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Appreciating Poetry. Form is the way a poem’s ________ and _______ are laid out on the page. In some poems the lines are arranged in _________, called stanzas . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Appreciating Poetry•Form is the way a poem’s ________ and _______ are laid out on the page.•In some poems the lines are arranged in _________, called stanzas.•Traditional poems follow fixed rules, for instance they might have a certain __________ of lines or a repeating pattern of __________ or ___________.•Poems that do not follow set rules are called ________ ___________.
Appreciating PoetryA Traditional Poem: A Minor Bird by Robert Frost
I have wished a bird would fly away,And not sing by my house all day;
Have clapped my hands at him from the doorWhen it seemed as if I could bear no more.
The fault must partly have been in me,The bird was not to blame for his key,
And of course there must be something wrongIn wanting to silence any song.
Circle the stanzas.
Highlight each pair of rhyming words with a different color.
Appreciating PoetryA Free Verse Poem: Under the Back Porch by
Virginia Hamilton
Our house is two stories highShaped like a white box.There is a yard stretched around itAnd in backA wooden porch.
Under the back porch us my place.I rest there.I go there when I have to be alone.It is always shaded and damp.Sunlight only slants through the slatsIn long strips of light, And the smell of the dampIs moist green,Like the moss that grows here.
My sisters and brothersCan stand on the back porchAnd never knowI am hereUnderneath.It is my place.All mine.
Circle the stanzas.
As you listen to the poem, draw what you visualize.
What do you learn about the speaker of this poem?
What effect does the short length of the last four lines create?
UNDER THE BACK PORCH - PICTURE
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Appreciating PoetrySound Devices:• Rhyme – the repetition of sounds as the ______
of words, as in me and see.• Rhythm – the pattern of ________ and
________ syllables in each line. • Repetition – the use of a word, phrase, or line
more than __________.• Alliteration – the repetition of consonant
sounds at the __________ of words, such as the c in curved crook.
How thin and sharp is the moon tonight!How thin and sharp and ghostly whiteIs the slim curved crook of the moon tonight!
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Underline the repeated phrases.
Circle the rhyming words.
Put a box around the example of alliteration.
A word is dead by Emily Dickinson
A word is deadWhen it is said,Some say.
I say it justBegins to liveThat day.
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Draw a box around each stanza.
Circle the rhyming words.
Mark the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that create rhythm in the second stanza.
Appreciating PoetrySound Devices:• Onomatopoeia – the use of words (made up or real)
whose __________ suggest their ___________.
• Examples: achoo, bong, boom, bubble, clank, fizz, hiss, knock, hiccup, meow
• Come up with 3 more on your own:– – –
Appreciating PoetryCynthia in the Snow by Gwendolyn Brooks
It SUSHES.It hushesThe loudness of the road.It flitter-twitters,And laughs away from me.It laughs a lovely whiteness,And whitely whirs away,To beSome otherwhere,Still white as milk or shirtsSo beautiful it hurts.
Highlight the onomatopoeic words that the poet uses to suggest the silencing effect of falling snow.
Put a box around the examples of alliteration.
Circle three pairs of rhyming words.
Appreciating PoetryImagery and Figurative Language (Review):• Simile – a comparison between two unlike
things, using the words like or as• Metaphor – a comparison between two unlike
things that does not contain the word like or as (saying one thing IS another).
• Personification – a description of an object, an animal, a place, or an idea as if it were human or had human qualities.
Appreciating PoetryExample 1:He’s whiteAs spilled milk,My cat who sleepsWith his bellyTurned towardThe summer sky.
Example 2:Fame is a bee.It has a song –It has a sting –Ah, too, it has a wing.
Example 3:Look out how you use proud
words.When you let proud words go, it isNot easy to call them back.They wear long boots, hard boots;
theyWalk off proud; they can’t hear
youCalling –Look out how you use proud
words.
Circle a simile.
Draw a box around a metaphor.
Highlight the examples of personification.
The Poet Inside You Project Due Dates:
Assignment #1 – Tuesday, April 24th
• Acrostic and Alliteration PoemAssignment #2 – Friday, April 27th • Couplet and Free VerseAssignment #3 – Tuesday, May 1st • Narrative Assignment #4 – Friday, May 3rd • Haiku, Cinquain, and TankaAssignment #5 – Tuesday, May 7th • Limerick and Shape
Appreciating PoetryOther important dates:
POETRY Test on Wednesday, May 8th
The Poet Inside You POETRY BOOK (all poems edited, typed, and bound) due on Friday, May 10th