown."How it feels to be an unfunny clown."And he told them all why he looked so sad,And he told them all why he looked so sad,And he told them all why he felt so bad.And he told them all why he felt so bad.He told of Pain and Rain and Cold,He told of Pain and Rain and Cold,He told of Darkness in his soul,He told of Darkness in his soul,

And after he finished his tale of woe,And after he finished his tale of woe,Did everyone cry? Oh no, no, no,Did everyone cry? Oh no, no, no,They laughed until they shook the treesThey laughed until they shook the treesWith "Hah-Hah-Hahs" and "Hee-Hee-Hees."With "Hah-Hah-Hahs" and "Hee-Hee-Hees."They laughed with howls and yowls and shrieks,They laughed with howls and yowls and shrieks,They laughed all day, they laughed all week,They laughed all day, they laughed all week,They laughed until they had a fit,They laughed until they had a fit,They laughed until their jackets split.They laughed until their jackets split.The laughter spread for miles aroundThe laughter spread for miles aroundTo every city, every town,To every city, every town,Over mountains, 'cross the sea,Over mountains, 'cross the sea,From Saint Tropez to Mun San Nee.From Saint Tropez to Mun San Nee.And soon the whole world rang with laughter,And soon the whole world rang with laughter,Lasting till forever after,Lasting till forever after,While Cloony stood in the circus tent,While Cloony stood in the circus tent,With his head drooped low and his shoulders With his head drooped low and his shoulders bent.bent.And he said,"THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT -And he said,"THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT -I'M FUNNY JUST BY ACCIDENT."I'M FUNNY JUST BY ACCIDENT."And while the world laughed outside.And while the world laughed outside.Cloony the Clown sat down and cried.Cloony the Clown sat down and cried.

SonnetSonnet

A poem consisting of fourteen lines of A poem consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameteriambic pentameter– Italian (Petrarchan) SonnetItalian (Petrarchan) Sonnet– Shakespearean (Elizabethan or English) Shakespearean (Elizabethan or English)

SonnetSonnet

Shakespearean SonnetShakespearean Sonnet

Consists of three quatrains and a final Consists of three quatrains and a final rhyming coupletrhyming couplet

Rhyme Scheme = Rhyme Scheme = abab, cdcd, efef, ggabab, cdcd, efef, gg

Usually, the question or theme is set forth Usually, the question or theme is set forth in the quatrains while the answer or in the quatrains while the answer or resolution appears in the final coupletresolution appears in the final couplet

SAMPLE SHAKESPEAREAN SAMPLE SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET: Sonnet 29SONNET: Sonnet 29

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,I all alone beweep my outcast state I all alone beweep my outcast state And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless criesAnd trouble deaf heaven with my bootless criesAnd look upon myself and curse my fate, And look upon myself and curse my fate,

Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; With what I most enjoy contented least;

Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;

For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth bringsFor thy sweet love remember'd such wealth bringsThat then I scorn to change my state with kings.That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Poetic FormsPoetic Forms

MeterMeter– FootFoot– VerseVerse

RhymeRhyme– End RhymeEnd Rhyme– Rhyme SchemeRhyme Scheme

StanzaStanza– CoupletCouplet– TripletTriplet– QuatrainQuatrain– QuintetQuintet– SestetSestet– SeptetSeptet– OctaveOctave

MeterMeterThe patterned repetition of stressed and The patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.– FootFoot: the smallest repeated pattern of : the smallest repeated pattern of

stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line.line.

IambicIambic: an unstressed followed by a stressed : an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable.syllable.

– VerseVerse: is a : is a metricmetric line of poetry named line of poetry named according to the number of according to the number of feetfeet and type of and type of feetfeet composing it. composing it.

PentameterPentameter: five feet (: five feet (pentapenta meaning five) meaning five)

Iambic PentameterIambic Pentameter

Iambic = unstressed followed by a Iambic = unstressed followed by a stressed syllablestressed syllable

Pentameter = five feetPentameter = five feet

““Iambic Pentameter” = Iambic Pentameter” = fivefive iambic feetiambic feet or or five sets of (unstressed followed by a five sets of (unstressed followed by a stressed syllable)stressed syllable)

SAMPLE: Iambic PentameterSAMPLE: Iambic Pentameter

I all alone beweep my outcast state I all alone beweep my outcast state

RhymeRhyme

The similarity or likeness of sound existing The similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words: (between two words: (satsat and and catcat))– End RhymeEnd Rhyme: the rhyming of words that : the rhyming of words that

appear at the ends of two or more lines of appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry.poetry.

