are you a poet and don ’ t know it? evaluation & analysis of poetry writing original poetry
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Are you a poet and don’t know it?
Evaluation & Analysis of Poetry
Writing Original Poetry
True or False #1
Imagery is a comparison using like or as.
True or False #2
A ballad is a form of verse meant to be sung or recited.
True or False #3
Symbolism is representing objects or ideas by other objects or ideas.
True or False #4
Rhyme scheme is a pattern of sounds written in free verse.
True or False #5
A refrain is a repeated line or stanza in a poem or song.
What does it mean?Read “The Secret Heart.”What does it mean?What is it about?
Lyric poemPoetry using highly musical verseSimilar to a ballad but not usually a story told as long or as serious in nature“The Secret Heart”
StanzaA set of lines in poetry (~paragraph)Verse = one line in poetryHow does it differ from a couplet?How does it differ from a quartet/quatrain?How does it differ from an octave?
Rhyme schemeA pattern of rhyme at the ends of lines in poems or songs, usually identified with letters.What is the rhyme scheme in “A Secret Heart”?2-line stanza = _____________
SymbolismHeart = ____________What does the “glowing heart” represent to the boy?What does “hands held up the sun” symbolize?
Imagery? Alliteration? Personification?
Hyperbole?“Hands held up the sun” is an example of…
“Too tender for the day to trace” is an example of…
How do these quotes show theme?
More poetic devices…Metaphor vs. simile HyperbolePersonificationAlliterationRepetitionEnd rhyme vs. internal rhymeMeter
Definitions of poetic devices
Metaphor vs. simile – comparison (with/without like or as)Hyperbole - exaggerationPersonification –human traits to non-humanAlliteration – repeats first consonant soundRepetition – repeats more than once (word, line, verse)
More definitions/foldableinternal rhyme - same sound within line of poetryEnd rhyme- same sound at the end of linesMeter – pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables (~rhythm)Refrain – repeated stanza (~chorus)
Types of PoetryNarrativeFree verseSonnetOdeElegy
Defining Types of PoetryOde: poem that celebrates a subject; a tributeHaiku: Japanese poem about nature with lines of 5, 7, 5 syllablesFree Verse: poetry without regular rhythm, meter, rhyme or structureSonnet: 14-line poem in iambic pentameter; rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Which type did Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
write?Elegy: a poem of mourning in response to the death of a person or groupBallad: poem meant to be sung (often sad) and has refrains, simple rhymeNarrative: poetry that tells a story (has setting, characters, plot); rhymes Lyric: poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the writer; songlike quality, rhymes
Ballad: “Paul Revere’s Ride”What does the rhythm suggest?What story is being told? What is the author’s purpose?
You’re a poet and don’t know it!
Choose a stanza and write a continuation of the story
“Paul Revere’s Ride”
“The Secret Heart”
Story Starter using a line of poetry chosen by the teacher
Test yourself #1My thoughts scattered like leaves in the wind.Metaphor?Onomatopoeia?Simile?
Test yourself #2The flowers danced in the grass.Repetition?Personification?Alliteration?
Test yourself #3The tinkling of wind chimes…Onomatopoeia?End rhyme?Repetition?
Test yourself #4As the snow fellMy heart leapt with joy, joy, joy.End rhyme?Repetition?Personification?
Test yourself #5My pancake is flatAnd that is that.Simile?Alliteration?End rhyme?