– Rhyme SchemeRhyme Scheme: The pattern of end rhymes : The pattern of end rhymes used in a poem usually marked by letters to used in a poem usually marked by letters to symbolize rhyming correspondencesymbolize rhyming correspondence

SAMPLE: End Rhyme and SAMPLE: End Rhyme and Rhyme SchemeRhyme Scheme





StanzaStanza

A division of poetry named for the number A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains:of lines it contains:– Couplet:Couplet: two lines two lines– TripletTriplet: three lines: three lines– Quatrain:Quatrain: four lines four lines– Quintet: Quintet: five linesfive lines– Sestet:Sestet: six lines six lines– Septet:Septet: seven lines seven lines– Octave:Octave: Eight lines Eight lines

SAMPLE STANZAS: SAMPLE STANZAS: Shakespearean SonnetShakespearean Sonnet





QUATRAINQUATRAIN

QUATRAINQUATRAIN

QUATRAINQUATRAIN

COUPLETCOUPLET

Figurative LanguageFigurative Language

SimileSimile

MetaphorMetaphor

Extended MetaphorExtended Metaphor

PersonificationPersonification

SimileSimile

A comparison of two A comparison of two unlikeunlike things using things using the words the words like like or or asas..

EXAMPLES:EXAMPLES:– ““She was She was asas beautiful beautiful asas a diamond.” a diamond.”

– ““She ran She ran likelike a swift and violent wind.” a swift and violent wind.”

MetaphorMetaphor

A comparison of two A comparison of two unlikeunlike things in which no things in which no word of comparison (word of comparison (as as or or likelike) is used.) is used.

EXAMPLES:EXAMPLES:– ““The beautiful woman was a diamond amongst dull The beautiful woman was a diamond amongst dull

stones.”stones.”

– ““The girl was a violent running wind.”The girl was a violent running wind.”

Extended MetaphorExtended Metaphor

A metaphor introduced and then further A metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a developed throughout all or part of a literary work especially a poem literary work especially a poem

SAMPLE: Extended MetaphorSAMPLE: Extended Metaphor“The Road Not Taken” by Robert “The Road Not Taken” by Robert

FrostFrostTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I And looked down one as far as I couldcouldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claimAnd having perhaps the better claimBecause it was grassy and wanted Because it was grassy and wanted wear,wear,Though as for that the passing thereThough as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the Had worn them really about the same,same,

And both that morning equally layAnd both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.In leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I marked the first for another day!Oh, I marked the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to wayYet knowing how way leads on to wayI doubted if I should ever come back.I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sighI shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Somewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,I took the one less traveled by,I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. And that has made all the difference.

PersonificationPersonification

A literary device in which the author/poet A literary device in which the author/poet speaks of or describes an animal, object, speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a personor idea as if it were a person

EXAMPLES:EXAMPLES:– ““The violent wind ran around my room knocking The violent wind ran around my room knocking

everything to the floor.”everything to the floor.”– ““The tree reached out its arms and hugged the wind.”The tree reached out its arms and hugged the wind.”

Activity: Identifying Figurative Activity: Identifying Figurative LanguageLanguage

There will be a line of words using There will be a line of words using figurative language posted on the screen.figurative language posted on the screen.

Copy the line in your ENGLISH Copy the line in your ENGLISH NOTEBOOK.NOTEBOOK.

With your table partner, try and identify With your table partner, try and identify whether the line is an example of a whether the line is an example of a simile, simile, metaphor, or personificationmetaphor, or personification..

Simile, Metaphor, or Simile, Metaphor, or Personification?Personification?

Copy this line and identify with your table Copy this line and identify with your table partner:partner:

““They fought like cats and dogs.”They fought like cats and dogs.”



““He had a heart of stone.”He had a heart of stone.”



““She didn’t blend in; she stuck out like a She didn’t blend in; she stuck out like a sore thumb.”sore thumb.”



““Opportunity knocked at my door.”Opportunity knocked at my door.”



““The wind tapped like a tired man.”The wind tapped like a tired man.”



““The vines wove their fingers together to The vines wove their fingers together to form a braid.”form a braid.”



““Time steals from us everyday.”Time steals from us everyday.”



““The sun played hide and seek with the The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.”clouds.”

Activity: Identifying Activity: Identifying Figurative Language in Figurative Language in

PoetryPoetry

IDENTIFYING FIGURATIVE IDENTIFYING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: LANGUAGE: Identify as many forms of Identify as many forms of

figurative language possiblefigurative language possible

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;

And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.



The funniest things about him is the way he likes to grow-The funniest things about him is the way he likes to grow-Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;

For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India rubber ball,For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India rubber ball,And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.



He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.

He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!



One morning, very early, before the sun was up,One morning, very early, before the sun was up,I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,

Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

““My Shadow” My Shadow” ~Robert Louis Stevenson~Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;

And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest things about him is the way he likes to grow-The funniest things about him is the way he likes to grow-Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;

For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India rubber ball,For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India rubber ball,And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.

He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,One morning, very early, before the sun was up,I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,

Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

EXIT REFLECTIONEXIT REFLECTION

In a brief paragraph, define one new In a brief paragraph, define one new poetry term you learned today and provide poetry term you learned today and provide an example.an example.

EXIT REFLECTIONEXIT REFLECTION

In a brief paragraph, define one form of In a brief paragraph, define one form of figurative languagefigurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, etc.)(simile, metaphor, personification, etc.) that we learned today and write a creative that we learned today and write a creative example following the definition you example following the definition you provide.provide.

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wasnt funny

unfunny clown

story of cloony

im funny

poetic elements

sonneta poem

circus tent

example narrative poem